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.

Killing Civilians: How Safe Do You Actually Want to Be? Killing Civilians: How Safe Do You Actually Want to Be?

Why dead Afghan civilians aren't collateral damage but the heart of the matter.

Apr 24, 2009 / Feature / Tom Engelhardt

The Great Afghan Bailout The Great Afghan Bailout

As with AIG, the American people could end up 'owning' 80 percent of the Afghanistan-Pakistan project without ever 'nationalizing' it.

Mar 30, 2009 / Feature / Tom Engelhardt

Economic Dirty Bomb Goes Off in New York Economic Dirty Bomb Goes Off in New York

In the second 9/11, all the pain and torture is in the neighborhood.

Mar 23, 2009 / Tom Engelhardt

Falcon of Peace Falcon of Peace

Doves always lose. We need to grow claws.

Mar 12, 2009 / Tom Engelhardt

Can a Green Economy Save a Drying Planet? Can a Green Economy Save a Drying Planet?

While we are busy addressing the economic meltdown, the worst droughts in history present a new, possibly bigger threat that there's no clear roadmap for fixing.

Feb 19, 2009 / Feature / Tom Engelhardt

Prelude to an Inaugural Prelude to an Inaugural

A modest proposal of words Barack Obama might say when he takes the oath of office in Washington on Tuesday.

Jan 17, 2009 / Tom Engelhardt

Reading in an Age of Depression Reading in an Age of Depression

An editor ponders the publishing industry meltdown--and the precarious future of books.

Dec 18, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Tom Engelhardt

Hard Times Without Studs Hard Times Without Studs

His death is like the closing of an archive of what was best in America.

Dec 11, 2008 / Tom Engelhardt

The Imperial Transition The Imperial Transition

Obama's transition is the earliest, biggest, fastest, best organized and most efficient on record. But has the media failed to see the larger architecture of this moment, and what ...

Dec 10, 2008 / Feature / Tom Engelhardt

Foreclosed: The George W. Bush Story Foreclosed: The George W. Bush Story

The property is worth a lot less than when he took ownership in 2000, and the world is far more dangerous place. Now it's up to the rest of us to clean up the mess.

Nov 3, 2008 / Feature / Tom Engelhardt

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