Why the 2016 Election Won’t Change Washington’s Warmongering Why the 2016 Election Won’t Change Washington’s Warmongering
No matter who wins the presidency, we can count on the re-election of two words: “more war.”
Jan 22, 2015 / Tom Engelhardt
We Survived the Cuban Missile Crisis for This? We Survived the Cuban Missile Crisis for This?
Our bloated national security state would boggle the mind of anyone who grew up under the Cold War’s nuclear threat.
Jan 6, 2015 / Tom Engelhardt
The Biggest Lesson From the War on Terror? It Didn’t Work The Biggest Lesson From the War on Terror? It Didn’t Work
Why can’t Washington get the message?
Dec 18, 2014 / Tom Engelhardt
Why Hagel’s Departure Is a Victory For War Hawks Why Hagel’s Departure Is a Victory For War Hawks
In the end, Hagel, who came to regret his reluctant vote to invade Iraq, evidently proved an uncomfortable fit.
Dec 4, 2014 / Tom Engelhardt
When Will the US Military End its Pattern of Destabilizing Entire Regions? When Will the US Military End its Pattern of Destabilizing Entire Regions?
We continue to see ourselves, as we have since 9/11, as victims, not destabilizers, of the world we inhabit.
Nov 25, 2014 / Tom Engelhardt
The American Empire on the Psychiatrist’s Couch The American Empire on the Psychiatrist’s Couch
Exploring the roots of imperial depression.
Nov 11, 2014 / Tom Engelhardt
Why Washington Continues to Beat the War and Disease Drums Why Washington Continues to Beat the War and Disease Drums
Escalation is now a structural fact embedded in the war in the Middle East and the Ebola crisis here at home.
Nov 4, 2014 / Tom Engelhardt
Are We in a Golden Age of Spying? A Q&A With Laura Poitras Are We in a Golden Age of Spying? A Q&A With Laura Poitras
The filmmaker behind the new Citizenfour talks about Snowden, the NSA and her dangerous pen.
Oct 20, 2014 / Tom Engelhardt
No, ISIS Is Not a Threat to the US No, ISIS Is Not a Threat to the US
The terror-mongers are at it again, but dangers to the “homeland” are vanishingly small.
Oct 7, 2014 / Tom Engelhardt
We Spend $68 Billion a Year on Intelligence Agencies—and They Don’t Really Work We Spend $68 Billion a Year on Intelligence Agencies—and They Don’t Really Work
US intelligence has been blindside by the rise and spread of ISIS and the collapse of the Iraqi army.
Sep 30, 2014 / Tom Engelhardt