Can We Build a Country That Chooses Butter Over Guns?

Can We Build a Country That Chooses Butter Over Guns?

Politicians like Donald Trump claim it is more important to pay for war than human needs, but his Iran War is needless and cruel. Protest it everywhere.

The War Against Iran, Up Close and Personal (and All Too Far Away)

Image by Javad Esmaeili. Guns or butter. Butter or guns. Can we have both? If not, which should come first? Consider it one of those chicken-and-egg conundrums of modern society. “Guns” is the stand-in for a well-funded military and “butter” for all the human goods, comforts, and needs of a society. Economists, politicians, and generals have long considered the balance of guns and butter. Wage too many wars, produce too many arms, and there won’…

Butter (and schools), not guns (and warfare)

The War Against Iran, Up Close and Personal (and All Too Far Away).