Stephen Holmes

Stephen Holmes teaches at the New York University School of Law. His most recent book is The Matador's Cape: America's Reckless Response to Terror (Cambridge).

Vice: The Dispiriting Legacy of Dick Cheney Vice: The Dispiriting Legacy of Dick Cheney

Assessing the stealth, subterfuge and delusion of the Cheney vice presidency.

May 27, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Holmes

Apocalypse Now? Apocalypse Now?

According to Chalmers Johnson, Bush's imperial presidency may be the final chapter in the collapse of American democracy.

Oct 11, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Holmes

John Yoo’s Tortured Logic John Yoo’s Tortured Logic

The Berkeley law professor's carte blanche constitutionalism was a gift to the Bush Administration, offering legalistic justifications for lawless behavior.

Apr 13, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Holmes

The War of the Liberals The War of the Liberals

Power and the Idealists clings to the notion that the Iraq War was waged for humanitarian ideals, while At the Point of a Gun documents the inner torment of humanitarian interventi...

Oct 26, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Holmes

The National Insecurity State The National Insecurity State

Keen to control the flow of information, the Bush political machine has labored day and night to obstruct public oversight of US foreign policy. But the basic reality cannot be...

Apr 22, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Holmes

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