Tom Engelhardt

Tom Engelhardt created and runs Tomdispatch.com, a project of The Nation Institute where he is a Fellow. His next book, A Nation Unmade by War (Dispatch Books), will be published later this month.

Occupy Wall Street at Valley Forge Occupy Wall Street at Valley Forge

A (self-) graduation speech for the Occupiers at Zuccotti Park.

Oct 31, 2011 / Tom Engelhardt

Is the National Security Complex Too Big To Fail? Is the National Security Complex Too Big To Fail?

Think of Iraq as the AIG of wars, only this bailout is still going on.

Oct 20, 2011 / Tom Engelhardt

Wall Street’s Second Occupation Wall Street’s Second Occupation

The police occupation of the Wall Street area has been hardly less massive, sustained or impressive than the Zuccotti Park encampment.

Oct 17, 2011 / Tom Engelhardt

Scamming Washington Scamming Washington

Don't be embarrassed that you answered that email from that "Nigerian princess"—over the past decade, the US government has been suckered into much bigger scams.

Sep 20, 2011 / Tom Engelhardt

Let’s Cancel 9/11 Let’s Cancel 9/11

Bury the war state’s blank check at sea.

Sep 8, 2011 / Tom Engelhardt

Could the Pentagon Be Responsible for Your Death? Could the Pentagon Be Responsible for Your Death?

A look at a potentially shocking Pentagon program to influence jihadis online that Congress should investigate fast. 

Aug 11, 2011 / Tom Engelhardt

Time to Lower America’s War Ceiling? Time to Lower America’s War Ceiling?

Exploring the war crisis that lurks behind the debt-ceiling crisis.

Aug 2, 2011 / Tom Engelhardt

How Not to Make Friends in the Greater Middle East How Not to Make Friends in the Greater Middle East

A look at America’s "singular achievement" in Pakistan, Afghanistan and the Greater Middle East.

Jul 21, 2011 / Tom Engelhardt

Obama’s Bush-League World Obama’s Bush-League World

Is the Obama national security team a pilotless drone?

Jul 12, 2011 / Tom Engelhardt

The Militarized Surrealism of Barack Obama The Militarized Surrealism of Barack Obama

 In Obama's Afghanistan speech, signs of the Great American Unraveling. 

Jun 30, 2011 / Tom Engelhardt

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