A bombing was planned [in Syria], which would probably make the situation worse, but would at least establish US credibility.

Since the civil war in Laos was resumed in earnest in 1963, American participation has been veiled in secrecy.

In the primary debates for the 2016 election, every single Republican candidate was a climate change denier, with one exception, John Kasich - the "rational moderate" - who said it may be happening but we shouldn't do anything about it. For a long time, the media have downplayed the issue.

The United States is a violent military state. It's been involved in military action all over the place.

Let's take Pravda in the 1980s. I mean you could have read things in Pravda saying that it was a stupid error to invade Afghanistan: "it was a dumb thing to do, we have to get out, it's costing us too much." I mean that U.S. analog of that would be "extreme liberalism," and it has been pretty well studied.

The world was warned of extremely severe dangers unless urgent steps are taken to deal with global warming.

It's not a free trade agreement. It has virtually nothing to do with free trade... It's a protectionist agreement; it's anti free-trade.