Stories by Tom Engelhardt
Tom Engelhardt, editor of Tomdispatch.com, is co-founder of the American Empire Project and author of The End of Victory Culture.
Exactly how narrow have the boundaries of discussion about the American "mission" in the world grown in the Bush years?
Posted on Mar 25, 2005, Source: Tomdispatch.com
The global reach of Bush's inauguration speech was lost on a media with a fragmented view the world; for a holistic analysis you'll have to click off that TV, use your local paper to wrap the fish, and head for the internet.
Posted on Jan 25, 2005, Source: Tomdispatch.com
At Toys "R" Us, you learn much about the true forces of history; for there, children led the way in the crucial battles for market share. It was a war that put history to shame – and there's probably no better place to start than with a "real American hero," G.I. Joe.
Posted on Dec 23, 2004, Source: Tomdispatch.com
For almost a century now, air power has been America's signature way of war. So where are the stories about aerial bombing in Iraq?
Posted on Dec 7, 2004, Source: Tomdispatch.com
With TV-perfect timing, Bin Laden has once again managed, like the Wizard of Oz, to magnify himself.
Posted on Oct 31, 2004, Source: Tomdispatch.com
The attacks within the 'Green Zone" – one of the few remaining bastions of U.S control – threaten the presidential fantasy of 'progress' in Iraq.
Posted on Sep 20, 2004, Source: Tomdispatch.com
Voices from the Convention floor.
Posted on Sep 1, 2004, Source: Tomdispatch.com
While the Bush administration would consider almost any scenario that might advance their candidate's second-term fortunes, an October surprise is doubtful, considering these ten surprises they proved remarkably unprepared for.
Posted on Aug 10, 2004, Source: Tomdispatch.com
An urgent terror alert was based on information that is as much as three years old and largely based on public documents. Why are the media still playing Keystone Kops with the administration?
Posted on Aug 5, 2004, Source: Tomdispatch.com
The Senate Intelligence Committee allows an increasingly desperate administration duck responsibility for the Iraq war by pointing the finger solely at the CIA.
Posted on Jul 13, 2004, Source: Tomdispatch.com
Looking forward and looking backward, how will history look to Americans years hence?
Posted on Jul 7, 2004, Source: Tomdispatch.com
The new "Iraqi government" has indeed been granted sovereignty, but sadly only in the United States and by our media. Someone should tell the Iraqis.
Posted on Jun 23, 2004, Source: Tomdispatch.com
From Guantanamo to Abu Ghraib, the American mini-gulag was never meant to be a system of imprisonment for crimes; it was meant for information extraction -- in essence, a torture system.
Posted on May 9, 2004, Source: Tomdispatch.com
The military has been 'outsourcing' its detention centers, creating a shadow archipelago of penal colonies.
Posted on Apr 5, 2004, Source: Tomdispatch.com
Our new military bases are essentially the 21st-century version of the old European warships. In the last decade-plus, as the pace of our foreign wars has picked up, we've left behind an ever-widening world of bases.
Posted on Mar 31, 2004, Source: Tomdispatch.com
The urge for walled-in security is as old as the most ancient walled city. But Israel's most essential problems can't be solved by a wall -- even one that successfully left the "barbarians" outside the gates.
Posted on Mar 1, 2004, Source: Tomdispatch.com
Like Punxsutawney Phil, Vice President Cheney emerged recently from his bunker in Washington. What is the significance of these suddenly prolific sightings?
Posted on Feb 2, 2004, Source: Tomdispatch.com
A remarkable Newsweek poll puts Bush on the defensive against Kerry, with 52 percent of voters angling for the president's defeat.
Posted on Jan 26, 2004, Source: Tomdispatch.com
The president and his men have been living in a fantasy world that makes 'The Lord of the Rings' look like an exercise in reality.
Posted on Jan 4, 2004, Source: Tomdispatch.com
America’s use of torture is becoming commonplace.
Posted on Jan 2, 2004, Source: Tomdispatch.com
Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity, a group of 30 retired senior intelligence officers keeping watch on the use and abuse of intelligence, voices its deep concern.
Posted on Jul 14, 2003, Source: Tomdispatch.com
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