How Do We Deal With Our Planet’s Unprecedented Decline? How Do We Deal With Our Planet’s Unprecedented Decline?
Across the planet, horrifying “natural” fire, flood, and heat records were set this summer.
Sep 14, 2023 / Tom Engelhardt
Humanity Has Created Too Many Ways of Destroying Itself Humanity Has Created Too Many Ways of Destroying Itself
The potential for nuclear disaster and the slow destruction of climate change are both man-made.
Jul 18, 2023 / Tom Engelhardt
The Future of War Is AI The Future of War Is AI
AI, whatever its positives, looks like anything but what the world needs right now to save us from a hell on earth.
May 17, 2023 / Tom Engelhardt
There Is No Winning in Modern Warfare There Is No Winning in Modern Warfare
The US military may have achieved just one success of any significance since 1945—despite becoming the best-funded institution in this country.
May 2, 2023 / Tom Engelhardt
The End of the World Has Always Been Just Around the Corner The End of the World Has Always Been Just Around the Corner
We've been predicting the world's final days from the very beginning—it now just seems closer than ever before.
Mar 28, 2023 / Tom Engelhardt
Welcome to the New Age of McCarthyism Welcome to the New Age of McCarthyism
Strangely enough, all too little has changed since since the last one.
Feb 24, 2023 / Tom Engelhardt
Global Warming Is the Front-Page Story of Our Lifetime Global Warming Is the Front-Page Story of Our Lifetime
So why isn't it treated that way?
Jan 9, 2023 / Tom Engelhardt
Climate Change Should Have Dominated the Midterms. It Didn’t. Climate Change Should Have Dominated the Midterms. It Didn’t.
When you think about how an ever more overheated planet is going to affect our children and grandchildren, shouldn’t global warming have been right at the top of any list?
Nov 25, 2022 / Tom Engelhardt
In the World’s Obituary, Who Will Have the Last Word? In the World’s Obituary, Who Will Have the Last Word?
Give humanity credit. When it comes to our urge to destroy, we seem to see no limits, not even those of our own existence.
Nov 3, 2022 / Tom Engelhardt
The Decline of Progressive Publishing Houses Is a Loss for Everyone The Decline of Progressive Publishing Houses Is a Loss for Everyone
The end of Pantheon and Metropolitan augers a strange and unchallenging world of ideas.
Oct 7, 2022 / Tom Engelhardt