What Herman Melville Can Teach Us About the Trump Era What Herman Melville Can Teach Us About the Trump Era
He would point out that what plagues us are the sins of the past coming home to roost: America’s tolerance of bigotry and blindness to its own faults.
May 10, 2017 / Ariel Dorfman
The Military Now Runs US Foreign Policy The Military Now Runs US Foreign Policy
And as Trump’s recent turnabout shows, the establishment will brook no dissent from the reigning orthodoxy.
May 2, 2017 / Patrick Lawrence
Why Those Spring Breakers Chanted ‘Build That Wall’ Why Those Spring Breakers Chanted ‘Build That Wall’
We shouldn’t be surprised—they’re the children of unending war.
Mar 21, 2017 / Greg Grandin
What They Won’t Tell You About the American Military What They Won’t Tell You About the American Military
“Prepare, pursue, prevail!”—and other euphemisms from US Central Command.
Mar 21, 2017 / Andrew J. Bacevich
Is Our President Bonkers? Is Our President Bonkers?
Maybe, but this screwball won because he saw something about the American condition that neither Democrats nor Republicans have the nerve to acknowledge.
Mar 1, 2017 / William Greider
The Longest War in American History Has No End in Sight The Longest War in American History Has No End in Sight
And military leaders are still under the delusion that we can win.
Feb 28, 2017 / William J. Astore
It’s Time for David Brooks to Reckon With David Brooks It’s Time for David Brooks to Reckon With David Brooks
The New York Times columnist once worshipped at the altar of American “greatness,” too.
Feb 23, 2017 / Andrew J. Bacevich
Trump Takes a Running Whack at the Liberal Interventionists Trump Takes a Running Whack at the Liberal Interventionists
He’s erratic and he’s no progressive, but at least he’s challenging the high priests of the foreign-policy establishment.
Feb 10, 2017 / Patrick Lawrence
Trump’s Harvest of Shame Trump’s Harvest of Shame
The goal of his Muslim ban is to stampede the public into accepting even more extreme measures in the name of self-defense.
Jan 31, 2017 / Naked Democracy / William Greider
How Decades of Disappointment Won the Election for Donald Trump How Decades of Disappointment Won the Election for Donald Trump
Lost wars, globalization, and the resulting bitterness brought a vote against shattered expectations.
Jan 10, 2017 / Andrew J. Bacevich