Iron Man, who represents an imperial America, can only win Pyrrhic victories. Spencer Ackerman of Tapped Online has a nice history of the Iron Man comics that reads the character's alcoholism, Civil-War overzealousness, and persistent blundering "into a hell of unintended consequences" as a symbol and subtle critique of American exceptionalism and what Jonathan Schell among others has called "impotent omnipotence".
posted on May 16, 2008 - View this thread

The Washington Independent went beta a few weeks ago. The site employs several reporters to do investigative journalism on topics of national importance.
posted on Feb 8, 2008 - View this thread