Slide Show: Hiroshima’s Aftermath: Lost Images of the First Atomic Bombing Slide Show: Hiroshima’s Aftermath: Lost Images of the First Atomic Bombing
This month marks the 66th anniversary of the first use of a nuclear weapon during wartime. But have we in this country ever understood the full consequences of its use? …
Aug 2, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation
AIPAC From the Inside, Part I: Isolating Iran AIPAC From the Inside, Part I: Isolating Iran
A former AIPAC official, worried that the United States or Israel might attack Iran, decides to speak out.
Jun 10, 2011 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
Ex-Mossad Chief: Israel Must Adopt Saudi Peace Plan Ex-Mossad Chief: Israel Must Adopt Saudi Peace Plan
Meir Dagan calls Netanyahu, Ehud Barak “reckless and irresponsible.”
Jun 6, 2011 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
Cyberwar: When We Do It, It’s OK; If They Do It, It’s War Cyberwar: When We Do It, It’s OK; If They Do It, It’s War
The ultimate in cyber-hypocrisy from the Pentagon.
Jun 2, 2011 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
Preventing the Nuclear Apocalypse Preventing the Nuclear Apocalypse
The US's nuclear arsenal has no necessary military mission anymore. But their existence continues to provoke the proliferation of weapons programs abroad.
Apr 25, 2011 / Joe Cirincione
From Hiroshima to Fukushima From Hiroshima to Fukushima
The problem with mankind wielding nuclear power isn’t about backup generators or safety rules—it’s our essential human fallibility.
Mar 15, 2011 / Jonathan Schell
Iranium: ‘Wanna See Somethin’ REALLY Scary?’ Iranium: ‘Wanna See Somethin’ REALLY Scary?’
A new documentary gives neocons a platform to scare viewers about Iran’s supposed plot to destroy Israel, the United States and the rest of the civilized world.
Feb 1, 2011 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
Stuxnet Worm in Iran Could have Triggered ‘Chernobyl’ Stuxnet Worm in Iran Could have Triggered ‘Chernobyl’
An intelligence report says the Stuxnet computer worm deployed by Israel and/or the US on Iran's nuclear program could have had catastrophic consequences.
Feb 1, 2011 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
Slacker Friday: ‘Scurrilous, Tendentious, Bellicose, Egregious’ Eric Alterman Edition Slacker Friday: ‘Scurrilous, Tendentious, Bellicose, Egregious’ Eric Alterman Edition
A response to Robert Dreyfuss, Reed on the facts behind the State of the Union Address and reader mail.
Jan 28, 2011 / Blog / Eric Alterman
Alterman Backs Act of War Against Iran Alterman Backs Act of War Against Iran
The Stuxnet work, he says, has saved us from the neocons' war.
Jan 27, 2011 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss