President Obama is about to deliver on one of his promises, as his administration ends the military policy known as “stop-loss” next month [March
Category: War
Sometimes, we need a soft and slow line
There seems to always be a line that can’t be crossed. Real or imagined, people are reluctant to go into unfamiliar or forbidden territory,
Military mystery: How many bases does the US have, anyway?
When it comes to accountability, you’d probably hope that the US military would be rather exacting, right? Sorry. The answer to the seemingly simple
$42 billion war-spending cut? It’s a start.
President Obama’s proposed budget for 2012 calls for a 26 percent decrease in military spending. According to Bloomberg News, the $117 billion in military
Morris Berman: A Question of Values
A Question of Values is Morris Berman’s seventh book of cultural history and social criticism and his first book of essays, which were written
Roots Action launches anti-war campaign
They had me at Daniel Ellsberg. Ten minutes ago, a call to action landed in my email inbox. It took me less than a
Obama’s accomplishments: Lifting the media blackout at Dover
At the outset of the first Gulf War, then-Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney imposed a ban on photographs and broadcast coverage of the arrival
My Boy Jack, my boy George & political parables
My Boy Jack is a PBS historical drama that I stumbled upon [three years late!] over the New Year’s weekend. Based on a play
Stand-up progressives: Kucinich vs. war
Right-wing Republicans may be strutting around calling the 2010 mid-term elections a “rejection” of progressive ideas, but that doesn’t mean that it’s so. Contrary
“The Most Dangerous Man in America,” available, at last, on DVD
You have to be deep into middle age to know, first-hand, what Daniel Ellsberg did in the early 1970s to expose the top-level lies