Beat the Devil

Levee Town Levee Town

There are decades of memos from engineers and contractors setting forth budgets to build up the Gulf Coast's levees, but Bush wouldn't let them be.

Sep 15, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Alexander Cockburn

Bush’s War: The Levees Are Giving Way Bush’s War: The Levees Are Giving Way

The Bush Administration is tongue-tied because it doesn't know what lie to put out next.

Sep 1, 2005 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

The ‘Stricken’ President: When Down Is Up The ‘Stricken’ President: When Down Is Up

Bush may be falling in the polls, but his political agenda is flourishing.

Aug 11, 2005 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

Don’t You Dare Call It Treason Don’t You Dare Call It Treason

Any deed or disclosure that sabotages the CIA's capacity for covert operations deserves praise.

Jul 14, 2005 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

The History of Smoking Guns The History of Smoking Guns

As long as I've lived in America I've enjoyed the comic ritual known as the "hunt for the smoking gun," a process by which our official press tries to inoculate itself and its ...

Jun 23, 2005 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

Friedman’s Imaginary India Friedman’s Imaginary India

India has a billion people in it, and in reality, maybe 2 percent of them get to fly in a plane or go online.

Jun 9, 2005 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

There’s Their Way or the Galloway There’s Their Way or the Galloway

The Senate should abandon its comical pretensions to being a body reflecting any democratic mandate.

May 26, 2005 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

Join the 14 Percent Club! We Won! Join the 14 Percent Club! We Won!

Reading the New York Times reform proposals is like reading a strategy memo from the dying embers of the Dukakis campaign.

May 12, 2005 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

Marla Ruzicka, Rachel Corrie and ‘Credibility’ Marla Ruzicka, Rachel Corrie and ‘Credibility’

No US Senator attended Rachel Corrie's funeral.

Apr 28, 2005 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

Message in a Bottle Message in a Bottle

In India, Coca-Cola's plants bring foul water and toxic sludge.

Apr 14, 2005 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

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