The Problems With BDS The Problems With BDS
If the anti-Israel boycott's losing vote at the Park Slope Food Coop really was a victory for BDS, that's a bad thing.
Mar 31, 2012 / Ben Adler
You Are Only Coming Through in Waves You Are Only Coming Through in Waves
Eric Alterman talks jazz, blues and Floyd while Reed Richardson zeros in on the "Bunker Bluster."
Mar 1, 2012 / Eric Alterman
Not a Peep About the President’s Praise for War Not a Peep About the President’s Praise for War
In his 2012 State of the Union address, the president chose to celebrate the US military. Critics chose not raise alarm about the spread of US militarism.
Jan 26, 2012 / Laura Flanders
Debacle: Lessons From Lost Wars Debacle: Lessons From Lost Wars
How two wars in the Greater Middle East revealed the weakness of the global superpower.
Jan 3, 2012 / Tom Engelhardt
As Obama Goes Abroad Searching for Monsters to Destroy, Ron Paul Rightly Rejects Assassinating Americans As Obama Goes Abroad Searching for Monsters to Destroy, Ron Paul Rightly Rejects Assassinating Americans
While Rick Perry hails the president's authorization of the killing of two Americans in Yemen, Paul rejects “assassinating American citizens without charges.”
Oct 1, 2011 / John Nichols
Bombing Haqqani: A Bad Idea Bombing Haqqani: A Bad Idea
Obama should make a deal with Pakistan, not threaten to bomb it.
Sep 26, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss
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
Challenging US Claims on Civilian Deaths in Drone Attacks Challenging US Claims on Civilian Deaths in Drone Attacks
Dennis Blair opposes drones, but stays mum on victims.
Aug 15, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss
McCain Wanted to Give Obama Greater War Powers, but Democratic Senators Appear to Have Rejected the Folly McCain Wanted to Give Obama Greater War Powers, but Democratic Senators Appear to Have Rejected the Folly
Defenders of the Constitution should thank antiwar activists who succeeded in getting the Senate to drop language that would have dramatically extended the warmaking powers of pres...
Jul 7, 2011 / John Nichols
Occupying Iraq, State Department–Style Occupying Iraq, State Department–Style
Eight disastrous years after we invaded, it is sad but altogether true that Iraq does not matter much in the end.
Jun 7, 2011 / Peter Van Buren