I served two years in prison for exposing the CIA’s torture program. Why are the men responsible for it walking free?
There’s Still Time to Prosecute the Torturers
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When It Comes to Nuclear Deterrence, Realists Are Actually Dreamers
Nuclear deterrence turns normally skeptical realists all starry-eyed.
An Open Letter to Obama: If You Want Money for the Climate, Tax Wall Street
An innovative new tax could fund climate transition and help rebuild the social safety net. So why is the White House knocking it?
Seymour Hersh’s bin Laden Investigation Passes the Smell Test
Legendary journalist Seymour Hersh’s report on Osama bin Laden’s death is considerably more plausible than that of the Obama administration.
DC’s Dictator Summit
A Washington gathering of Persian Gulf autocrats sums up the absurdity of America’s relationship with some of the world’s most oppressive regimes.
Celebrating Destruction
Our wartime commemorations are the functional equivalent of mounting the heads of our victims on pikes. Are we surprised that others celebrate bloodshed when we do the same?
Who Knew? Sister Megan Rice Didn’t Seek to Sabotage Our National Defense
An appeals court ruled that Sister Megan Rice and her peace-activist colleagues should not have been found guilty of the ridiculous charge of sabotage.
Rand Paul’s Foreign-Policy Flip-Flop Not Likely to Win Him Many Friends
What does the Republican Party want with Rand Paul if his extremist constituents feel too betrayed to follow him to its center?
America’s Hydra Problem in the Middle East
ISIS may be more famous for cutting off heads, but it’s Washington that’s learning the hard way not to slash first and ask questions later.
Conservatives Can’t Understand Why Pamela Geller Fails to Win Same Sympathy as Charlie Hebdo
Who was more hateful: those who attacked her “draw Muhammad” art exhibit or Pamela Geller herself?