Debate: Sanders Rejects Intervention While Clinton Slams Iran and Putin and Supports Syrian Rebels

Juan Cole / Truthdig Oct 14, 2015 Foreign policy came up a bit in the Democratic Party debate. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

The Star Trek Fallacy

By John Feffer, TomDispatch Sep 17, 2015 Might it have been better for the universe as a whole if the Enterprise had never left earth and earth hadn’t meddled in matters beyond its own solar system? As our country contemplates future military interventions, as well as ambitious efforts to someday colonize other planets, Americans would be smart to address this fundamental question. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

‘Agent Orange’: a Poem About the Terrible Legacy the U.S. Left in Vietnam

Staff / Truthdig Apr 15, 2015 As the 40th anniversary of the fall of Saigon approaches, Paul Lobo Portugés' moving poem serves as a reminder of the pernicious and long-lasting effects American interventionism has had in Vietnam. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )