Nora Eisenberg, AlterNet. November 25, 2009. Some of the most notorious massacres of the past 15 years have been committed by veterans whose brains have been severely damaged from trauma or exposure to toxic chemicals.
Nick Turse, AlterNet. November 20, 2009. Despite ever rosier economic predictions and a surging stock market, the body count from the economic crisis is destined only to grow in the weeks and months ahead.
Byard Duncan, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. November 17, 2009. Facing a complex question, Beck delivers a devastatingly simplistic answer, then proceeds to bash Dems for no reason.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson, New America Media. November 12, 2009. Though anti-Muslim hysteria has leveled off somewhat since September 11, Muslims still routinely get the blame for anything that even remotely smacks of a terrorist act.
John Nichols, TheNation.com AlterNet: Politics. November 10, 2009. If Lieberman were to actually have his calls for a "terrorism" investigation answered, he probably wouldn't like seeing the results.
Dahr Jamail, Asia Times. November 10, 2009. The shooting tragedy at Fort Hood on Friday points to a much larger problem of combat stress and overdeployment in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Wajahat Ali, Comment Is Free AlterNet: PEEK. November 9, 2009. Whatever was in the mind of alleged shooter Major Nidal Malik Hasan is no reason to question the loyalty of Muslim Americans.
AlterNetNovember 5, 2009. Army psychiatrist suspected of massacre survived return fire from authorities and is in custody and hospitalized in stable condition.
Dahr Jamail, TruthOut.org. July 14, 2009. Victor Agosto argues that, in accordance to the Nuremburg Principles, the war in Afghanistan is an illegal war.