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October 16, 2006 Issue

Gary Younge on Tony Blair, John Nichols on scandals at the FCC, Barry Schwabsky on Clement Greenberg.

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Editorial

Test on Terrorism

The godfather of vicious anti-Castro violence, Luis Posada Carriles will soon be released from US custody. Is that any way to treat a terrorist?

Peter Kornbluh

The FCC Scandal

It's official: Revelations that the FCC suppressed reports on the danger of media consolidation prove the agency is overwhelmingly biased in favor of big media.

John Nichols

Mexican Scramble

A flawed election and Andrés Manuel López Obrador's social mobilization are putting Mexico's feeble democracy at risk.

Sergio Aguayo Quezada

Accessories to Torture

The only thing compromised in the Senate's catastrophic "compromise" of the enemy combatants bill is the rule of law and our democracy's basic principles.

The Editors

Iraq and Reality

Throughout the Iraq debacle, intelligence and analysis have not mattered to the Bush Administration. The White House will continue to duck reality all the way to election day.

The Editors

Column

The Real Cover-Up

Far more important than the Foley affair is the Bush Administration and the GOP have molested Lady Liberty while pretending to guard our national security.

Robert Scheer

Gas Pump Politics

Will Democrats lose 50,000 votes every time the price of gasoline drops? If so, don't blame the GOP (they don't have that much power). Blame instead the greed of US consumers.

Nicholas von Hoffman

Saints and the Superdome

The hype-masters of sports would have us believe that the return of the New Orleans Saints to the Superdome is a sign of a city on the verge of resurrection. It's not.

Dave Zirin

Blair, Brown, Blah

Tony Blair's sorry record on Iraq, Afghanistan and Lebanon--and the rise of a new, viable leader of the Conservative Party--could spell doom for Gordon Brown and the Labour Party.

Gary Younge

A Meta-Read Is a Better Read

The notion that the function of journalists is to explain "the truth" is about as quaint as America's participation in the Geneva Conventions.

Eric Alterman

On the Intelligence Report Finding That the War in Iraq Has Produced a New Generation of Jihadists and Increased Terrorism

Calvin Trillin

Letters

THE VOICE OF MILITARY FAMILIES

Davis, Calif.

Our Readers and David Rieff

Feature

The Uphill Battle For Habeas Corpus in George W. Bush’s Washington, D.C.

As Republicans and Democrats voted to approve the Military Commission Act last week, those who love the law were mortified by its passage and angry at those who capitulated, but un...

Michael Ratner

A Progressive Response to Terror

If the United States can abandon the idea of a "war" on terror in favor of a comprehensive and equitable collective response, we may have a shot at stopping the right from destroyi...

Ken Miller

Low-Key Leader for High-Anxiety Times

South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon now has a virtual lock on succeeding Kofi Annan as UN Secretary General. Does he have what it takes to be a mediator between Bush's Washin...

Ian Williams

Reform Comes to the Boardroom

Corporate America needs the discipline of democracy to help rid it of some very bad habits. And shareholder activists are pushing the SEC to shore up their rights.

Kelly Candaele

Look East for a New UN Leader

The election campaign for the UN's next Secretary General is the most transparent in history, but the politics are as murky as ever. As diplomatic wrangling continues, one thing is...

Ian Williams

We’ll Always Have Geneva

The Military Comissions Act of 2006 gives the Geneva Conventions a bold, new American twist. Here's a look at the bill's final markup.

Evan Eisenberg

Ten Reasons Why the Wal-Mart Pundits Are Wrong

The conventional wisdom that Wal-Mart is good for American business and good for consumers just doesn't hold up under scrutiny.

Sarah Anderson and John Cavanagh

Big $$ for Progressive Politics

The Democracy Alliance is taking a page from the conservative Republican playbook by funding ideas instead of candidates. If only its leaders could agree on what those ideas are.

Ari Berman