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
If Only Washington Had a Brain If Only Washington Had a Brain
There’s a perfectly obvious path toward that Republican goal of $100 billion in cuts: change our thinking about making war.
Feb 17, 2011 / Tom Engelhardt
Pox Americana in the Middle East Pox Americana in the Middle East
With cries for “democracy” and “freedom” sweeping Egypt, Tunisia and elsewhere, the Bush-era’s now-infamous “democracy agenda” is nowhere ...
Feb 7, 2011 / Tom Engelhardt
Alien Visitations Alien Visitations
In my childhood, the aliens were commies. Now, it's certainly Muslims or jihadists or Islamo-fascists.
Jan 18, 2011 / Tom Engelhardt
The Pentagon’s Urge to Surge The Pentagon’s Urge to Surge
For a country embroiled in wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, once you begin down the path of invasion and occupation, turning back is as difficult as an addict going cold turkey.
Jan 4, 2011 / Tom Engelhardt
Epitaph From the Imperial Graveyard Epitaph From the Imperial Graveyard
Under Obama, the American war dead have, it seems, like the war they are now fighting, generally gone into the dustbin of news coverage.
Dec 7, 2010 / Tom Engelhardt
The National Security State Cops a Feel The National Security State Cops a Feel
Taking off the gloves (and then everything else).
Nov 30, 2010 / Tom Engelhardt
General Petraeus’s Guide to Scheduling a War General Petraeus’s Guide to Scheduling a War
In Afghanistan, Petraeus has proven himself a master of the incredible shrinking withdrawal date.
Nov 23, 2010 / Tom Engelhardt
Remembering Chalmers Johnson, 1931—2010 Remembering Chalmers Johnson, 1931—2010
His was an all-American odyssey, and in his final decades he was a man on a mission.
Nov 23, 2010 / Lived History / Tom Engelhardt
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 / Lived History / Tom Engelhardt