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Tomgram: Michael Schwartz, Twenty-First-Century Colonialism in Iraq

verbena19 wrote 4 months ago: July 9, 2009 Tomgram: Michael Schwartz, Twenty-First-Century Colonialism in Iraq One of the earliest … more →

Tags: Iraq/Iraq War, independent news, News commentary

Tomgram: Nick Turse, Closing Down Main Street

verbena19 wrote 8 months ago: February 22, 2009 Tomgram: Nick Turse, Closing Down Main Street [Note for TomDispatch readers: Last … more →

Tags: News and Commentary, News/Commentary/Opinion, News commentary, US economic crisis/recession/depression

Tomgram: Pratap Chatterjee, Inheriting Halliburton's Army

verbena19 wrote 9 months ago: February 19, 2009 Tomgram: Pratap Chatterjee, Inheriting Halliburton’s Army The name search to … more →

Tags: US Military/Pentagon, Barack Obama, war/war profiteers, war machinery, News and Commentary, News/Commentary/Opinion, US Military Bases, private security contractors, KBR: Halliburton

Tomgram: The Empire v. The Graveyard

verbena19 wrote 9 months ago: February 5, 2009 Tomgram: The Empire v. The Graveyard Whistling Past the Afghan Graveyard Where Empi … more →

Tags: Afghanistan, News and Commentary, News/Commentary/Opinion, Afghanistan and Pakistan, American Empire, us hegemony

Tomgram: Waltz with Bashir, Part 1

verbena19 wrote 10 months ago: January 24, 2009 As a 19-year-old Israeli soldier, Ari Folman took part in the 1982 invasion of Leba … more →

Tags: Human Rights, Israel/Palestine, middle east, Films/documenaries/, News/Reports, News and Commentary, Lebanon/conflict with Israel/Hezbollah, Israel's War on Gaza, Waltz with Bashir: A Lebanon War Story

Tomgram: Tony Karon, Obama's Gaza Opportunity

verbena19 wrote 10 months ago: January 22, 2009 [Note for TomDispatch readers: Saturday is usually a dead zone for this site, but n … more →

Tags: News and Commentary, News/Commentary/Opinion, USA, Barack Obama, civilian casualties of war, Gaza, Israel's atrocities, Israel's War on Gaza, Israel/Palestine

Tomgram: Andy Kroll, Will Public Education Be Militarized?

verbena19 wrote 10 months ago: January 18, 2009 Tomgram: Andy Kroll, Will Public Education Be Militarized? In two days, we enter a … more →

Tags: U.S. Politics/Foreign Policy, USA, American politics/politicians, News/Reports, News and Commentary, News/Commentary/Opinion, Militarization, Public Education

Tomgram: Ira Chernus, What the President-Elect Should Be Reading 2 comments

verbena19 wrote 11 months ago: On Sunday, I went to a memorial for Studs Terkel, that human dynamo, our nation’s greatest lis … more →

Tags: USA, News and Commentary, News/Commentary/Opinion, US Politics, President-elect Barack Obama, Ira Chernus

Tomgram: Transition Mania

verbena19 wrote 11 months ago: December 7, 2008 Tomgram: Transition Mania [Note to TomDispatch readers: Here we are nearing the end … more →

Tags: U.S. Politics/Foreign Policy, American politics/politicians, News and Commentary, News/Commentary/Opinion, US Politics, News commentary, Barack Obama, US Government

Tomgram: Nick Turse, A Truth-teller for Our Times

verbena19 wrote 1 year ago: November 23, 2008 Tomgram: Nick Turse, A Truth-teller for Our Times [Note to Readers: In the spirit … more →

Tags: George Bush/Bush Administration/American Empire, News and Commentary, News/Commentary/Opinion, News/Reports, USA, Bush administration, Nick Turse, USA's wars, War

Tomgram: Michael Klare, The Energy Challenge of Our Lifetime

verbena19 wrote 1 year ago: November 9, 2008 Tomgram: Michael Klare, The Energy Challenge of Our Lifetime Today, TomDispatch off … more →

Tags: USA, News and Commentary, News/Commentary/Opinion, Oil, US Energy Policy, oil/gas/gasoline/natural gas/, Michael T. Klare, US Energy Crisis, fossil fuels

Tomgram: Rebecca Solnit, Day of the Citizen

verbena19 wrote 1 year ago: November 6, 2008 Tomgram: Rebecca Solnit, Day of the Citizen For almost eight years, somebody else … more →

Tags: USA, News and Commentary, News/Commentary/Opinion, Barack Obama, US Election 2008, American voters/citizens, Rebecca Solnit

Tomgram: Heading for 2012 1 comment

verbena19 wrote 1 year ago: November 5, 2008 Tomgram: Heading for 2012 The Juggernaut Obama and “the Elecular” By To … more →

Tags: News and Commentary, News/Commentary/Opinion, USA, America/Americans, Barack Obama, President-elect Barack Obama, US Presidential Election 2008

Tomgram: The End of a Subprime Administration

verbena19 wrote 1 year ago: November 2, 2008 Tomgram: The End of a Subprime Administration [Note for TomDispatch Readers: As Ele … more →

Tags: George Bush/Bush Administration/American Empire, News and Commentary, News/Commentary/Opinion, USA, America/Americans, George Bush/Bush Administration

Tomgram: Aziz Huq, Imperial Pretensions and the Financial Crunch

verbena19 wrote 1 year ago: Don’t trust me as a gambler. You’d probably make more by putting your money into credit- … more →

Tags: George Bush/Bush Administration/American Empire, News and Commentary, News/Commentary/Opinion, USA, American Empire, financial crisis 2008, US Imperialism, USA's wars

Tomgram: Mike Davis, Casino Capitalism, Obama, and Us

verbena19 wrote 1 year ago: October 15, 2008 Recently, while traveling in the West, I had lunch at a modest-sized casino set in … more →

Tags: George Bush/Bush Administration/American Empire, USA, capitalism, USA's financial crisis, Tom Engelhardt/Tomgrams/TomDispatch

Tomgram: Chalmers Johnson, The Ultimate Election

verbena19 wrote 1 year ago: Here we are, with ringside seats — far too close for comfort — at the Great Global Crash … more →

Tags: George Bush/Bush Administration/American Empire, USA, US government/Congress, News and Commentary, News/Commentary/Opinion, Chalmers Johnson, US Presidential Election 2008, Great Global Crash of '08

Tomgram: The Future Behind Us

verbena19 wrote 1 year ago: Spying on the Future The U.S. Intelligence Community as Seers Without Sizzle By Tom Engelhardt The y … more →

Tags: USA, News and Commentary, News/Commentary/Opinion, US intelligence community, Future

Tomgram: Steve Fraser, Wall Street and the Return of the Repressed

verbena19 wrote 1 year ago: October 2, 2008 Tomgram: Steve Fraser, Wall Street and the Return of the Repressed Think of this as … more →

Tags: George Bush/Bush Administration/American Empire, USA, News/Reports, News and Commentary, News/Commentary/Opinion, Financial Markets, Wall Street


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