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The Great ‘Intelligence’ Fraud The Great ‘Intelligence’ Fraud

Events do rush by us in a blur, I know, but let's not abandon Secretary of State Colin Powell's February 5 UN speech to the graveyard of history without one last backward glanc...

Feb 13, 2003 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

Concerning Pee-Wee, Townshend and Ritter Concerning Pee-Wee, Townshend and Ritter

The worse the state treats kids, the more the state's prosecutors chase after inoffensive "perverts" in the private sector who have committed the so-called crime of getting sex...

Jan 30, 2003 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

The Right Not to Be in Pain The Right Not to Be in Pain

Since the bottom line here is terrible physical pain, let's start with someone who has spent most of her life in that condition. There are millions like her. Patricia C.

Jan 16, 2003 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

The Incubator Returns! The Incubator Returns!

So onward into 2003 we go, amid INS roundups of Middle Easterners in Southern California and the grand hunt for Saddam's "material breaches," which could be a song out of Gilbe...

Dec 23, 2002 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

Iraq After D-Day: The Cordesman Memo Iraq After D-Day: The Cordesman Memo

Napoleon would sketch out in an afternoon the new constitution and legal arrangements for one of France's imperial conquests.

Dec 12, 2002 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

Total Information, Total Confusion Total Information, Total Confusion

So let's join Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology Edward "Pete" Aldridge at a recent Pentagon press briefing, where he's addressing concerns a...

Nov 26, 2002 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

The Antiwar Movement and Its Critics The Antiwar Movement and Its Critics

Do we have an antiwar movement? We're getting there.

Nov 14, 2002 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

Blowback: From Unruh to Muhammad Blowback: From Unruh to Muhammad

America is living in the blowback years.

Oct 31, 2002 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

Starring Jimmy Carter, in War and Peace Starring Jimmy Carter, in War and Peace

Now they've given Jimmy Carter the Nobel Peace Prize. Looking at the present, wretched incumbent, Democrats feel smug about their paladin of peace.

Oct 17, 2002 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

October Surprises October Surprises

October surprises are built into our system, since elections come in November. Cliffhanger movies in Hollywood's old days could not have staged it better.

Oct 3, 2002 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

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