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The Pentagon’s Afghan basing plans for prisons, drones and black ops.

A case of scientific misconduct at Harvard.

The story of the Lakotas does not end with their loss of the Black Hills or the massacre at Wounded Knee.

Eight disastrous years after we invaded, it is sad but altogether true that Iraq does not matter much in the end.

The increased use of military helicopters to crack down on demonstrators in Yemen begs the question: Are any of these helicopters part of a recent aid package from the Obama administration?

How did he dupe us all? Americans love to be inspired by simple solutions to complicated problems—especially when the solutions are cheap and the problems are far away.

If President Saleh falls, the US will have lost a pliant partner in its “global war on terror.”

During war, John Dower explains, “the system filters out the thoughtful and replaces them with the faithful.”

Since defense secretaries are in the news, let's talk about them.

For bringing to light critical but long-suppressed information, Pfc. Manning has been treated not as a whistleblower, but as a criminal and a spy.