Frankfurt Shootings: The Making of a Terrorist? Frankfurt Shootings: The Making of a Terrorist?
What the debate over terrorists seems to miss is the personal dimension: personal failures and personal grievances of the lone gunmen.
Mar 3, 2011 / Laila Lalami
Turkey Ready to Host Taliban Talks Turkey Ready to Host Taliban Talks
The Turks and Afghans are talking about setting up an official venue in Turkey for negotiating a political settlement in Afghanistan.
Mar 3, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss
Obama Administration Right on Libya, So Far Obama Administration Right on Libya, So Far
The White House has rejected calls from neocons, McCain and the Washington Post to use force.
Mar 3, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss
Boeing Boondoggle: Pork Can Fly Boeing Boondoggle: Pork Can Fly
“The gift that keeps on giving” should have been the headline on the Pentagon’s decision to award the Boeing Co. a $35 billion defense contract last week.
Mar 2, 2011 / Robert Scheer
Quote of the Day: On the Sanity of Defense Secretaries, by Robert Gates Quote of the Day: On the Sanity of Defense Secretaries, by Robert Gates
Gates speaks to an audience at West Point.
Mar 2, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss
Afghanistan Withdrawal Resolution Passes Democratic National Committee Without Dissent Afghanistan Withdrawal Resolution Passes Democratic National Committee Without Dissent
The DNC is trying to speed up the President's clock on pulling out of Afghanistan.
Mar 1, 2011 / Tom Hayden
The DNC Wants Out of Afghanistan The DNC Wants Out of Afghanistan
The Democratic National Committee, thanks to Barbara Lee, reminds Obama about his July deadline.
Feb 28, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss
All-American Decline in a New World All-American Decline in a New World
Never in memory have so many unjust or simply despicable rulers felt quite so nervous in the presence of unarmed humanity. And there has to be joy and hope in that alone.
Feb 24, 2011 / Tom Engelhardt
Against a ‘No Fly Zone’ in Libya Against a ‘No Fly Zone’ in Libya
Obama must resist calls to involve the US military in Libya’s revolution.
Feb 23, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss
Will the Arab Revolt Challenge Big Oil ? Will the Arab Revolt Challenge Big Oil ?
So far it's about freedom, but the region's vast wealth—its oil and state-owned enterprises—is at stake.
Feb 22, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss