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Questions for John Brennan That Won’t Get Asked

Questions for John Brennan That Won’t Get Asked Questions for John Brennan That Won’t Get Asked

Because if he told them, he’d have to kill them. Wait. He did.

Feb 6, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss

Time to Face the Truth About Iran

Time to Face the Truth About Iran Time to Face the Truth About Iran

The Islamic Republic has survived for so long because its basic model is, according to numerous surveys, what a majority of Iranians actually want. 

Feb 6, 2013 / Feature / Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett

Torture and Taboo: On Elaine Scarry

Torture and Taboo: On Elaine Scarry Torture and Taboo: On Elaine Scarry

How the work of a literary critic became the proxy for our preoccupation with the horrors of torture.

Feb 5, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Samuel Moyn

Alabama Hostage Rescue: Using the Military at Home?

Alabama Hostage Rescue: Using the Military at Home? Alabama Hostage Rescue: Using the Military at Home?

A slippery slope that ought to scare us all.

Feb 5, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss

The American Lockdown State

The American Lockdown State The American Lockdown State

Post-legal drones, the bin Laden Tax and other wonder of our American world.

Feb 5, 2013 / Tom Engelhardt

New York Dems Shouldn’t Make Political Hay of Brooklyn College’s Panel on BDS

New York Dems Shouldn’t Make Political Hay of Brooklyn College’s Panel on BDS New York Dems Shouldn’t Make Political Hay of Brooklyn College’s Panel on BDS

Democrats’ condemnation of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions discussion at Brooklyn College displays their concern for election results, not “academic freedom.”

Feb 5, 2013 / Katha Pollitt

Joe Kennedy, Cold War Critic

Joe Kennedy, Cold War Critic Joe Kennedy, Cold War Critic

The father of Jack and Bobby and Ted saw the world differently from his sons.

Feb 5, 2013 / Jon Wiener

The Real Problem With Brooklyn College’s BDS Forum Was the Backlash

The Real Problem With Brooklyn College’s BDS Forum Was the Backlash The Real Problem With Brooklyn College’s BDS Forum Was the Backlash

There is something disingenuous about cries that the forum does not represent the spectrum of views on the Israel-Palestine conflict.

Feb 4, 2013 / Chris Hayes

Egyptians Reject State Authority

Egyptians Reject State Authority Egyptians Reject State Authority

Port Said is a city in full rebellion against the unreformed security forces of the young nation.

Feb 4, 2013 / Sharif Abdel Kouddous

Good Riddance to Warmonger Hillary Clinton

Good Riddance to Warmonger Hillary Clinton Good Riddance to Warmonger Hillary Clinton

As secretary of state, Clinton backed the Petraeus-CIA plan to go to war in Syria.

Feb 4, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss

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