The Pentagon: A Global NRA The Pentagon: A Global NRA
The Pentagon is intent on pursuing its own global version of the Second Amendment.
Jan 14, 2013 / Tom Engelhardt
The Wrong Torture Debate The Wrong Torture Debate
Zero Dark Thirty has us arguing over whether torture works, not whether it should be banned.
Jan 11, 2013 / Peter Weiss
How About Gun Control for the Pentagon? How About Gun Control for the Pentagon?
For all the droning on about US gun violence, it would be good to hear someone drone on just a bit about US drones.
Jan 11, 2013 / Laura Flanders
How ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ Brought Back the Bush Administration How ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ Brought Back the Bush Administration
The film is a seven-pronged attempt to making US torture and detention policies once again palatable.
Jan 10, 2013 / Karen J. Greenberg
No Man Is an Island: Fiction, Trauma, War No Man Is an Island: Fiction, Trauma, War
How Argentine fiction about the Malvinas War conspires in a trick of perspective.
Jan 9, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Jonathan Blitzer
The Mess in Iraq The Mess in Iraq
Violence in Iraq is going from bad to worse, in tandem with neighboring Syria.
Jan 3, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss
Will ‘Dima’s Law’ Lead to a New Cold War? Will ‘Dima’s Law’ Lead to a New Cold War?
For Americans who understand the importance of a cooperative U.S.-Russia relationship, 2012 was a disturbing year.
Jan 3, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The US Intelligence Community’s New Year Wish The US Intelligence Community’s New Year Wish
The National Intelligence Community’s Global Trends report reveals a future of continued fearmongering and American exceptionalism.
Jan 3, 2013 / Tom Engelhardt
Tough Questions for John Kerry Tough Questions for John Kerry
Here are just a few things the Foreign Relations Committee should be asking Obama’s nominee for secretary of state.
Jan 2, 2013 / The Editors
Are the US and Israel Heading For a Showdown? Are the US and Israel Heading For a Showdown?
At long last, this may be the year Washington puts the brakes on Israeli settlement expansion into Palestinian lands.
Dec 20, 2012 / Ira Chernus