Category: Politics
Senor 2.0 and PNAC 2.0
by WS Editors | Oct 15, 2012 | Foreign Policy, PoliticsBy the time Barack Obama was elected in 2008, the Project for a New American Century’s brand was a liability. The neocon organization had promoted the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. In 2006, with both wars up and running, PNAC founder William Kristol left it to his deputy director Ellen Bork to turn off the […]
Genetically Modified Mitt
by WS Editors | Oct 1, 2012 | Environment, PoliticsInvestigative reporter Wayne Barrett has documented so many Mitt Romney–Monsanto connections that he concludes, “If Romney is elected, this bête noire of environmentalists will have a very old friend in a very high place.” Barrett, a Nation Institute Fellow, reports in the September 13 issue of The Nation that Bain Capital helped transform Monsanto from a […]
Why Is Romney Still in the Race?
by WS Editors | Oct 1, 2012 | Economy, PoliticsOne month before the election, most polls have the president leading by a narrow popular-vote margin, which the Romney campaign seems incapable of closing. And Obama’s lead in high-population states provides an advantage over a challenger whose support lies in the South, Midwest, and inland West, where lower population is equated with lower electoral votes. […]
Rachel Carson’s Brave, Groundbreaking ‘Silent Spring’ at 50 Years
by Janette D. Sherman and Joseph J. Mangano | Oct 1, 2012 | Books, EnvironmentFifty years ago, a Johns Hopkins–educated zoologist did something that few at the time thought was possible. With the publication of one book, she started a national debate about the universally accepted use of synthetic pesticides, the irresponsibility of science, and the limits of technological promise. She also challenged the metastatic growth of the synthetic […]
Unwinnable War
by Chase Madar | Oct 1, 2012 | Books, EconomyReviewed: Useful Enemies: When Waging Wars Is More Important Than Winning Them by David Keen (Yale University Press, 312 pp., $38). Heraclitus said that war is the father of all things, and though the great Greek’s utterances are wisdom for the ages, this one-liner is way past its sell-by date. Sure, war is undeniably the big daddy of bigger military […]
Bad Faith Documentary
Bad Faith
“A great and powerful and timely film” – Ken Burns
Critics are raving about BAD FAITH, the sensational expose of Christian Nationalism from directors Stephen Ujlaki and Chris Jones
“One of the Ten Best Films of 2024” – Variety
Editor’s Picks
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Endgame: The Risk of a Trump Coup and How to Prevent It
By Jonathan Winer
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Electoral Helter-Skelter in 2024
By Mark Medish and Joel McCleary
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By Anthony Barnett
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Bad Faith: Christian Nationalism’s Unholy War on Democracy
By Hamilton Fish
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God and QR Codes for Trump; The Courage Tour Goes to Michigan
By Anne Nelson
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Project 2025: The Latest Plot Against America
By Anne Nelson