Ear to the Ground
Ear to the Ground
Opinion
R. James Woolsey, Godfather of Post-9/11 National Security Capitalism
Jul 29, 2026 The recently deceased former CIA director and Paladin Group founder taught Washington how to spin Islamophobia and "homeland security" into business gold.
TD Original
Millennial MAGA Meets MKULTRA
Jul 14, 2026 The task force on Declassified Federal Secrets held its latest hearing on the history of CIA mind control research. Once again, it chose conspiracy over accountability.
Courts & Law
US Legal Attacks are Part of Trump’s Broader Assault on Cuba
Jun 18, 2026 As Cuba cases reach the U.S. Supreme Court, the administration hopes to exploit them to deepen its economic attacks on Havana.
Middle East
Trump’s Art of the Deal Meets Iran’s Long Memory of Foreign Exploitation
Jun 4, 2026 Washington may view these talks as a standard business transaction, but history has taught Tehran that a compromise with the West is a trap.
Opinion
Playing With Fire: The Shadowy US ‘Kill Chain’ in Russia
Jun 2, 2026
Politics
Bohemian Grove: More Than a Getaway for Our War Machine Elites
Mar 10, 2026 The Northern California hideaway is a social nexus for revolvers between the national security community and defense contractors.
Books
Chile in Their Hearts, and Ours
May 30, 2025 The recent book by John Dinges pursues the untold story behind the killings of two Americans by the Chilean military after the 1973 coup.
Books
‘Blue Collar Empire’: The Untold Story of U.S. Labor’s Global Anticommunist Crusade
May 16, 2025 Historian Jeff Schuhrke documents the AFL-CIO’s role in weakening left-wing labor unions around the world between the '40s and '90s.
Politics
JFK Wanted To Dismantle the CIA. Why Didn’t He?
Mar 28, 2025 Piecing together newly unredacted files and personal accounts, we know now there was a powerful shift against the agency's 'rogue autonomy.' Until there wasn't.
Media
20 Years After His Death, Gary Webb’s Truth Is Still Dangerous
Dec 30, 2024 Two decades after Webb’s death, the U.S. government hasn’t kicked the habit of wreaking lethal havoc at home and abroad.
TD Interview
Sixty Years After JFK’s Assassination, Oliver Stone Reflects
Nov 21, 2023 The director of “JFK” on the Kennedy cover-up, why he was killed, and what the country—and the world—suffered as a result.2024 National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Award: Second Place, Personality Profile, Film Personalities, Online