As this month begins the ninth year of the U.S. war effort in Afghanistan, "windowless" seems to be an apt metaphor for our strategy there.
Chris Weigant | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics
No so very long ago, Afghanistan was known as "the forgotten war." But these days, Afghanistan is hard to miss in the headlines. Obama needs to begin talking about our newly-forgotten war: Iraq.
Colleen Turner | Posted 11.20.2009 | World
This year's celebration of International Peace Day on September 21st finds me focusing on communications between real or potential enemies in ways that foster amity, not enmity.
Ray Hanania | Posted 11.19.2009 | World
Renown South African Jurist Richard Goldstone has completed a comprehensive report on the war crimes committed during the Israeli war started against Hamas in the Gaza Strip on Nov. 4, 2008.
Craig and Marc Kielburger | Posted 11.18.2009 | World
The country's landscape is littered with leftover, unexploded ordnance -- still deadly after 34 years. Those farmers who dare till the land often step on landmines in their own fields.
Robbie Gennet | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics
They say the best offense is a good defense. Our only real defense against right wing insanity is to put them on the defense and keep them there.
Columbia Journalism Review | Tara McKelvey | Posted 11.13.2009 | Media
Thomas E. Ricks has a photograph of a general--Ulysses S. Grant, looking haggard and defeated in Cold Harbor, Virginia--on the wall of his office. His...
Iris Martin | Posted 11.11.2009 | Business
Now it's time for the predatory lenders, brokers and foreclosure consultants to sweat. Here is the skinny on what to do and not do in your own mortgage war.
Christine Pelosi | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics
It was not and is not inevitable that we demonize each other when, quite frankly -- we are not the problem -- the terrorists are.
Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics
I, along with almost two million other troops, were sent to war because of what happened there. Too many lives were lost that day, and too little attention has been given to memorializing them.
Robert Koehler | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics
"Most of the time, we are grievously feeling that we're not getting anywhere and that in the ongoing Afghan tragedy, 'peace' or 'humanity' is a rather...
Norman Solomon | Posted 11.08.2009 | World
Should the U.S. government keep destroying Afghanistan in order to "save" it?
Linda Milazzo | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics
Van Jones' resignation isn't a testament to the frenetic dry-drunk tirades of a delusional Fox employee. It is due to the Obama administration's failure to rightfully and necessarily defend a valuable member of its team.
Stephen C. Rose | Posted 10.22.2009 | World
I see no reason why in any war there should not be 1:1 proportionality, the idea of killing no more than have been killed by the enemy.
Ian Ruskin | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics
Harry Bridges said very simply that America should have a national health system and once suggested the best way to get one would be to do away with health insurance for members of Congress.
Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 10.18.2009 | World
The inhospitable terrain, weather and occasional kidnapping of foreigners may keep the faint-hearted at bay, but itinerant archeologists, scholars and adventure seekers still flock to Arabia Felix.
Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 10.16.2009 | World
Since Secretary Clinton ended her African trip, the news cycle has seemingly abandoned the women of Congo.
Stephen C. Rose | Posted 10.16.2009 | World
In all these situations, violence is active or incipient. In all of them, there is no solution being proposed that promises an end to the prospect of more of the same.
Robert Koehler | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics
William Calley has apologized for his role in the My Lai massacre; now it's time to atone.
Linda Buzzell | Posted 09.24.2009 | Entertainment
Why all the hullabaloo? Many believe The Age of Stupid could be the next, far hipper "An Inconvenient Truth."
Linda Cronin-Gross | Posted 09.21.2009 | World
This groundbreaking, web-only series tells the story of last year's Winter Soldier Iraq/Afghanistan hearings from the inside
Sam Black | Posted 09.20.2009 | World
How will the changing climate affect global security, and should the two issues be linked?
Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 09.19.2009 | World
This is going out to the end of a very long limb, but contrary to the rumblings in progressive think tanks, let's suggest that AFRICOM must be given a chance in eastern Congo.
Cynthia Boaz | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics
I am not saying that Jesus was a Stalinist or even a communist, just that it's very clear from his teachings that he believed that people were happier and healthier when they shared with each other.
David Sloan Wilson | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics
Have smart people already discovered the answers without the E-word, or would a sophisticated knowledge of genetic and cultural evolution lead to new answers about the causes and prevention of war?
Norman Solomon | Posted 12.01.2009 | World