Intelligentsia Against Intelligence
In the parlance of our times, the term "Idiocracy" means a nation run by idiots--and the term "idiot" is… more
In the parlance of our times, the term "Idiocracy" means a nation run by idiots--and the term "idiot" is… more
Let's say you're a congressperson or tea party leader looking to champion deficit reduction--a cause 38 percent of Americans… more
Lies, violence and the fight for freedom in Honduras.
The case for an immediate withdrawal from Afghanistan.
The post-election claims about the Afghan election have had the unfortunate effect of obscuring a far more fundamental consequence… more
The United States was founded as an "infant empire," in the words of George Washington. The conquest of the… more
Counterinsurgency failed before, but the United States is trying again.
I'm a video game geek, so as I sat through movie previews a few weeks ago, I was sure… more
Imagine that you live in a nice house in a tense neighborhood. Your neighbors haven't been too pleased with… more
Behind the hoopla, military spending continues to rise.
President Obama seeks a world without nuclear weapons, but there are signs a key treaty is unraveling.
Keeping the corporation formerly known as Blackwater out of Skunk Hollow.
Medical professionals designed and helped to implement Bush administration interrogation practices.
Pentagon ends the back-door draft, but critics fear a return with Afghanistan surge.
If the war in Iraq is winding down, what does peace look like?
Robots have the perverse side effect of making war seem easy.
The Pentagon’s dream of a techno army is doomed to fail.
An FBI report details white supremacists' recruitment of military personnel.
The private security firm eyes a new market: the high seas.
Vietnam veteran and author Andrew Bacevich on American decadence and the failure of the Iraq War.
Two recent books examine America’s military and diplomatic forays into South and Central Asia.
More than 100 countries have agreed to stop using them. Guess which one hasn't
In the next five years, according to DefenseLink, the Pentagon plans to spend $2 billion on robots, breaking the monopoly of human soldiers in an army
Who's to blame when 'just following orders' means murder?
School districts are beginning to keep the results of a dodgy student aptitude test out of the hands of military recruiters
The Pentagon's new program to embed anthropologists with combat brigades raises many concerns
Millennials, explained Arthur Mitchell, director of strategic planning for the Navy's Accelerate Your Life campaign, are "narcissistic praise junkies" and "a somewhat alien life force"
Is the Pentagon's neighborhood watch strategy protecting Iraqis or stoking the civil war?
U.S.-Turkish relations, already strained by the war in Iraq, are being tested further by the controversial congressional resolution recognizing the 1915 genocide of Armenians.
Sexual abuse and rape in military culture--and a lack of action by military authorities--are long-standing problems, brought to light with the Tailhook scandal in 1991
How the Pentagon transformed a contractor into a symbol of the surge's 'success'
Contracting soldiers of fortune is only one example of our recent philosophy of government
America's deadly dependence on private security contractors in Iraq
Despite numerous human rights abuses, the United States continues to pump money into the Indonesian military under the guise of the war on terror
Two dozen military bases in Africa will help the United States compete for influence with China in the otherwise forgotten continent
American-style sprawl is adversely affecting the outposts of our global empire
Despite a growing body of medical research, the Pentagon is extending tours of duty to their longest levels since World War II, precipitating the first time in history that active-duty soldiers will spend more time in combat than at home
An enduring crisis in civil-military relations threatens America's future
Latino teenagers, including illegal immigrants are being recruited into the military with false promises.
For the Iraqi people, the surge in U.S. troops has meant more bombs dropping from the sky and a surge in deaths