What the Mainstream Media Aren't Telling You About Jamal Khashoggi
The journalist's alleged murder should be condemned loudly, but our political press' uncritical praise of his work is likely misplaced.
Blowback From a Generation of American Folly
Let’s consider the last decades of American war-making in the context of insider attacks.
Taliban Say Founder of Haqqani Network Has Died in Afghanistan
The fierce enemy President Ronald Reagan once praised as a freedom fighter had been paralyzed for the past 10 years.
Scheer Intelligence
Seymour Hersh on America’s Capacity for Fascist Brutality
U.S. soldiers in My Lai, Vietnam, "didn't just kill babies," the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist tells Robert Scheer in a wide-ranging interview. "They were throwing infants up and catching them on their bayonets."
Articles
How Do You Get Off the U.S. 'Kill List'?
Since the Bush administration created the secret list after the 9/11 attacks, the criteria for inclusion have morphed and remain elusive.
Circle of Absurdity: Killing the Extremists We Create
The U.S., which remains mired in wars in the Greater Middle East, would do well to remember that today’s convenient friend is too often tomorrow’s sworn enemy.
New Jersey Man Who Set Off Bombs Gets Multiple Life Sentences
The naturalized American, called a terrorist in court, was wounded and captured in a 2016 shootout that ended a two-day manhunt. Earlier, he had detonated explosives in New Jersey and Manhattan.
Articles
What If the U.S. Had Showed Restraint After 9/11?
The author imagines an alternative strategy for then-President George W. Bush on Sept. 12, 2001, and beyond.
TD originals
No Good Reasons to Continue America’s Longest War
Our costly presence in Afghanistan is on track to continue at least another decade, as politicians fail to articulate past failures or envision future strategy.
TD originals
The End of Empire
The death spiral appears unstoppable, meaning the U.S. as we know it will no longer exist within a decade or, at most, two.
