John Feffer's most recent book is "North Korea, South Korea: U.S. Policy at a Time of Crisis." He last wrote for Salon on the military's coverage of popular science magazines.

John Feffer's Salon stories

Friday, Apr 24, 2009 03:29 PDT

Our misguided fight against Somali pirates

Those teenage high-seas renegades are not about to team up with terrorists, so why is the U.S. military devoting so much attention to them?
Thursday, Jan 18, 2007 04:30 PST

The challenge facing local food

Food service giants like Sodexho, Aramark and BAMCO are jumping on the "eat local" bandwagon. Will the corporate attention give a boost to sustainable agriculture, or defuse the grassroots revolution?
Tuesday, Mar 15, 2005 13:35 PST

All democracy, all the time

A new bill proposes to rid the world of dictators by 2025. But critics deride it as a pie-in-the-sky cover for Bush's failures.
Tuesday, Mar 30, 2004 12:30 PST

The military industrial porn complex

Popular science magazines used to be aimed at the geeky wannabe inventor. Today, it's all about the glamour of war.

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