Nine War Words That Define Our World Nine War Words That Define Our World
Nine common terms associated with our present wars that probably don’t mean what you think they mean.
Jun 23, 2011 / Tom Engelhardt
100% Scared: How the National Security Complex Grows on Terrorism Fears 100% Scared: How the National Security Complex Grows on Terrorism Fears
When it comes to terrorism, Americans are officially considered 100 percent scared, and so 100 percent in need of protection.
Jun 9, 2011 / Tom Engelhardt
Post-Legal America and the National Security Complex Post-Legal America and the National Security Complex
In terms of what used to be called “foreign policy,” and more recently “national security,” the United States is now a post-legal society.
May 31, 2011 / Tom Engelhardt
Bored to Death in Afghanistan (and Washington) Bored to Death in Afghanistan (and Washington)
How is the war going ten years later in Afghanistan? Take a look now and you could easily believe the news came from a previous year of the war.
May 19, 2011 / Tom Engelhardt
Osama bin Laden’s American Legacy Osama bin Laden’s American Legacy
In every way that matters, bin Laden will fight on, barring a major policy shift in Afghanistan, and it’s we who will ensure that he remains on the battlefield of the glo...
May 5, 2011 / Tom Engelhardt
China as Number One: Don’t Bet Your Bottom Dollar China as Number One: Don’t Bet Your Bottom Dollar
Back before 9/11, China was, of course, the favored future über-enemy of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and all those neocons who signed onto the Project for the New Ame...
May 2, 2011 / Tom Engelhardt
The American Empire Derailed The American Empire Derailed
How often do empires end well, really? They live vampirically by feeding off others until, sooner or later, they begin to feed on themselves, to suck their own blood, to hollo...
Apr 19, 2011 / Tom Engelhardt
Missing in the Japan Catastrophe: Thinking the Unthinkable Missing in the Japan Catastrophe: Thinking the Unthinkable
Why we can’t bring ourselves to discuss the worst that could happen at the Fukushima nuclear complex?
Mar 22, 2011 / Tom Engelhardt
Taking the ‘War’ Out of America’s Air Wars Taking the ‘War’ Out of America’s Air Wars
These days, we need a new set of terms to explain what US air power actually does.
Mar 17, 2011 / Tom Engelhardt
Old Secretaries of Defense Never Die, They Just Write Bestselling Memoirs Old Secretaries of Defense Never Die, They Just Write Bestselling Memoirs
Since defense secretaries are in the news, let's talk about them.
Mar 7, 2011 / Tom Engelhardt