Tom GallagherA Ukrainian-Russian border plebiscite? Anyone got a better idea?“Billions for defense but not one cent for diplomacy!” So far as I know, no one in Washington has actually spoken these words, but they do…7 min read·Apr 23, 2024----
Tom GallagherReflections on Russia’s Antiwar Protests and OursSimultaneously, we find ourselves witnessimng the playing out of the repression of dissent against the illegal and hugely unpopular 2022…8 min read·Aug 4, 2022----
Tom GallagherThe Fighting Soul: On the Road with Bernie Sanders, by Ari Rabin-HavtThe defining moment of The Fighting Soul, Ari Rabin-Havt’s telling of the 2020 Bernie Sanders presidential campaign, comes but four pages…9 min read·Jun 30, 2022----
Tom GallagherMeanwhile, back in Washington, and Somalia, and Syria, and Kenya, and …So we hear that former President George W. Bush finally came around to denouncing “the decision of one man to launch a wholly unjustified…5 min read·May 27, 2022----
Tom GallagherCould any of San Francisco’s Legislative Candidates Actually Do Anything to Bring Universal Health…The California Legislature has done it again — deep-sixed the single-payer health insurance bill for yet another session. All the big…5 min read·Feb 7, 2022----
Tom GallagherAndrew Bacevich’s After the ApocalypseMark Twain famously wrote that “War is God’s way of teaching Americans geography.” Unfortunately, today’s wars seem to lack even that…7 min read·Jan 20, 2022----
Tom GallagherUS Elections: “They Should Send Observers Over Here”As a frequent observer of foreign elections, I’m an even more frequent recipient of quips to the effect that “They should send observers…4 min read·Mar 30, 2021----
Tom GallagherThe San Francisco School Board and the public’s trustA recent arrival to my email inbox urged support for members of the San Francisco School Board currently facing threat of recall. The…3 min read·Mar 10, 2021----
Tom GallagherThey’re Biden’s wars nowThe first public notice of Joe Biden’s era of the war he inherited as commander-in-chief came nine days into his presidency. The New York…5 min read·Feb 11, 2021----