By Chalmers Johnson However ambitious President Barack Obama’s domestic plans, one unacknowledged issue has the potential to destroy any reform efforts he might launch. Think of it as the 800-pound gorilla in the American living room: […]
An America Trump Might Have LovedBy Adam Hochschild Every month, it seems, brings a new act in the Trump administration’s war on the media. In January, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo exploded at National Public Radio reporter Mary […]
Posted by Danny Sjursen I’m sure you still remember them. The president regularly called them “my generals.” They were, he claimed, from “central casting” and there were three of them: retired Marine Corps General John Kelly, who […]
The Light at the End of the Tunnel? By Tom Engelhardt Let me quote a Trumpian figure from long ago, Henry Ford. That’s right, the bigot who created the Ford Motor Company (and once even ran for president). Back […]
By: Dilip Hiro The Saudi crown prince allowed women to drive, but the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi reveals his true nature In June, when the ban on Saudi women driving ended, it was portrayed around the world […]
Posted by Mandy Smithberger In this century, the war-fighting performance of the U.S. military has proven woeful indeed and both the Pentagon high command and key Trump administration officials have evidently been incapable of drawing obvious […]
Posted by Andrew Bacevich There was certainly a hint that the previous century was not going to unfold in a particularly propitious manner when World War I, “the war to end all wars” (a phrase famously […]
Posted by Dilip Hiro It was the wars I noticed first and, in those years, made the heart of TomDispatch’s coverage. You know, the ones that went under the label of “the war on terror,” that never […]
Posted by Michael Klare In case you hadn’t noticed — and it would have been hard to miss — for the first time in history the price of oil recently fell below zero. At one point, in fact, […]
Murder, He SaidThe Killer-in-ChiefBy Tom Engelhardt “Be assured of one thing: whichever candidate you choose at the polls in November, you aren’t just electing a president of the United States; you are also electing an assassin-in-chief.” […]