Despite Boston, Terror Is at an All-Time Low Despite Boston, Terror Is at an All-Time Low
So let's take another look at the Patriot Act, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Northern Command.
Apr 17, 2013 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
On Almost Getting PTSD in Iraq On Almost Getting PTSD in Iraq
What used to be called "shell shock" is now the daily stress of living in a war zone.
Apr 16, 2013 / Jeremiah Goulka
The Enemy-Industrial Complex The Enemy-Industrial Complex
The US has managed to turn a post-communist, enemy-less world into a hive of imminent threat.
Apr 15, 2013 / Tom Engelhardt
Moving On Moving On
Now Syria's descending into hell And Kim Jong-un again is acting out. Then there's Iran. It's hard now to recall Just what that thing in Cyprus was about.
Apr 10, 2013 / Column / Calvin Trillin
‘It Happens At All Bases, All Branches’: An Interview with the Makers of ‘The Invisible War’ ‘It Happens At All Bases, All Branches’: An Interview with the Makers of ‘The Invisible War’
Director Kirby Dick and producer Amy Ziering tell The Nation what the military can do to prevent sexual assault.
Apr 10, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Anna Simonton
Chuck Hagel’s Speech: Nice, But No Cigar Chuck Hagel’s Speech: Nice, But No Cigar
Let's see some numbers, and some specifics, about promised reforms and reorganization.
Apr 3, 2013 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
Hagel’s Test Hagel’s Test
Will the new secretary of defense stand up to the hawks and wield the budget axe?
Apr 2, 2013 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
Obama Walks the Middle East’s Nuclear High Wire, Eyes Closed Obama Walks the Middle East’s Nuclear High Wire, Eyes Closed
We continue to obsess about Iran's fantasy weapons, but pay remarkably little attention to the existing nuclear weapons in the region—Israel's.
Apr 1, 2013 / Ira Chernus
Hawks Slam Obama Over ‘Nuclear Zero’ Hawks Slam Obama Over ‘Nuclear Zero’
Neocons point out everything that the president is doing right on arms control.
Mar 31, 2013 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
The $6 Trillion Wars The $6 Trillion Wars
Fighting for nothing, and destroying countries in the process, costs a lot.
Mar 29, 2013 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss