Israel’s Racist in Chief

by Chris Hedges

Obama Administration's Early Friction with New Israeli Govt

by Jim Lobe

Political Winds Shift in Favor of Legalized Pot

The Press and Human Terrain Systems

Counterinsurgency's Free Ride

By DAVID PRICE

David Price is a member of the Network of Concerned Anthropologists. He is the author of Anthropological Intelligence: The Deployment and Neglect of American Anthropology in the Second World War, published by Duke University Press, and a contributor to the Network of Concerned Anthropologists’ forthcoming Counter-Counterinsurgency Manual published later this month by Prickly Paradigm Press.

Obama's Dilemma

Israel's Threat to Strike Iran

By GARETH PORTER and JIM LOBE

Watch out "Af-Pak" Democracy is on the way...

Gates Calls for Shift in Defense Spending Priorities

Why Legalizing Marijuana Makes Sense

by Joe Klein

There are those who believe — with some good reason — that the accretion of legalized vices is debilitating, that we are a less virtuous society since gambling spilled out from Las Vegas to "riverboats" and state lotteries across the country. There is a medical argument, though not a very convincing one: alcohol is more dangerous in a variety of ways, including the tendency of some drunks to get violent. One could argue that the abuse of McDonald's has a greater potential health-care cost than the abuse of marijuana. (Although it's true that with legalization, those two might not be unrelated.) Obviously, marijuana can be abused. But the costs of criminalization have proved to be enormous, perhaps unsustainable. Would legalization be any worse?

In any case, the drug-reform discussion comes just at the right moment. We boomers are getting older every day. You're not going to want us on the highways. Make us your best offer.

Will Obama Honour Pledge on Genocide of Armenians?

by Robert Fisk

The Democrats and the Afghan War

Meet the New Escalators

By NORMAN SOLOMON

In their eagerness to help the Obama presidency, many of its prominent liberal supporters -- whatever their private views on the escalation -- are willing to function as enablers of the expanded warfare. Many assume that opposition would undermine the administration and play into the hands of Republicans. But in the long run, going along with the escalation is not helping Obama; by putting off the days of reckoning, the acceptance of the escalation may actually help Obama destroy his own presidency.

How Do We Save NATO? We Quit

The alliance has lost its sense of purpose. The way to get it back is for the U.S. to withdraw and let Europe be responsible for its own defense.

by Andrew Bacevich