We all know George Orwell’s line in “1984”: “Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.”
Author: Patrick Lawrence
Patrick Lawrence, a correspondent abroad for many years, chiefly for the International Herald Tribune, is a columnist, essayist, author and lecturer. His most recent book is Time No Longer: Americans After the American Century. His Twitter account, @thefloutist, has been permanently censored. His website is Patrick Lawrence.us. Support his work via his Patreon site.
The Murder of Ismail Haniyeh
I have for decades considered Palestine the suppurating sore on humanity’s flesh. The cause and the remedy just became more obvious.
The Banality of Propaganda
Are we to wander indefinitely in a state of negativity, of not believing, of alienation from our own polities?
Roger Waters and the One-State Solution
“All these years it felt to me almost as if we’re deaf to Mother Nature’s calls for equal human rights for our brothers and sisters.”
Reading the Mess the Democrats Have Made
The Hunter Biden affair could now prove to be Biden’s greatest vulnerability—and so the Democratic Party’s.
Munich as Propaganda Fest
Ukraine should be a bridge for communication between the East and the West, not a frontier for confrontation between major powers.
A War of Rhetoric and Reality
Washington has no intention of seeking a diplomatic solution to the Ukraine crisis, recommitting indefinitely to its ideological war.