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Think of it as the CIAu2019s plunge into Hollywoodu2014or into the absurd. As recent revelations have made clear, that Agencyu2019s moves couldnu2019t be have been more far-fetched or more …

Many publications have advice columnists, but none has our old friend Colonel Manners. His assignment: to answer questions from Americans puzzled by the abstruse intricacies of the American way …

For decades, the default ideology of Official Washingtonu2019s foreign policy has been u201ctough-guy-ism,u201d wielding sticks and mocking those who offer carrots, a pattern that could start a disastrous war …

It's time to stop glorifying war and violence and to replace domination with cooperation.

Heroics in wars abroad are praised by politicians and generals, but the returning wounded are largely shunted aside, only infrequently covered by the press or discussed by government officials. …

Journalist Ann Jones discusses her new book: ‘How the Wounded Return from America's Wars - The Untold Story.’

Ann Jones, author of “They Were Soldiers: How the Wounded Return from America's Wars” talks with Truthout about the high price American soldiers are paying in the country's post-9/11 …

Bob Pollin: We need an industrial policy aimed at jobs and a green economy, not massive public spending on the military.

In a country that uses every possible occasion to celebrate its u201cwarriors,u201d many have forgotten that todayu2019s holiday originally marked a peace agreement.

While the president professes to wish to close Guantanamo, rendition, indefinite detention and black sites continue to operate.