Mirage of Improvement in Iraq
Yet Another Facelift for the Failed Occupation The New York Times Nov 19 announces, “Baghdad’s Weary Start to Exhale as Security Improves.” The Washington Post Nov. 23 reports, “Returnees Find a...
View ArticleCHALLENGES 2007-2008: Iraq Progresses To Some Of Its Worst
WASHINGTON — Despite all the claims of improvements, 2007 has been the worst year yet in Iraq. One of the first big moves this year was the launch of a troop “surge” by the U.S. government in...
View ArticleThe myth of sectarianism
The policy is divide to rule IF THE U.S. leaves Iraq, the violent sectarianism between the Sunni and Shia will worsen. This is what Republicans and Democrats alike will have us believe. This key piece...
View ArticleWho Are the Insurgents?
“SUPPOSE IRAQ INVADED AMERICA. And an Iraqi soldier was on a tank passing through an American street, waving his gun at the people, threatening them, raiding and trashing houses. Would you accept that?...
View ArticleTomgram: Dahr Jamail, Missing Voices in the Iraq Debate
There’s an old joke in which a fellow natters on endlessly about himself. Finally, he turns to his friend and says, “Well, enough about me, how about you? What do you think of me?” Sometimes, we in the...
View ArticleThe Cost of Slumber
Long before I discovered the mysterious mix of pain and relief that writing from the heart brings, I was pursuing a Masters in English Literature at Central Washington University in the small town of...
View ArticleThe Monstrosity of War
“Foreseen for so many years: these evils, this monstrous violence, these massive agonies: no easier to bear.” -Robinson Jeffers, American poet Agence France-Presse reports that the first person killed...
View ArticleFull Circle
Among things that have not changed in Iraq is one that I hope never changes. After a four-year-long absence, each of my meetings here with former friends and fresh acquaintances seems to suggest that...
View ArticleOn Staying Sane in a Suicidal Culture
It was February 2005, and after several months of front-line reporting from Iraq, I’d returned to the US a human time bomb of rage, my temper ticking shorter each day. Walking through morgues in...
View ArticleLearning to See in the Dark Amid Catastrophe: An Interview With Deep...
Published on Truthout, 13 February 2017. Systems theorist, Buddhist, deep ecologist, author, teacher and speaker Joanna Macy discusses the necessity of seeing and feeling the reality of everything that...
View ArticleWhere Printed Words Transcend Time and Communicate What Can’t Be Said
Published on Truthout, 7 May 2018. As the world becomes increasingly dystopian and dependent on technology, artist and printer Myrna Keliher reminds us to stop, pay attention to the shape of letters...
View ArticleIs There a Cult of Trump?
Published on Truthout, 14 August 2018. Trump as a leader, and his loyal followers, exhibit “culting” behaviors, says cult expert Dr. Milton J. Bennett. Read the full story on Truthout.
View ArticleDavid Swanson reviews The End of Ice: “The world will end in fire.”
Proclaiming that the end is nigh has now become the labor of the very opposite of a deluded religious devotee. And the question framed by Robert Frost of whether the world will end in fire or ice is no...
View ArticleThe World Will End in Fire (Review of The End of Ice)
I’ve never shared the widespread interest in hope or despair. We have a moral responsibility to do what needs doing. What more has to be said? But the work of the doctor/narrator in Albert Camus’ The...
View ArticleIn Facing Mass Extinction, We Must Allow Ourselves to Grieve
In this excerpt from The End of Ice: Bearing Witness and Finding Meaning in the Path of Climate Disruption, author Dahr Jamail explains how he learned to process the heartbreaking truth of inevitable...
View ArticleAs the Climate Collapses, We Ask: “How Then Shall We Live?”
Perhaps the wisdom we need most is already right before our eyes. Read the full story on Truthout.
View ArticleHow global media goes wrong on coverage of climate change
Climate change is the single most important story for planet Earth, but the media either ignores it or downplays the crisis. Read the full op/ed at The Print.
View ArticleRethink Activism in the Face of Catastrophic Biological Collapse
In a world where a future is no longer guaranteed, where do we find the motivation to act? Here’s a framework. Read the story at Truthout.
View ArticleStanding in the Fire with Young Climate Activists
Older generations have a moral obligation to stand with youth amid the climate catastrophe. Read the full story here.
View ArticleClimate Crisis Forces Us to Ask: To What Do We Devote Ourselves?
Capitalism disconnects us from that which sustains us: our planet. Let’s devote ourselves to reconnecting. Read the full story on Truthout.
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