Bush Stands By His Dictator Bush Stands By His Dictator
Bush's coddling of Pervez Musharraf defies all reason--and bears some unsettling similarity to his own offenses and misteps as President.
Nov 14, 2007 / Column / Robert Scheer
Syria’s Dangerous Gambits Syria’s Dangerous Gambits
Ostracized by the Bush Administration, Syria is flirting with rogue status. But if Washington restarts dialogue, there is plenty of room for common ground.
Nov 12, 2007 / Feature / Mohamad Bazzi
Susan Faludi: America’s Terror Dream Susan Faludi: America’s Terror Dream
A discussion with the author of The Terror Dream: Fear and Fantasy in Post-9/11 America, the master narrative of our national security myth.
Nov 12, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Rashi Kesarwani
Latin America’s Shock Resistance Latin America’s Shock Resistance
Recent events in the region show how societies can recover from extreme capitalism.
Nov 8, 2007 / Feature / Naomi Klein
Fukú Americanus Fukú Americanus
Junot Díaz's masterful new novel maps the ambiguities in the modern immigrant experience in America.
Nov 8, 2007 / Books & the Arts / William Deresiewicz
Judicial Activism in a Time of No Irony Judicial Activism in a Time of No Irony
Contemplating Mukasey, Musharraf and the imprisoned lawyers of Pakistan: how easily a modern liberal democracy can slide into a totalitarian state.
Nov 8, 2007 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Reading Lincoln in Pakistan Reading Lincoln in Pakistan
Pervez Musharraf wraps himself in Lincoln's mantle, but no one is fooled.
Nov 8, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner
All Cowboys Out Now All Cowboys Out Now
Firms like Blackwater operate in a demand-based industry, and it is this demand that must be cut off.
Nov 8, 2007 / Jeremy Scahill
Musharraf’s Emergency Musharraf’s Emergency
If the United States is so keen on spreading democracy and fighting radical Islamists, why does it continue to back a leader who has suspended the Constitution and gone to war with...
Nov 8, 2007 / Graham Usher
Our Man in Pakistan Our Man in Pakistan
Gen. Pervez Musharraf turns out to be just another crummy dictator. But he's our dictator--using the $10 billion in US aid to jail judges and lawyers, and give shelter Al Qaeda and...
Nov 7, 2007 / Column / Robert Scheer