Fallujah

But the Big Game Was On...

SXSW: Anatomy of a Swag Bag

As an official SXSW registrant, your first task after checking in your hotel is to go to the Convention Center and pick up your official badge. Task 1B is to go downstairs afterward and pick up your swag bag. Over the years, I have learned you can tell a fair bit about both the music business and t ... More >>

KBR's Iraq Adventure Now Includes Child Porn

KBR (Halliburton to the old-schoolaz) has had its share of troubles on its way to making untold billions of dollars of profit in Iraq.There's the rape and sexual harassment (Female and male-on-male!). There's the electrocuting soldiers. There's the dogs running around chomping on human remains inten ... More >>

“Beyond the Walls: The Battle for Iraq’s Future”

Web exclusive!

U.S. Military Deserters Once Again Flock to Canada to Avoid War

Looks like this time they picked the wrong country.

Soldier Suicides

Surviving our War on Terror calls for more than an ability to dodge bullets and IEDs

Errol Morris cuts the Abu Ghraib MPs some slack in Standard Operating Procedure

Get Out of Jail Free

Universal Soldier: 'Rambo'

Twenty years later, our one-man military machine's still going

Music Deaths

The Greil Marcus Rock Death Meter returns

Paddled Senseless

This send-up of Deliverance comes without a brain, too

Wars, Penguins and Gays: Oh, My!

The year in review

Don't Believe the Hype

Despite a nonexistent marketing campaign, Cuarón's latest is not to be missed

Getting Schooled

A legendary debate teacher has a lesson plan to knock off Congressman John Culberson

Rebel with a Cause

Dimebag lives on in these new recordings

Little Misses

Introducing the best movies of 2005 you probably didn't see

Virtual Quagmire

The Army's realistic first-person shooter bogs down under fire

Camp Death

The site of Cindy Sheehan's war protest is crowded with opinions and ghosts

Closer to Fine

Urban savages wage war over sex in Mike Nichols's dreadfully funny new film

Shut Up and Drive

The Drive-By Truckers ain't just whistling Dixie in their van

Straight Up

Seven things we've learned about Houston nightlife in our two years on the job.

Texas State Rep Goes All Hollywood With Matt Damon

​We expected nothing more than "Bourne in Iraq" from Green Zone, but we were pleasantly surprised. Although the movie didn't delve too far into the juicy tales of utter administration incompetence that the book did, it still delivered a good bit of entertainment and a fair recapping of the WMD sea ... More >>

Gadhafi: Libya's a Lot Like Waco

Gadhafi has Waco on his mind​Libya leader Muammar Gadhafi, (a.k.a. He Of Many Spellings), the absolute top man these days for giving bizarre speeches who isn't named Charlie Sheen, rocked the house again today. In a sprawling speech that sometimes, but not too often, flirted with reality, Ga ... More >>

Das Racist: Deconstructing The Rappers' References

​Over the past two years, Das Racist has been a Pitchfork favorite and highly revered for their witty, perhaps smarmy delivery of mostly historical and pop-culture references. The duo - trio if you include their hypeman, Dap, and quartet if you include their hypeman's hypeman, Lakutis - is com ... More >>