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Nuclear Arms and ProliferationJuly 22, 2014
How America Changed the Meaning of War
After 9/11, the US invented a new kind of borderless, pre-emptive warfare, plunging the world into an endless cycle of violence.
Jonathan Schell
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Criminal JusticeSeptember 4, 2013
Edward Snowden and Chelsea Manning, the New Dissidents?
The United States is no Soviet Union—and yet it has set up machinery that satisfies certain tendencies that are in the genetic code of totalitarianism.
Jonathan Schell
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LawJune 19, 2013
America’s Surveillance Net
There is a revolution afoot—one that is being carried out by the government against the fundamental law of the land.
Jonathan Schell
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Nation BuildingMarch 13, 2013
The Iraq Invasion, Ten Years Later
Is there any benefit to be found in an unbroken record of waste, futility and shame? Only if lessons learned prevent a catastrophe in Iran.
Jonathan Schell
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HistoryJanuary 16, 2013
The Real American War in Vietnam
In his new book Kill Anything That Moves, Nick Turse shows that what were often presented as isolated atrocities were in fact the norm.
Jonathan Schell
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Election 2012September 10, 2012
The GOP’s Authoritarian Strategy
Demographic trends threaten the party’s electoral future—but it does have another option.
Jonathan Schell
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Election 2012August 22, 2012
The GOP’s Will to Fantasy
Romney’s choice of Paul Ryan as running mate is another development in a long-term party trend: the triumph of ideology over reality.
Jonathan Schell
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Election 2012August 15, 2012
The GOP’s Will to Fantasy
Romney’s choice of Paul Ryan as running mate is another development in a long-term party trend: the triumph of ideology over reality.
Jonathan Schell
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Nuclear Arms and ProliferationApril 4, 2012
Thinking the Unthinkable on Iran
A war on Iran to stop its nuclear program would bring on a proliferation catastrophe.
Jonathan Schell
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HistoryMarch 14, 2012
If Vaclav Havel Met Occupy’s Human Mic…
The words of the former president of the Czech Republic resonate with the problems Occupy confronts today.
Jonathan Schell