What Good Reporting Has Meant in Iraq What Good Reporting Has Meant in Iraq
Patrick Cockburn has been hailed by Sidney Blumenthal in Salon as "one of the most accurate and intrepid journalists in Iraq." And that's hardly praise enough, given wha...
May 9, 2007 / TomDispatch
Men of Aahction? Men of Aahction?
Today I had lunch with Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott, SEIU president Andy Stern, and the disembodied head of Arnold Schwarzenegger. Let me explain.
May 8, 2007 / Liza Featherstone
The Mother of All Benchmarks in Iraq: Oil The Mother of All Benchmarks in Iraq: Oil
In the run-up to the invasion of Iraq in 2002-2003, oil was seldom mentioned. Yes, Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz did describe the country as afloat "on a sea of ...
May 7, 2007 / TomDispatch
Conservatism Crashes and Burns Conservatism Crashes and Burns
Before the GOP candidates auditioned for the Republican nomination, the Campaign for America's Future held a great debate between the American Prospect's Bob Kuttner and the Weekly...
May 4, 2007 / Ari Berman
Why Is Oliver North Still Involved in the Middle East? Why Is Oliver North Still Involved in the Middle East?
I receive scores of letters each week--some via snail mail, some by e-mail. Here's one I thought worth sharing. I suspect there are many people who, like this US sailor (and for th...
May 4, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
America’s Mayor? America’s Mayor?
It's GOP Debate night and I'm dreading the idea of having to watch the Seven Dwarves (plus three) duke it out at the Reagan Library. I'm heading uptown in a taxi to an "Obama ...
May 4, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
What If My Carrier Bumps Into Your Country? What If My Carrier Bumps Into Your Country?
At a news conference on Monday involving the President and European leaders, this exchange took place: "Q: …[Y]our Secretary of State is going to a conference...
May 3, 2007 / TomDispatch
Republican vs. Republican on Iraq Republican vs. Republican on Iraq
On Monday a Washington Post headline read: "GOP's Base Helps Keep Unity on Iraq." By Thursday, following President Bush's veto of a Democratic war funding bill, the long-suppresse...
May 3, 2007 / The Nation
LAPD Gone Wild. Again. LAPD Gone Wild. Again.
All of a sudden it looked like the bad old days this week in Los Angeles. A peaceful pro-immigration rally in the downtown area Tuesday descended into chaotic violence as the LAPD ...
May 3, 2007 / Marc Cooper
The Media, Impeachment & Kucinich The Media, Impeachment & Kucinich
Richard Cohen has a must-read column in today's Washington Post. It's a terrific antidote to Dana Milbank's recent column in the same paper which ridiculed Presidential candidate a...
May 2, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel