So apparently torture by "rectal feeding" is a thing.

Chris Hughes might have destroyed the magazine, but his predecessors killed its progressive reputation long before.

"The magazine... has become a case study in the special evil that can come from intellectualism when it supplies high-minded rationalizations for low-brow brutality."

"South Africa's Gift of the Givers relief group said it had negotiated for the teacher to be freed and had expected that to happen on Sunday."

Who’s winning – us or the War Party?

Anne Applebaum goes Soviet in online anti-"troll" campaign

The Jewish State in the Levant is a burden we shouldn’t have to bear

The Obama administration is "vetting" Syrian rebels – and hilarity ensues

Amazingly reckless.

State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki caught on hot mic.

Oh look, he's a warmonger. What a surprise. Article by Glenn Greenwald.

Kerry called it "restoring democracy." It was a restoration alright, but of the Bourbon kind.

Depends on what your definition of IS is.

"Eight decades later, the Ikhwan is back, this time with heavy weapons. Instead of camels and horses, its men are riding Toyota Land Cruisers and American Humvees captured from Iraq’s puppet army."

"...the U.S. government had less than a day's notice of Exxon's deal. U.S. Ambassador to Iraq James Jeffrey was livid, said the former diplomat. "My understanding is that (Jeffrey) dropped a few F-bombs," (...) Jeffrey has since left the State Department. He is reported to be a consultant to Exxon, but declined to comment for this story."

NATO was the aggressor and got Ukraine wrong. Many months later, the media has eventually figured out the truth