Sleepwalking into the Imperial Dark What It Feels Like When a Superpower Runs Off the Tracks By Tom Engelhardt Reprinted with permission of TomDispatch.com This can’t end well. But then, how often do empires end well, really? They live vampirically… Continue Reading
Mr. Arrigoni is the first foreigner to have been kidnapped here since the Hamas takeover of Gaza in 2007, and appears to be the first pro-Palestinian activist in memory to have been killed here by Palestinians. That raised embarrassing questions… Continue Reading
Three Myths of Israel’s Insecurity And Why They Must Be Debunked By Ira Chernus Reprinted with permission of TomDispatch.com Here are the Three Sacred Commandments for Americans who shape the public conversation on Israel: 1. For politicians, especially at the… Continue Reading
I was a bit bored by Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen‘s (R-FL) House Foreign Affairs briefing last week on Israel. ‘Blah blah blah never give up the Jordan Valley.’ I thought maybe there would be real Congressional work discussed. But, like opposition… Continue Reading
Not Why, But How To the Shores of (and Skies Above) Tripoli By Andrew J. Bacevich Reprinted with permission of TomDispatch.com It is a commonplace of American politics: when the moving van pulls up to the White House on Inauguration… Continue Reading