Korea-US Trade Agreement: The Hidden History
The U.S. Congress last week gave final approval to a South…
The Shorrock Files
New, Rare and Unreleased Material from the DMZ Empire
The Shorrock Files
New, Rare and Unreleased Material from the DMZ Empire
Some thoughts on the #OccupyDC and #October2011 actions
I’ve been around the left for a long time and…
Michael Moore on “Here Comes Trouble,” the Left, the Wall Street protests – and Ralph Nader
A report on Michael Moore’s first stop on his “living…
Blackwater/Xe’s BAE connection
Blackwater, the notorious mercenary company now known as “Xe,” has…
The other 9/11: Chile, 1973
It still pisses me off that the AFL-CIO has never…
US lawmaker urged ROK to send 30,000 mercenaries to Iraq
During a visit to South Korea in 2008, U.S. congressman…
9/11 and capitalism: Joan Didion on the manipulation of grief
In the fall of 2001, Joan Didion, one of the…
My latest: Comparing Egypt/2011 to South Korea/1980
Published by Asia-Pacific Journal/Japan Focus and cross-posted at Z-Net. Thanks…
Hot Jazz in Fukushima
A report from my friend Alan Gleason, an American expatriate…
Naoto Kan and the End of ‘Japan Inc.’
My latest, from The Nation. An excerpt: The fact that…
Japan’s Nuclear Nightmare (Part Two)
Nuclear Gypsies – The subcontractors who do the dirty work…
Japan’s Nuclear Nightmare
Part One: Japan, Democracy, and the Globalization of Nuclear Power…
TEPCO’s shady history
In 2002, Tokyo Electric Co. admitted to falsifying its records…
Japan: The mass media “won’t ask the sharp questions.”
The latest e-mail dispatch from Alan G., my friend in…
Japan’s nuclear crisis: A report from Tokyo
A friend, Alan G., just wrote me from Tokyo about…
Did NSA financial intel nail Gadhafi for ’86 Berlin Bombing?
Michael Isikoff reports at MSNBC today that a former top…
DOWN IN NEW ORLEANS
Musicians and artists in the French Quarter, 2010 I spent…
Happy New Year!
To all my friends & colleagues, near and far –…
America’s New Mercenaries
My latest, in Daily Beast. To my amazement, my article…
Richard Holbrooke RIP
One of America’s most experienced diplomats, Richard Holbrooke, passed away…