Afghans and Floridians: Extremism Builds Extremism Afghans and Floridians: Extremism Builds Extremism
Massacres in Afghanistan by Muslim fanatics echo the fanaticism of preachers in Gainesville.
Apr 2, 2011 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
Obama Doesn’t Need a Foreign Policy Doctrine Obama Doesn’t Need a Foreign Policy Doctrine
The uprisings in the Arab world are too complex to be reduced to a one-size-fits-all doctrine.
Mar 24, 2011 / The Notion / Ari Berman
Taking Aim at the Pentagon Budget Taking Aim at the Pentagon Budget
Economic crisis, deficit mania and war weariness have created political momentum for big cuts to military spending.
Mar 23, 2011 / Feature / Bob Dreyfuss
Obama’s Women Advisers Pushed War Against Libya Obama’s Women Advisers Pushed War Against Libya
There's no legitimacy to the UN vote on military action against Qaddafi.
Mar 19, 2011 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
Fighting Over Crumbs Left from Military Spending Fighting Over Crumbs Left from Military Spending
There's been a joke going around the labor protests. It goes something like this: A union member, a CEO and a Tea Party member are sitting at a table with 12 cookies...
Mar 3, 2011 / The Notion / Laura Flanders
Boeing Boondoggle: Pork Can Fly Boeing Boondoggle: Pork Can Fly
“The gift that keeps on giving” should have been the headline on the Pentagon’s decision to award the Boeing Co. a $35 billion defense contract last week.
Mar 2, 2011 / Robert Scheer
Quote of the Day: On the Sanity of Defense Secretaries, by Robert Gates Quote of the Day: On the Sanity of Defense Secretaries, by Robert Gates
Gates speaks to an audience at West Point.
Mar 2, 2011 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
Cutting Defense: Obama, Gates Say No Cutting Defense: Obama, Gates Say No
A coalition of liberals, antiwar activists, Tea Party types and deficit hawks are getting out the axe for the Pentagon's bloated budget.
Feb 16, 2011 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
Building a Perfect Machine of Perpetual War: The Mexico-to-Colombia Security Corridor Advances Building a Perfect Machine of Perpetual War: The Mexico-to-Colombia Security Corridor Advances
Washington is integrating Mexico, Central America and Colombia into a neoliberal-neocon corridor, creating a perfect circle of conflict, violence and repression.
Feb 11, 2011 / The Notion / Greg Grandin
Backward, Christian Soldiers Backward, Christian Soldiers
Zealots are trying to turn the military into a religious army. Mikey Weinstein is fighting back.
Feb 10, 2011 / Feature / Stephen Glain