In Defense of the Late Ahmad Chalabi
Chalabi was awful, but if Americans want to blame someone for the Iraq War, we should look closer to home.
Jon Schwarz
Before joining First Look Media, Jon Schwarz worked for Michael Moore’s Dog Eat Dog Films and was a research producer for Moore’s “Capitalism: A Love Story.” He’s contributed to many publications, including the New Yorker, the New York Times, The Atlantic, the Wall Street Journal, Mother Jones, and Slate, as well as NPR and "Saturday Night Live." In 2003, he collected on a $1,000 bet that Iraq would have no weapons of mass destruction.
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A New Biography Traces the Pathology of Allen Dulles and His Appalling Cabal
Unless you believe we’re governed by shape-shifting space lizards, your darkest suspicions about how the world works may be an underestimate.
How One Air Force Captain Saved the World From Accidental Nuclear War 53 Years Ago Today
Fifty-three years ago during the Cuban missile crisis, U.S. Air Force Captain William Bassett may have saved humanity from accidental nuclear obliteration.
Drones, IBM, and the Big Data of Death
IBM is bringing what it's learned from managing Big Data for corporate America to the military and intelligence worlds.
Columbus Day Is the Most Important Day of Every Year
We shouldn’t celebrate Columbus Day. But if we want to comprehend the world — and we should, since our lives depend on it — we have to understand it.
A Short History of U.S. Bombing of Civilian Facilities
What's unusual about the Kunduz hospital bombing is not that it happened but that it happened to a prominent European organization. In recent times, the U.S. military has bombed a number of civilian facilities.
Joe Biden in 1974 on Begging for Contributions: “The Most Degrading Thing in the World”
On campaign finance reform, the evidence suggests the vice president means what he's been saying for 41 years.
Report: Matching Funds Would Give Huge Boost to Sanders, Cruz and Carson
With a 6 to 1 match of small donations, Sanders would have almost as much money as Clinton, and Cruz would have almost as much as Bush and his Super PAC.
The One Thing Pope Francis Could Say That Would Truly Stun Congress
The Pope's critique of the world is so radical that many Americans, members of Congress in particular, might not even understand what he’s saying.
Ted Cruz: Spending Every Waking Moment Asking People for Money Is Politics in a Nutshell
Stephen Colbert didn't point out that most of the money supporting Cruz's presidential bid comes from just seven people.