Philip Weiss, over at the New York Observer, is always a good source of information, and here is his take on the thinktank situation and how it relates to U.S. policy toward Israel: "As we are frequently told, universities belong to the left. The academy is like an...
The Washington Post’s Tom Toles has a cartoon on Congress and torture that is worth its weight in thumbscrews. The cartoon perfectly captures how Congress is partnering with the Bush administration in sanctioning U.S. barbarity. The cartoon is here - at least for...
In Monday's edition of his biweekly column, "The Wartime Economist," Antiwar.com's David R. Henderson takes on George Shultz of the Committee on the Present Danger and the best case the War Party can make for continuing the failed "war on terror." Tough luck there,...
The key players in the U.S. Senate have agreed with the Bush administration to retroactively legalize torture by U.S. government agents. The compromise deal struck yesterday will block prosecution for CIA officials who tortured detainees since 9/11. I would expect...
The bloodthirsty "conservative" warmongers at National Review have now all but admitted that The War on Terror will never end. This is from the September 11th issue: "Ladies and gentlemen: Our Problems are here, there, and everythere. They will last our lifetime. You...
Ann Berg surveys the history of fascism and concludes this ain't it. Jon Basil Utley explains why Americans aren't cut out for empire. Steve Vujacic ponders how far Tony Blair will go to salvage his legacy. And as always, be sure to check out our Friday regulars...
Okay, you have an extra month to write that insightful essay you know you have inside you! The Antiwar.com essay contest for middle and high school students is drawing to a close – but as this is our first such contest and we want to make sure everyone who wants to...
Brendan O'Neill has an Antiwar.com exclusive on today's page, "Hooked on a Failing," about the West's War on Drugs, that will be of interest to folks of many foreign-policy stripes.
If someone makes a practical argument for torture, are you under any intellectual obligation to respond with a practical argument against? There are plenty of those, but as Lindsay Beyerstein puts it: It's sort of like writing rape-prevention posts about how you...
The debate over who benefits from our invasion of Iraq entered a new phase with the publication of a research paper by Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, written by two prominent foreign policy scholars from the "realist" camp, John J. Mearsheimer and...
