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Tom Engelhardt

Pentagon
One Hell of a Hangover: All the American Wars We haven't remembered Fighting that are Still going On

One Hell of a Hangover: All the American Wars We haven’t remembered Fighting that are Still going On

Tom Engelhardt

More than two years into the era of Donald TrumpAmerican air strikes in… yep, Somalia, are precipitously on the rise

Donald Trump
Naked Truth: The Grifter-in-Chief will Leave us Bankrupt and Holding the Bag

Naked Truth: The Grifter-in-Chief will Leave us Bankrupt and Holding the Bag

Tom Engelhardt

Donald Trump wasn’t actually a successful businessman at all, but a classic American con man

China
A Modest Proposal for Trump: End Trade War & Maybe China will Build you a Wall (They have Experience)

A Modest Proposal for Trump: End Trade War & Maybe China will Build you a Wall (They have Experience)

Tom Engelhardt

Admittedly, you continue to claim that your wall is already being built, but of course it is not

Donald Trump
An Obituary for the Republic:  Hail the Tweetocracy

An Obituary for the Republic: Hail the Tweetocracy

Tom Engelhardt

They applied their Roman-style vision of an imperial America to the actual world

Afghanistan
When America loses the Forgotten Afghanistan War, will it Leave the US Broken?

When America loses the Forgotten Afghanistan War, will it Leave the US Broken?

Tom Engelhardt

Like the Red Army, the U.S. military will finally leave that country in defeat and will bring that defeat home with them.

Climate Change
Climate Sabotage & Forever Wars: Is America the Most Dangerous Country in the World?

Climate Sabotage & Forever Wars: Is America the Most Dangerous Country in the World?

Tom Engelhardt

On Climate Change, quagmire seems like an appropriate image, as long as we keep in mind that we are the aggressors.

Donald Trump
Why does the MSM let Trump set the News Agenda, Every Minute of Every Day?

Why does the MSM let Trump set the News Agenda, Every Minute of Every Day?

Tom Engelhardt

And why so little reporting on the 50 US bases in the Middle East?

Donald Trump
The Trump Show:  The Real Fake News is obsessing about the President 24/7

The Trump Show: The Real Fake News is obsessing about the President 24/7

Tom Engelhardt

Never, not ever, has a single human being been so inescapable.

Afghanistan
Afghanistan: America's Longest Forgotten War Turns a grim 17

Afghanistan: America’s Longest Forgotten War Turns a grim 17

Tom Engelhardt

(Tomdispatch.com) | – We’re already two years past the crystal anniversary and eight years short of the silver one, or at least we would be, had it been a wedding — and, after a fashion, perhaps it was. On October 7, 2001, George W. Bush launched the invasion — “liberation” was the word often used […]

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