Essays by Dan Sanchez

Miyazaki’s Beautiful Antiwar Dreams

War and peace in the films of Studio Ghibli

Get Rid of ISIS Using This One Weird Trick

You’ve seen those internet ads that offer “one weird trick” for eliminating belly fat…

Grant Morrison Vs. the Super-Soldiers

A creative genius takes a stand against the militarization of…

How to Do Economics

Discussing the methodology of Austrian economics

Mansons on the Mekong

Yesteryear’s Generation Kill

Ebola, ISIS, and Fear Itself

Failing upwards to the total state, one crisis at a time

Superman and Batman Tried to Warn Us About Iraq

A 1999 comic book examined humanitarian intervention…

The Virtue of Defiance

Against Submissive Compliant Disorder

The Real Head-Drilling “Butchers” of Iraq

Were not Chris Kyle’s Archenemies, but his Beneficiaries

On Veterans Day, Who Should Thank Whom?

“You weep for Santiago, and you curse the Marines. You have that luxury. (…) You don’t…