This essay is the introduction to Tom Engelhardt’s new book, A Nation Unmade by War, a Dispatch Book published by Haymarket Books. As I was putting the finishing touches on my new book, the Costs of War Project at Brown University’s Watson...
Americans seem unable to perceive the present peril to the vitality of the nation as a whole. Recent “breaking news” coverage of the Mueller investigation of Trump and his cabal and everything Stormy leaves the impression that lawyers of...
Those China tariffs aren’t surprising. What’s bizarre are the people praising Trump’s recklessness and reviving his political fortunes. By slapping tariffs on Chinese imports, Donald Trump has once again proven to be the...
These days, if you only watched TV and read mainstream papers, you would be excused for thinking that we were in a world of Donald Trump and little else. A record? Come on! Don’t minimize what’s happening. It’s far too unique, too...
It’s ironic that the most powerful man on earth would protest that he’s the subject of a “witch hunt,” especially given his enthusiasm for bombing and torturing people. Five hundred years ago, a popular test to flush out...
