Tom Dispatch

Is Egypt the Future IndoTurkeZil?

Arab nations don't have to look far to find examples of healthy democracies in the Islamic world.

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| Mon Mar. 14, 2011 2:34 PM PDT

The Embarrassments of Empire

Washington wonders what to say about Arab freedom.

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| Thu Mar. 10, 2011 2:49 PM PST

Where Did All the Fatwas Go?

How a revolution of hope is changing the way Americans look at Islam.

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| Tue Mar. 8, 2011 1:36 PM PST

What Our Secretaries of Defense Keep Getting Wrong

It doesn’t seem like the hardest lesson in human history to grasp, but it has been: don’t go in.

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| Tue Mar. 8, 2011 1:01 AM PST

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What the Unrest in the Middle East Means for Global Oil Production

And why the recent rise in the price of oil is just an early tremor heralding the oilquake to come.

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| Thu Mar. 3, 2011 3:32 PM PST

The Real US National Security Budget: 1.2 Trillion

The figure no one wants you to see.

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| Tue Mar. 1, 2011 1:12 PM PST

The Spirit of Egypt in Madison

Eating Egyptian pizza in downtown Madison.

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| Mon Feb. 28, 2011 1:01 PM PST

Five Ways to Be Tone Deaf in Washington

As the Middle East burns the Washington echo chamber is still incapable of reevaluating our disastrous Af/Pak war.

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| Thu Feb. 24, 2011 5:17 PM PST

Confessions of an Ex-Qaddafi Lobbyist

What's it like to flack for a notorious despot?

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| Wed Feb. 23, 2011 4:00 AM PST

The Chamber of Carbon

The US Chamber of Commerce darkens the skies.

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| Tue Feb. 22, 2011 1:59 PM PST

Why Mubarak Fell

The (sometimes) incredible power of nonviolent protest.

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| Tue Feb. 15, 2011 4:08 PM PST

From An Israeli Prison to Tahrir Square

One Palestinian’s odyssey in a Middle East ablaze.

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| Mon Feb. 14, 2011 3:17 PM PST

Why Bradley Manning Is a Patriot, Not a Criminal

An opening statement for the defense of Private Manning.

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| Thu Feb. 10, 2011 2:07 PM PST

The Middle East's Pox Americana

How decades of American hubris and unilateralism brought about the Egyptian protests.

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| Tue Feb. 8, 2011 4:00 AM PST

You Must Watch the Empire Bowl

It's our last super thing.

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| Thu Feb. 3, 2011 4:00 AM PST

Why Military Spending Remains Untouchable

Soldiers offer much-needed assurance that old-fashioned values still survive.

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| Fri Jan. 28, 2011 2:00 AM PST

The Corruption Game

What the Tunisian Revolution and WikiLeaks tell us about American support for corrupt dictatorships in the Muslim world.

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| Wed Jan. 26, 2011 4:00 AM PST

The Chamber of Commerce's Health Reform Heretics

The group is hell-bent on undermining health care reform, but some of its local affiliates—gasp!—kind of like the law.

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| Tue Jan. 25, 2011 4:00 AM PST

Why Are We Still in Afghanistan?

How the power of myth keeps us mired in war.

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| Thu Jan. 20, 2011 4:48 PM PST

In the Crosshairs

The civilian casualties of our foreign wars just don't seem to resonate with the American public the same way a domestic shooting does.

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| Tue Jan. 18, 2011 2:10 PM PST