How Not to Make Friends in the Greater Middle East: Washington’s Singular Accomplishment
In the method, there is madness; in the comedy, nightmare; in the tragedy, farce. And despite everything, there’s still…
The Indypendent
In the method, there is madness; in the comedy, nightmare; in the tragedy, farce. And despite everything, there’s still…
Sleepwalking into the Imperial Dark: What It Feels Like When a Superpower Runs Off the Tracks
This can’t end well. But then, how often do empires end well, really? They live vampirically by feeding off…
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates just made a surprise visit to Afghanistan, and talk about embarrassment, even if in…
As we’ve watched the dramatic events in the Middle East, you would hardly know that we had a thing…
In the Crosshairs: Tucson-Kabul
“Slowly a humped shape rose out of the pit, and the ghost of a beam of light seemed to…
The Urge to Surge: Washington’s 30-Year High
If, as 2011 begins, you want to peer into the future, enter my time machine, strap yourself in, and…
One November’s Dead: The American War Dead Disappear into the Darkness
America’s heroes? Not so much. Not anymore. Not when they’re dead, anyway. Remember as the invasion of Iraq was…