America’s Growing Intolerance
How “Enemy Creep” Is Guantanamo-izing America
By Karen J. Greenberg
Reprinted with permission of TomDispatch.com
Just in case you thought that “political correctness” had been thoroughly discredited in the culture wars of the 1990s, it’s back — and this time it’s being treated as [...]
How the Tiny Kingdom of Bahrain Strong-Armed the President of the United States
By Nick Turse
Reprinted with the permission of TomDispatch.com.
The men walking down the street looked ordinary enough. Ordinary, at least, for these days of tumult and protest in the Middle East. They wore sneakers and jeans and long-sleeved [...]
The Disappearance of the Nightmare Arab
How a Revolution of Hope Is Changing the Way Americans Look at Islam
By James Carroll
Reprinted with permission of TomDispatch.com
Since 2001, Americans have been living with a nightmare Arab, a Muslim monster threatening us to the core, chilling our souls with [...]
The Real U.S. National Security Budget
The Figure No One Wants You to See
By Chris Hellman
Reprinted with permission of TomDispatch.com
What if you went to a restaurant and found it rather pricey? Still, you ordered your meal and, when done, picked up the check only to [...]
All-American Decline in a New World
Wars, Vampires, Burned Children, and Indelicate Imbalances
By Tom Engelhardt
Reprinted with permission of TomDispatch.com
This is a global moment unlike any in memory, perhaps in history. Yes, comparisons can be made to the wave of people power that swept Eastern Europe as the [...]
Cutting $100 Billion?… Easy
If Only Washington Had a Brain
By Tom Engelhardt
Reprinted with permission of TomDispatch.com
Here’s the latest news from Congress, in case you’ve been in Afghanistan for the last couple of weeks. A debate about slashing the federal budget is now upon us, while fears [...]
Why Mubarak Fell
The (Sometimes) Incredible Power of Nonviolent Protest
By Michael Schwartz
Reprinted with permission of TomDispatch.com
Memo to President Obama: Given the absence of intelligent intelligence and the inadequacy of your advisers’ advice, it’s not surprising that your handling of the Egyptian uprising has [...]
From An Israeli Prison to Tahrir Square
One Palestinian’s Odyssey in a Middle East Ablaze
By Jen Marlowe
Reprinted with permission of TomDispatch.com
As pro-democracy demonstrations sweep across the Middle East, ousting dictators in Tunisia and Egypt, many in the West have expressed surprise that such a strong, [...]
Pox Americana
Driving Through the Gates of Hell and Other American Pastimes in the Greater Middle East
By Tom Engelhardt
Reprinted with permission of TomDispatch.com
As we’ve watched the dramatic events in the Middle East, you would hardly know that we had a thing to do with them. [...]
Cow Most Sacred
Why Military Spending Remains Untouchable
By Andrew J. Bacevich
Reprinted with permission of TomDispatch.com
In defense circles, “cutting” the Pentagon budget has once again become a topic of conversation. Americans should not confuse that talk with reality. Any cuts exacted will at most reduce the rate [...]
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