NATO Against Mars? Count Anne Applebaum In NATO Against Mars? Count Anne Applebaum In
Post op-ed scribbler suggests that since NATO has done so well in Afghanistan, even Russia might join NATO to fight China.
Nov 23, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
War Is a Lie War Is a Lie
With a groundbreaking new book, veteran antiwar activist David Swanson argues that: "The oil in the [war] machine is lies. The monkey wrench we can throw into the gears is pu...
Nov 23, 2010 / John Nichols
Afghan Farce: ‘Taliban’ Talker Was Phony! Afghan Farce: ‘Taliban’ Talker Was Phony!
Talking is still the way out. But, as Casey Stengel said, can't anyone here play this game?
Nov 23, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
‘It’s Bigger Than Professional Football’: Talking With NFLPA President DeMaurice Smith ‘It’s Bigger Than Professional Football’: Talking With NFLPA President DeMaurice Smith
NFL Players Association President DeMaurice Smith is calling on circles of people well beyond football fans to help the league avoid an owners' lockout in 2011.
Nov 23, 2010 / Dave Zirin
Briefing: Katrina vanden Heuvel on Confronting the Media’s Flaws Briefing: Katrina vanden Heuvel on Confronting the Media’s Flaws
Faced with the cynical coverage of the mainstream media, what can ordinary Americans do to work toward an alternative that more accurately reflects the problems facing our countr...
Nov 22, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV
America’s Failed War of Attrition in Afghanistan America’s Failed War of Attrition in Afghanistan
The Obama administration is trying to kill its way to victory in Afghanistan. Not only is that strategy failing, it's making the Taliban stronger and Karzai weaker.
Nov 22, 2010 / Jeremy Scahill
Making Afghanistan Real Making Afghanistan Real
A Congressional proposal to establish a Veterans Trust Fund is driving home the message that the war in Afghanistan is not worth the havoc it has wreaked on thousands of troops.
Nov 22, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The New War Congress The New War Congress
To understand just how bad the new Congress is likely to be for peace on Earth, one has to understand how incredibly awful Congress has been during the past four years and then mea...
Nov 22, 2010 / David Swanson
Remembering Chalmers Johnson Remembering Chalmers Johnson
Johnson was a scholar and author who saw our devolving American world with striking clarity and prescience and wrote about it with precision, passion and courage
Nov 22, 2010 / Tom Engelhardt
Some Other Takes on Petraeus’s Report to NATO Some Other Takes on Petraeus’s Report to NATO
Not everyone is taking the general's report at face value.
Nov 22, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss