How Not to Make Friends in the Greater Middle East
Washington’s Singular Accomplishment
By Tom Engelhardt
Reprinted with permission of TomDispatch.com
In the method, there is madness; in the comedy, nightmare; in the tragedy, farce.
And despite everything, there’s still good news when it comes to what Americans can [...]
On the Mend?
America Comes to Its Senses
By Andrew J. Bacevich
Reprinted with permission of TomDispatch.com
At periodic intervals, the American body politic has shown a marked susceptibility to messianic fevers. Whenever an especially acute attack occurs, a sort of delirium ensues, manifesting itself in delusions of grandeur and demented [...]
Siamese Twins Sharing the Same Brain
How the Military and the Civilian Are Blurring in Washington
By William J. Astore
Reprinted with permission of TomDispatch.com
I have a fairy tale for you. Once upon a time, a representative democracy was established with a constitution that distilled the wisdom of the ages. Its [...]
The Crash and Burn of Old Regimes
Washington Court Culture and Its Endless Wars
By William J. Astore
Reprinted with permission of TomDispatch.com
The killing of Osama bin Laden, “a testament to the greatness of our country” according to President Obama, should not be allowed to obscure a central [...]
Where Have All the Graveyards Gone?
The War That Didn’t End War and Its Unending Successors
By Adam Hochschild
Reprinted with permission of TomDispatch.com
What if, from the beginning, everyone killed in the Iraq and Afghan wars had been buried in a single large cemetery easily accessible [...]
Hueys Over Yemen
Is U.S. Aid Suppressing Another Mideast Freedom Struggle?
By Nick Turse
Reprinted with permission of TomDispatch.com
In recent weeks, Yemeni protesters calling for an immediate end to the 32-year reign of U.S.-backed President Ali Abdullah Saleh have been met with increasing violence at the hands of state [...]
An Arab Spring for Women
The Missing Story from the Middle East
By Shahin Cole and Juan Cole
Reprinted with permission of TomDispatch.com
The “Arab Spring” has received copious attention in the American media, but one of its crucial elements has been largely overlooked: the striking role of [...]
Washington on the Rocks
An Empire of Autocrats, Aristocrats, and Uniformed Thugs Begins to Totter
By Alfred W. McCoy and Brett Reilly
Reprinted with permission of TomDispatch.com
In one of history’s lucky accidents, the juxtaposition of two extraordinary events has stripped the architecture of American global power bare for [...]
Sleepwalking into the Imperial Dark
What It Feels Like When a Superpower Runs Off the Tracks
By Tom Engelhardt
Reprinted with permission of TomDispatch.com
This can’t end well.
But then, how often do empires end well, really? They live vampirically by feeding off others until, sooner or later, [...]
Three Myths of Israel’s Insecurity
And Why They Must Be Debunked
By Ira Chernus
Reprinted with permission of TomDispatch.com
Here are the Three Sacred Commandments for Americans who shape the public conversation on Israel:
1. For politicians, especially at the federal level: As soon as you say the [...]
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