by Tom Engelhardt Dear American Patriot, I wish I knew your name. I’ve been thinking about you, about all of us actually and our country, and meaning to write for a while to explain myself. Let me start this way:… Continue Reading
by Jim Lobe While this blog is devoted to U.S. policy toward the Middle East, it should come as no surprise to regular readers that I regard climate change as likely to be the greatest challenge faced by the United… Continue Reading
From Walking Libraries and a God Named “Word” to What Sherlock Holmes Never Said by Eduardo Galeano via Tom Dispatch [The following passages are excerpted from Eduardo Galeano’s new book, Children of the Days: A Calendar of Human History (Nation Books).] Memory on Legs… Continue Reading
via Tom Dispatch Follow TomDispatch on Twitter @TomDispatch. [Note for TomDispatch Readers: Once again, many thanks to all of you who contributed to our year-end funding drive. In the last couple of weeks, amazingly enough, contributions have come in from 39 states… Continue Reading
Generals Who Run Amuck, Politicians Who Could Care Less, an “Embedded” Media… And Us By William J. Astore via Tom Dispatch Few things have characterized the post-9/11 American world more than our worshipful embrace of our generals. They’ve become our… Continue Reading