Washington’s default military solution
What Washington can't learn from the failure of the Military option
Thursday, Jul 5, 2012 2:30 PM UTC 17Politics Government, Washington, D.C.
Tom Engelhardt
Politics Government, Washington, D.C.
Dear Class of 2012, life isn’t easy
A speech to graduates beginning a life on our overheated planet
Tuesday, Jun 26, 2012 8:49 PM UTCLife U.S. Economy, Politics, Education
It couldn’t happen here, it does happen there
The value of American -- and Afghan -- lives
Tuesday, Jun 19, 2012 1:36 PM UTC 10Politics National security
Electing an assassin-in-chief
Don't expect America's drone policy to change any time soon
Tuesday, Jun 5, 2012 9:46 AM UTC 41Politics Barack Obama, Drones
Memorial Day’s lessons in amnesia
If nothing else, the holiday allows us to reflect on our commitment to forgetting bloody conflicts
Thursday, May 24, 2012 3:04 PM UTCLife Afghanistan
America’s drone exceptionalism
Always the world leader, our country has pioneered terrifyingly expansive new rules for drone warfare
Monday, May 14, 2012 5:26 PM UTCPolitics Barack Obama
Afghanistan syndrome
Today's endless war has overtaken Vietnam in our collective consciousness as America's great military nightmare
Tuesday, Apr 10, 2012 3:05 PM UTC 37News Afghanistan, U.S. Military
The final unraveling of Afghanistan?
The massive anti-Quran-burning protests may mark the beginning of the end of America's military misadventure
Tuesday, Feb 28, 2012 2:17 PM UTC 39News Afghanistan, U.S. Military, Islam
Obama’s “mission accomplished” moment?
At the Pentagon, the president whitewashes the Afghan war and looks to continue a disastrous military-first policy
Thursday, Jan 12, 2012 3:48 PM UTC 10Politics U.S. Military, Barack Obama
It’s time to admit defeat
If we want to avoid repeating our mistakes, we need to stop whitewashing the disasters in Iraq and Afghanistan
Tuesday, Jan 3, 2012 3:59 PM UTC 31News Iraq war, Afghanistan
When every year is election year
6 percent of the events Obama attends involve asking for money from wealthy donors. Democracy is officially dead
Monday, Dec 12, 2011 6:23 PM UTC 27Politics 2012 Elections, Barack Obama
OWS’ Valley Forge moment
This generation of protesters is saddled by debt and an uncertain future. They can survive the challenges of winter
Monday, Oct 31, 2011 1:27 PM UTC 22Politics Occupy Wall Street
Is the Pentagon commanding jihadis?
A strange counterterrorism program has hackers giving "virulent" and "confusing" orders on radical Islamist sites
Thursday, Aug 11, 2011 4:40 PM UTC 18Politics Terrorism, War Room, Pentagon
Will military spending bankrupt the U.S.?
Our debt problems stem from the fact that we're pouring more money into the Pentagon than we have since WWII
Tuesday, Aug 2, 2011 4:01 PM UTC 78Politics Pentagon, War Room, U.S. Economy
How to lose friends in the Middle East
The real impact of the billions we're throwing at the region? Everyone hates the U.S.
Thursday, Jul 21, 2011 5:30 PM UTC 15Politics Foreign policy, War Room
We’re stuck in Bush’s America
W. and Cheney have faded from public view, but Obama continues to carry out their destructive war on terror
Tuesday, Jul 12, 2011 4:01 PM UTC 39Politics Terrorism, Afghanistan
Does Obama idolize the military?
The president's Afghanistan speech featured disturbingly fawning rhetoric about the armed forces
Thursday, Jun 30, 2011 3:01 PM UTC 72Politics Barack Obama, War Room
Our new language of perpetual war
From "victory" to "withdrawal," we look at nine words that have been redefined to justify our military actions
Thursday, Jun 23, 2011 9:01 PM UTC 12Politics War Room
How our irrational fear of terrorism is costing us
We waste more and more on national security. Why won't the government spend money fighting more pressing dangers?
Thursday, Jun 9, 2011 4:01 PM UTC 22Politics National security, War Room
There is no rule of law in America
In our nation of torture, assassinations and foreign invasions, the question of legality has become obsolete
Tuesday, May 31, 2011 5:01 PM UTC 31Politics National security, War Room
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Tom Engelhardt, co-founder of the American Empire Project, runs the Nation Institute's TomDispatch.com. He is the author of "The End of Victory Culture," a history of the Cold War and beyond, as well as of a novel, "The Last Days of Publishing." He also edited "The World According to TomDispatch:
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