War in Afghanistan (2001

US President Barack Obama has pledged to "finish the job" and end the Afghan war, addressing the US public live from a military base in Afghanistan. Speaking a year after Osama Bin Laden's death, Mr Obama thanked US troops and hailed plans to end combat operations. He ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  May 1, 2012

Glenn Greenwald assesses Christopher Hitchen's legacy in regards to his support of the Iraq war: Nobody should have to silently watch someone with this history be converted into some sort of universally beloved literary saint. To enshrine him as worthy of unalloyed admiration ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Dec 22, 2011