War in Yemen: CIA to Get Control of Special Forces, Drones? War in Yemen: CIA to Get Control of Special Forces, Drones?
War in Iraq, war in Afghanistan, possible attack on Iran—oh, what the heck, why not Yemen, too?
Nov 1, 2010 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
Slacker Friday Surprise: The Return of LTC Bob Slacker Friday Surprise: The Return of LTC Bob
The J Street conflict, the life of a career professional military officer and the mail.
Oct 29, 2010 / Blog / Eric Alterman
Save Tariq Aziz! Save Tariq Aziz!
Killing the former foreign minister of Iraq, who was often a moderating voice, is an act of bloody revenge by Prime Minister Maliki's Dawa party, a group that tried to assassinate ...
Oct 29, 2010 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
Paint it Blacker Paint it Blacker
Alterman and Reed respond to the critics, music reviews and the mail.
Oct 28, 2010 / Blog / Eric Alterman
Time for a Cease-Fire Time for a Cease-Fire
Can talks with the Taliban end the war in Afghanistan? If Obama wants to find out, then he must halt combat operations, night raids and drone attacks.
Oct 27, 2010 / Editorial / The Editors
(G)rêve général(e) in France (G)rêve général(e) in France
The French Parliament has passed President Sarkozy's controversial law raising the retirement age, and nationwide protests against the measure have eased. But the struggle against ...
Oct 27, 2010 / Editorial / Agnès Catherine Poirier
Postcards From Cape Town Postcards From Cape Town
Traveling in South Africa, you learn that one great thing about the country is that no one engages in small talk.
Oct 27, 2010 / Column / Katha Pollitt
WikiLeaks and War Spending WikiLeaks and War Spending
That big sucking sound you don't hear? That's the war—spending that's getting away with murder.
Oct 27, 2010 / The Notion / Laura Flanders
Woman to Woman in Afghanistan Woman to Woman in Afghanistan
Female Engagement Teams join the counterinsurgency.
Killing Reconciliation Killing Reconciliation
How brutal raids are sabotaging the political strategy the US claims to support in Afghanistan.
Oct 27, 2010 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill