John Bolton named National Security Adviser. Replacing McMaster with Bolton puts the U.S. on a path to war. By Fred Kaplan.

The invasion is no longer just one of the great crimes of this or any age – it's become a crossroads event in the history of America's decline. By Matt Taibbi.

Modern missiles make them vulnerable. A $13 billion price tag makes them expensive. New technology may make them unnecessary. By Justin Bachman.

Understanding the Vacuity. By Fred Reed.

The closest I ever got to Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city, was 1,720.7 miles away — or so the Internet assures me... By Tom Engelhardt.

“In 2013 Groth quit her job as an editor at Business Insider in New York in order to immerse herself in the hipster commune–cum–start-up accelerator–cum–urban renewal project–cum–weirdbeard performance-art scene known as the Las Vegas Downtown Project, initiated by Zappos.com cofounder Tony Hsieh, who believes that life should be based on the Ten Principles of Burning Man…” By Joe Bob Briggs.

The United Nations has been plagued by catastrophic failures, resulting in millions of innocent civilian deaths. Here are ten: By Andrew Fitzgerald. (Jan. 28, 2013)

Silicon Valley’s power brokers want you to think they’re different. But they’re just average robber barons. By Emmett Rensin.

A diplomat in British India blundered a border. The consequences continue to shape world politics. By Rafia Zakaria.

War reporting is easy to do but very difficult to do really well... By Patrick Cockburn.

It took us five years to talk honestly about Vietnam. It’s time to do that with Iraq, and Paul Bremer’s tenure is the place to begin. By Neil Swidey.