Psychologists and Torture, Then and Now
History repeats itself, Marx famously warned, first as tragedy and then as farce. In the case of U.S. torture psychologists, the "tragedy” occurred half a century ago when CIA-funded psychological research on electroshock treatment, sensory deprivation, and the like...
Tell the Truth Already!
“Dismounted complex blast injuries” caused by improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Afghanistan are felling our soldiers and Marines so frequently today that men are routinely banking their sperm as another item on the checklist before they deploy for the war....
Attack on Police Leaves Dozens Killed in Western Iraq
Weaponizing the Body Politic
When I covered the Occupy Wall Street protests last fall, I just couldn’t stay focused, despite the fact that people from across the country and around the world were traveling to that block-long half-acre park of granite walls and honey-locust trees in lower...
Obama’s Red Line
“We’ve got Israel’s back” – that is the message President Obama sent out ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to the US for a crucial summit at the White House, and he did it in an interview granted to one of...
Iraq: Fearful Kurds Want Increased Peshmerga Protection
Will Bibi Have Barack Over a Barrel (of Oil)?
While Israeli leaders historically have enjoyed significant influence with their U.S. counterparts, Prime Minister Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu will likely arrive at the White House next week with a little extra boost in his efforts to get President Barack...
Iraq To Tighten Syria Border in Bid To Stop Sunni Insurgents
Who Was Behind the Delhi Bombing?
The magnet bomb that exploded on an Israeli Embassy diplomat's car in Delhi on February 13 seemed on the surface to be consistent with an Iranian-sponsored action. It was carried out with same method by which Israel's Iranian proxy, the Mujahedin-e Khalq, had...