May Is the Month for Protest—Daniel Berrigan Would Agree

By Michael Winship / Moyers & Company May 7, 2016 The Jesuit writer and activist's death is a reminder of the necessity—and power—of protest in America. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Hillary Clinton’s Foreign Policy Resumé: What the Record Shows

By Gary Leupp / CounterPunch May 6, 2016 To many Americans, Clinton is best-known for her advocacy of a national health care system, her assertion that it takes a village to raise a child, and her championing of women’s empowerment. The rest of the world knows her better for her passion for bombing. Dig deeper ( 41 Min. Read )

A Dictionary of Euphemisms for Imperial Decline

By William J. Astore / TomDispatch Apr 18, 2016 Cloaking violent, even murderous actions in anodyne language might help a few doubting functionaries sleep easier at night, but it should make the rest of us profoundly uneasy. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

War, What Is It Good For? Absolutely Nothing.

By Tom Engelhardt / TomDispatch Feb 26, 2016 You could think of American war in the 21st century as an ongoing experiment in proving just that point. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Bernie Sanders’ Foreign Policy Judgment Is More Valuable Than Clinton’s Experience

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 8, 2016 Instead of criticizing Sanders’ "inexperience," we should “be questioning why any of the candidates of either party are employing the same old foreign policy advisers -- many of whom not only supported the Iraq War but every disastrous military intervention since,” argues Trevor Timm at The Guardian. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Doubling Down on a Failed Strategy: The Pentagon’s Dangerous ‘New’ Base Plan

By David Vine / TomDispatch Jan 15, 2016 The Obama administration's consideration of a Pentagon proposal to create a “new” and “enduring” system of military bases around the Middle East confirms that the military intends to stay in the region for decades, if not generations, to come. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

American War Crimes: Candidates Compete to Promise the Most Torture and Slaughter

By Rebecca Gordon / TomDispatch Jan 7, 2016 There’s nothing like the heady combination of a “populist” Republican race for the presidency and a national hysteria over terrorism to make Americans want to reach for those “enhanced interrogation techniques.” Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

Why Islamic State Is the Minor Leagues of Terror

By Tom Engelhardt / TomDispatch Jan 6, 2016 As 2016 begins, terror remains the 800-pound gorilla (in reality, a marmoset) in the American room and just about the only national security issue that truly matters. So why shouldn’t I join the crowd? First, let's put Islamic State in perspective. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

The American Empire: Murder Inc.

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Jan 4, 2016 Investigative journalist Allan Nairn knows firsthand how the U.S. uses mass killing as a routine tool of foreign policy. The horrifying tactics of Islamic State, he says, are an imitation of what we have been doing and what we have been teaching our international proxies for generations. Update: Video added. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

The National Security State’s Incestuous Relationship With Islamic State

By Tom Engelhardt / TomDispatch Nov 19, 2015 Paris changed everything; Paris changes nothing. Each view is, in its own way, undoubtedly true. And here’s a third sentence I know to be true: This can’t end well. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Kissinger, the Bombardier: How Diplomacy by Air Power Became an All-American Tradition

By Greg Grandin / TomDispatch Nov 9, 2015 Henry Kissinger's example has coursed through the decades, shedding a spectral light on the road that has brought us to a state of eternal war. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )

The Demobilization of the American People and the Spectacle of Election 2016

By Tom Engelhardt / TomDispatch Oct 29, 2015 At the center of the 2016 election is Donald Trump. For a historical equivalent, you would have to imagine P.T. Barnum running for president. And strangely enough, it all started with 9/11. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )