John W. Whitehead's recent articles

23 June 2025
The real national emergency: Endless wars, failing infrastructure and a dying republic
Seventy years after President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned about the cost of a military-industrial complex, America is still stealing from its own people to fund a global empire.

3 March 2023
The cost of the nation’s endless wars
“Autocrats only understand one word: no, no, no. No you will not take my country, no you will not take my freedom, no you will not take my future… A dictator bent on rebuilding an empire will never be able to ease the people’s love of liberty. Brutality will never grind down the will of the free.” —President Biden