Dangerous Dance with Iran Dangerous Dance with Iran
Just when you think the roiling relations between the US and Iran might be quieting down--they heat up again. In the last week, while two US aircraft-carrier strike forces continu...
Jun 18, 2007 / TomDispatch
Dysfunctional Debate, Dysfunctional Policies Dysfunctional Debate, Dysfunctional Policies
The tragedy of Washington's narrow to the point of dysfunctional "debate" about the Middle East is that few American political players are willing to comment in a serious manner a...
Jun 16, 2007 / John Nichols
High-Tech Hysteria High-Tech Hysteria
Alarmist predictions of a talent shortage of high-tech workers are driving the race to the bottom.
Jun 15, 2007 / Feature / Elizabeth Schuster and Michelle Chandra
The Middle East as the Pentagon’s Gas Station The Middle East as the Pentagon’s Gas Station
In a recent piece, "The Pentagon v. Peak Oil," Michael Klare, expert on war and energy, gives us an unprecedented sense of what it means when the Pentagon hits the gas pu...
Jun 15, 2007 / TomDispatch
Faithful Lose Faith in Their President Faithful Lose Faith in Their President
Could it possibly get any worse for George Bush?
Could he possibly be any less popular?
Yes, if diehard Republicans start to abandon him.
Jun 14, 2007 / John Nichols
Libby Is Closer to Jail; Now Comes Neocon Pardon-mania Libby Is Closer to Jail; Now Comes Neocon Pardon-mania
Now it gets serious.
On Thursday afternoon, federal district court Judge Reggie Walton ruled that he will not put off sending Scooter Libby to jail....
Jun 14, 2007 / David Corn
Iraq’s Founding Mother Iraq’s Founding Mother
A biography of Gertrude Bell investigates the woman who created Iraq out of the ruins of the Ottoman Empire.
Jun 14, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Charles Glass
Persian Ghosts Persian Ghosts
The complex historical tensions between Sunnis and Shiites are not enough to explain the current crisis in the Middle East.
Jun 14, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Chris Toensing
For Liberal Internationalism For Liberal Internationalism
Now that neoconservative policies have led us into disaster, it's time to give liberal internationalism a chance.
Jun 14, 2007 / Feature / Michael Lind
Waiting for Gordon Waiting for Gordon
Britain's incoming prime minister inherits a country transformed almost beyond recognition.
Jun 14, 2007 / Feature / D.D. Guttenplan