Tom Engelhardt on the Corporate Equivalent of Book Burning
A deeply personal look at how two progressive publishing houses where I worked as an editor, Pantheon Books in the last century and Metropolitan Books in this one, both run…
How the American Dream Became the American Scream
Isn’t it a strange form of science fiction that, in response to a crisis that could someday signal the end of civilization, the focus in this country is on Donald…
Tom Engelhardt: The Decline and Fall of Everything (Including Me)
Will we find some way to write America's story that won’t end in the fall not just of this imperial power but of humanity itself?
Tom Engelhardt: Life in This Literal Hell
There’s so much heat that we seem endlessly in the fires of this political moment. To top it off, our planet is already overheating not just politically or militarily, but…
Tom Engelhardt: “Bride and Boom!”
We're Number One… In Obliterating Wedding Parties
Tom Engelhardt: Cold War II or World War III?
Déjà Vu All Over Again
What Will We Remember of 2022?
If you someday tell your grandchildren about this world of ours and what we’ve lived through, will the Pandemic of 2020-?? and the Climate Crisis of 1900-21?? be forgotten? I…
Tom Engelhardt: Surviving Another Year in This Disturbed Country of Ours
Happy new year? I don’t quite think so.
How Awesome is ‘Awesome’? America’s Underperforming Military
By Andrew Bacevich / TomDispatch Professional sports is a cutthroat business. Succeed and the people running the show reap rich rewards. Fail to meet expectations and you get handed your…
Reining In the Pentagon
By Mandy Smithberger and William Hartung / TomDispatch Even as Congress moves to increase the Pentagon budget well beyond the astronomical levels proposed by the Biden administration, a new report…
Welcome to the American Century
By Tom Engelhardt / TomDispatch On February 17, 1941, less than 10 months before the Japanese struck Pearl Harbor and the U.S. found itself in a global war, Henry Luce,…
Climate Change Viewed from the Attic of the World
By William Debuys / TomDispatch Thirteen thousand feet high on the far side of the Himalaya mountains, we have entered the past and the future at the same time. We…
Climate-Change Transition in the Age of the Billionaire
The potential pitfalls of a Green New Deal are many. Just look at the lessons from recent history.
What Really Matters in the US of A
The Decline and Fall of the Roman …whoops! … American Empire
The Endless Shadow of the War on Terror
However unsuccessful, the war on terror will continue. The only difference: It won’t be called a war anymore.