For Afghanistan, 2021 Brought an End to One Horror—and the Beginning of Another For Afghanistan, 2021 Brought an End to One Horror—and the Beginning of Another
Since the West abandoned Afghanistan, the violence of the occupation has ended but hunger and the cruelties of the Taliban have taken its place.
Dec 29, 2021 / Ali M. Latifi
Plague Doctors’ Bacchanal Plague Doctors’ Bacchanal
Another year of the Covid pandemic.
Dec 28, 2021 / OppArt / Andrea Kornbluth
Letters From the January 10/17, 2021, Issue Letters From the January 10/17, 2021, Issue
Russiagate redux?… Hope for defund… Occupy’s lessons…
Dec 28, 2021 / Our Readers
The Best to You Each Morning The Best to You Each Morning
Palintology. Scenes from our series “The Greater Quiet” for the week of December 20.
Dec 24, 2021 / Steve Brodner
Investing In Our Destruction Investing In Our Destruction
You can bank on it!
Dec 24, 2021 / OppArt / Anonymous and Peter Kuper
The Great Myth of the ”Great“ American Military The Great Myth of the ”Great“ American Military
A yawning gap looms between that military’s agreed upon reputation here and its actual performance.
Dec 24, 2021 / Andrew J. Bacevich
Founding Godfathers Founding Godfathers
Mobster Sam Giancana once went as far as to tell his brother that the Mafia and the CIA were “two sides of the same coin."
Dec 23, 2021 / Olúfémi O. Táíwò
A Million Afghan Children Could Starve This Winter. Are US Sanctions to Blame? A Million Afghan Children Could Starve This Winter. Are US Sanctions to Blame?
Partly as a result of US policy, Afghanistan’s economy is expected to contract by 30 percent.
Dec 23, 2021 / Brian Osgood