Iraq was saved from ignorant subhuman barbarism by a gentlewoman named Gertrude at the time that the civilized nations of the world were, in a quite advanced and sophisticated manner, slaughtering their young men in a project now called the First World War

People forget the extent to which Democrats, who controlled the U.S. Senate at the time, pushed for and supported the 2003 attack on Iraq

A unique conference is planned in Charlottesville, Va., featuring the latest technologies for the practice of large-scale killing

The visit coincided with the signing of a new agreement called the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement which would bring back US military facilities in the Philippines

The science has long been crystal clear: juvenile prisons are worse than nothing. They increase rather than reduce crime

This set of laws differs from Asimov’s in a number of ways. For one thing, it completely lacks morality

These people are continuing to speak and assemble. And they’re refusing to take plea bargains that would keep them out of prison

I don’t want to see the memo that David Barron wrote “legalizing” the killing of U.S. citizens with drone strikes, after which (or is it beforehand?) I’ll decide whether he should be a federal judge

An international one-day strike by fast-food workers is something new, and also something old

When we start talking about ending war, one common reaction — not as common as “You’re a lunatic,” but fairly common — is to propose that if we want to get rid of war we’ll have to get rid of something else first, or sometimes it’s a series of something elses