Murtha’s No Leftie: He’s Right Murtha’s No Leftie: He’s Right
As Democrats choose between a stalwart critic of the Iraq War and a proponent of Bush policies for Majority Leader, Fox News gets in the act, casting centrist Pennnsylvania Rep. J...
Nov 15, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer
The Last Antiwar Poem The Last Antiwar Poem
Allen Ginsberg's "Wichita Vortex Sutra," written at the height of the Vietnam War, speaks with a jarring relevance today.
Nov 14, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Rolf Potts
The Evil Abstraction The Evil Abstraction
Before Bob Gates's confirmation as CIA chief in 1991, the man now designated as Bush's Secretary of Defense was charged with forcing intelligence reports to conform to a tough anti...
Nov 9, 2006 / Column / David Corn
The Business of America The Business of America
The American Way of Strategy and Empire's Workshop examine the paradox of idealism and brutality in US foreign policy.
Nov 9, 2006 / Books & the Arts / George Scialabba
Letter From Canada: The New Christian Right Letter From Canada: The New Christian Right
Canada's new conservative prime minister is forging ties with US conservatives and evangelicals as Canada moves toward an Americanized Christian state.
Nov 9, 2006 / Feature / Chris Hedges
And Now, Iraq And Now, Iraq
The election is over; the war is not. And George W. Bush is suddenly in one tight corner.
Nov 9, 2006 / David Corn
Bush’s Rough Justice Bush’s Rough Justice
Bush insisted that Saddam Hussein's trial be held in Iraq so that an international tribunal would never expose America's history of support for the tyrant.
Nov 8, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer
The Return of Daniel Ortega The Return of Daniel Ortega
Despite Daniel Ortega's many flaws, the return of the Sandinistas to power creates the possibility that his challenge to the "savage capitalism" of the previous regime can genuinel...
Nov 7, 2006 / Feature / Mark Engler
Beginning of the End Beginning of the End
The Iraq Study Group report comes too late for the 600,000 people who died in carnage that is likely to worsen. It won't satisfy the antiwar movement because it sets no timetable f...
Nov 7, 2006 / Feature / Bob Dreyfuss
Questionable Verdict Questionable Verdict
Even the most naive American voter cannot be expected to see the morally, legally and politically questionable death sentence given to Saddam Hussein a milestone in the Bush Admin...
Nov 6, 2006 / Richard Falk