The War on Infrastructure

Describing the recent bridge failure and steam-pipe explosion as "cowardly attacks on our way of life," Bush today opened a new front in his permanent war on everything.

Barbara Ehrenreich

Opportunities in Abstinence Training

Chastity advocates: Lay off the adolescents and concentrate on the vast numbers of middle-aged and elderly who aren't getting any. Make them feel good about their lifestyle ...

Barbara Ehrenreich

Red Zone, Green Zone

Pundits speculate the US can win stability if not victory in Iraq, but beyond the philosophical Green Zone they inhabit, life becomes ever more desperate for Iraqi civilians.

Tom Engelhardt

The New Bipartisan Capitalism

A new study addressing the plight the American worker in a global economy tries to solve economic inequity through tax policy rather than systemic change. A much broader vision is ...

Daniel Morris

A Man Who Gets His Way

A veteran newsman recalls Rupert Murdoch. Despite his promises to protect editorial integrity of the Wall Street Journal, don't expect him to get a soul transplant any time ...

Sydney H. Schanberg

It’s Easier to Insure Pets Than Kids

Americans will spend $9.8 billion on pet healthcare this year. Why is the President so insistent that we can't provide health coverage to poor children?

Barbara Ehrenreich

A Bronx Tale

From Providence to Los Angeles and even the Bronx, urban rivers that were polluted and even paved over are being restored.

Tracy Tullis

Dangerous Privilege

We need a law to define and limit the President's claim of executive privilege, and should set a process for Congress to overcome it.

Aziz Huq

Impeachable Offenses

The burgeoning movement to impeach Bush and Cheney is a rational response at a time when 80 percent of Americans believe the country is headed in the wrong direction.

John Nichols

Harry Potter and the Half-Baked Epic

The last book in J.K. Rowling's saga is marked by throwaway references to a post-9/11 world and derivative insights that never add up to a coherent moral vision.

Lakshmi Chaudhry

Fred Thompson, Neocon

He has a strong claim on the neoconservative heart, and if he ends up in the White House, the moribund neocons will rise again.

David Corn

The Populist Moment?

Economic populism is the new flavor in politics, but it won't be authentic unless it's driven by and for the people.

The Editors

Give Bonds His Due

It's official: He's the new home run king. Will the media ever get over it?

Dave Zirin

The Terror America Wrought

Take a moment to remember the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, connecting the dots between that attack and US actions in Iraq sixty-two years later.

Robert Scheer

Inflation’s Undertow

Stop the rejoicing about the rise in the minimum wage. Thanks to inflation, the prosperity of the working poor and the middle class is at real and rising risk.

Nicholas von Hoffman

Keeping Enemies Close–and Saudis Closer

What are Bush's real motives for the $63 billion Mideast arms deal to Israel, Egypt and Saudi America?

Robert Scheer

The Bloatocrats

The New York Times turns a spotlight on the super-rich who veil their affluence in assertions of the good that they do. It makes Gordon Gekko's naked greed look good.

Nicholas von Hoffman

All Rupert, All the Time

Will Rupert Murdoch's play to own and operate the Wall Street Journal have a silver lining for liberals?

Eric Alterman

On the Latest Washington Scandal

Calvin Trillin

Our Veterans Have Spoken…

Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America and our readers exchange views on "The Hidden War: Iraq Veterans Bear Witness" with authors Chris Hedges and Laila Al-Arian.

Our Readers and Chris Hedges and Laila Al-Arian