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