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When we last left our hero, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, I sarcastically conjectured that poor Rummy had been ‘dropped from the…
Nick Turse
Nick Turse is an American investigative journalist, historian, and author. He is the associate editor and research director of the blog TomDispatch and a fellow at The Nation
Lets face it, making war is fast superceding sports as the American national pastime. Since 1980, overtly or covertly, the United States…
I first noticed the pattern last year with the Abu Ghraib torture scandal exploding. By now it’s beyond a trend. Closer to…
Part II: The Civilian Half When we last left this story, we were knee-deep in the emerging Homeland Security State, a special…
Part I: The Military Half If you’re reading this on the Internet, the FBI may be spying on you at this very…
It’s that time of year again, folks. The moment to begin the mad scramble to fill those Xmas stockings and so time…
Even if you never read the comic book or watched the hopelessly low-production-value 1960s cartoon, chances are you’ve at least seen the…
Prior to the Republican National Convention, I thought I knew all about the militarization of Manhattan — the transformation of the island…
The tagline for John Carpenter’s 1981 cult sci-fi classic Escape From New York went “New York City is now a maximum security…
Since 1961, thanks to President Dwight D. Eisenhower, we’ve all been cognizant of the “unwarranted influence” of the military-industrial complex in America.…