On Listening to Our Troops On Listening to Our Troops
“Support our troops” is an unconditional American mantra. We’re told to celebrate them as warrior-liberators, as heroes, as the finest fighters the world has eve...
Feb 22, 2011 / William J. Astore
US, UK Meddling in Cairo US, UK Meddling in Cairo
London is peddling weapons to Egypt's military. Already.
Feb 21, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss
Kuwait Fuse Set for March 8? Kuwait Fuse Set for March 8?
"The power of tweeting Kuwaitis should not be undestimated.'
Feb 21, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss
Kristof’s Wrong: Anti-Americanism Will Gain in Revolts Kristof’s Wrong: Anti-Americanism Will Gain in Revolts
Decades of anti-US feelings, along with growing Islamism, will drastically change the region's tenor.
Feb 21, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss
The End of Qaddafi? The End of Qaddafi?
Hundreds are dead as rebels seize several Libyan cities and besiege capital.
Feb 21, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss
Where Hunger Goes: On the Green Revolution Where Hunger Goes: On the Green Revolution
Nick Cullather’s The Hungry World teaches us that US agricultural assistance in Asia during the cold war was a Green Counterrevolution.
Feb 17, 2011 / Books & the Arts / David Rieff
Letter From Herzliya, Neocon Woodstock Letter From Herzliya, Neocon Woodstock
The annual gathering of Israeli and American policy elites was supposed to focus on Iran. Then the Egyptian revolution scrambled Israeli conservatives’ worldview.
Feb 14, 2011 / Matthew Duss
The Secret History of the Muslim Brotherhood The Secret History of the Muslim Brotherhood
What, exactly, is the Brotherhood? How strong is it inside Egypt?
Feb 11, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss
A Bright Bipartisan Future on Civil Liberties? A Bright Bipartisan Future on Civil Liberties?
Lately, when the term “bipartisan compromise” is tossed around, it tends to mean that Democrats are giving in to the Republican position on issues, or that women's righ...
Feb 10, 2011 / Laura Flanders
For Democracy in Egypt For Democracy in Egypt
Will Obama follow Washington tradition by undermining the protests in the name of “stability”? Or will he practices what he preaches and stand with protesters?
Feb 10, 2011 / The Editors