The Barack Obama Story (Updated) The Barack Obama Story (Updated)
How did a community organizer and a constitutional law professor become an extrajudicial, drone-happy president?
Dec 4, 2012 / Tom Engelhardt
The Possibility of a ‘Drone Drawdown’ in Peace Talks The Possibility of a ‘Drone Drawdown’ in Peace Talks
A combination of diplomacy, legal challenges and activism could end the program of US drone strikes.
Nov 30, 2012 / Tom Hayden
The War of the Image Managers The War of the Image Managers
How can two generals be hailed as military heroes, when the wars they commanded failed spectacularly?
Nov 29, 2012 / Tom Engelhardt
Generals Behaving Badly Generals Behaving Badly
Petraeus may have had the affair, but we're all responsible for the U.S' worshipful embrace of our military generals.
Nov 29, 2012 / William J. Astore
Broadwell and Petraeus—Embedded Broadwell and Petraeus—Embedded
If the director of the CIA and a Reserve intelligence officer can’t even conduct a decent affair, what does that say about the institution that groomed them?
Nov 20, 2012 / Editorial / JoAnn Wypijewski
Chicken Wire and Telephone Calls: On Robert Caro’s LBJ Chicken Wire and Telephone Calls: On Robert Caro’s LBJ
In The Passage of Power, Robert Caro shows that LBJ’s brilliance as a politician lay not in his idealism but his opportunism.
Nov 20, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Thomas Meaney
An Obit for General Petraeus An Obit for General Petraeus
Most media has lauded Petraeus for his military success. But his true strength was as a P.R. prodigy.
Nov 20, 2012 / Tom Engelhardt
Petraeus Packs Up Petraeus Packs Up
Droney the predator drone doesn't understand sex scandals.
Nov 20, 2012 / Blog / Tom Tomorrow
Obama’s Drone Presidency Obama’s Drone Presidency
As the number of civilian casualties mounts, our nation's “kill list” only grows longer.
Nov 19, 2012 / Blog / Melissa Harris-Perry
In Just a Little Bit In Just a Little Bit
The media's blind veneration for the military figures led to its shellschocked response to David Petraeus's affair.
Nov 15, 2012 / Blog / Eric Alterman