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Adam WeinsteinFebruary 8, 2015

We were jetting around Iraq in our Blackhawk, looking for the yellowcake uranium that Saddam Hussein had definitely bought from Africa. It was early in the war, but we were on our guard, because Saddam was the guy who had done 9/11, and he had weapons of mass destruction all over the place. Even reconstituted […]

Adam WeinsteinFebruary 6, 2015

It’s time, as Hunter Thompson might say, for an agonizing reappraisal of the media scene. And brother, it’s especially agonizing this week. Read on for the biggest heartbreaks: Brian Williams: Brian, Brian, Brian. What can one say? There’s the fog of war, and there’s making that little fish sound big, and then there’s stolen valor. The […]

Guest AuthorDecember 29, 2014

The U.S.-led NATO war on Afghanistan has lasted so long they’ve decided to rename it, declare the old war over, and announce a brand new war they’re just sure you’re going to love. The war thus far has lasted as long as U.S. participation in World War II plus U.S. participation in World War I, […]

Guest AuthorDecember 9, 2014

Are you up for more war – a really, really lot of it? More invasions of sovereign nations like Iraq? More “Mission Accomplished” banners? More Americans maimed and killed, for what, in places like Afghanistan? More trillions spent to protect Halliburton’s bottom line? It’s A-OK by Jeb Bush. Long before his brother was conned into […]

Guest AuthorAugust 24, 2014

Florida was lucky that Trayvon Martin’s killing in Sanford in February 2012 did not trigger a riot. But if we consider the anatomy of a riot, we’ll know that it wasn’t simply dumb luck — but the absence of destructive forces. First, the entire country, both black and white, grieved for Trayvon. Apart from some loony […]

Guest AuthorJuly 30, 2014

On July 12 Israeli troops entered the Gaza Strip and began their operation to stop Hamas from attempting to destroy the Jewish state one rocket at a time and there’s no indication that the fighting will end soon. As each day passes, Israel’s “Operation Defensive Edge” is becoming a bloody, devastating war. The result is […]

Guest AuthorJuly 27, 2014

On New Year’s Eve 1949, a rickety Greek fishing boat deposited my mother and me on the shore of Haifa, Israel. With us were 400 other refugees, the floating debris of the Jewish people. I was 12, my mother 48 and Israel 7 months old. (In this story, numbers have an astounding symmetry.) Israel’s population […]

Guest AuthorMay 27, 2014

Another Memorial Day has passed. It’s supposed to be a solemn occasion to honor our military men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice while in service to this nation. This year, as America remains entangled in the endless “war on terror,” some of us took time out of our weekend to thank a growing […]

Guest AuthorJanuary 13, 2014

Robert Gates was an impressive and pragmatic Defense Secretary. Here was a blunt Republican telling Congressional hawks that the military budget needed to be cut: we don’t need all those $1 billion fighter jets. His memoir is going on sale Tuesday (Jan. 14), “Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War” and it’s causing a stir. […]

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And all the best to newlyweds Melissa Kuipers Blake and Jason Stein.

Adam Weinstein: The true war story Brian Williams should have told

Adam Weinstein: The worst of the week in journalism

David Swanson: Renaming Afghan war, renaming murder

Stephen Goldstein: President Jeb planning more neocon wars

Rachel Patron: Ferguson, Missouri: The anatomy of a riot

Steve Kurlander: Israeli offensive in Gaza is justified warfare against terrorism

Rachel Patron: Hamas digs tunnels while Gazans above endure poverty

Steve Kurlander: Obama’s “responsible end of war” has Orwellian ring

Tom O’Hara: ‘Getting out’ of Iraq and Afghanistan saves lives, money