October 17, 2015The phrase “the fog of war” stands in for the inability of commanders to truly grasp what’s happening in the chaos of battle. Perhaps it’s time to introduce a companion phrase.
October 14, 2015If the first casualty of war is truth, the second might be language.
October 10, 2015Americans like to say we're different than everyone else. And we are.
September 24, 20152015 proves to be a record-breaking year for the military’s secret military.
June 22, 2015There were over 30,000 deaths by firearm in the United States in 2013 alone.
June 8, 2015A tight-knit group of neocon dead-enders is pushing Iran to the forefront of the GOP's foreign policy agenda.
June 3, 2015Anthony Russo is not a household name, but he was the first to document the CIA's use of torture, five decades ago in Vietnam.
May 26, 2015Approximately 13,000 children have been recruited into armed groups in South Sudan. Who is to blame?
May 20, 2015Jeb and other candidates would have you believe that while the invasion was based on faulty intelligence, it had everyone's support. But that's false: 156 members of Congress opposed war authorization.
May 19, 2015Instead of dealing with real, complex social issues with compassion and intelligence, our major institutions seem to be fortifying themselves – with ever-increasing futility – against their imagined demons.
