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Alexander Cockburn

Less Whining, More Dirt! (Barack Obama, Presidential Election 2008, Politics)

Obama can take the rhetorical high road, but he should have some mean stokers in the engine room.

Alexander Cockburn
Mistakes They Made: From Hillary to Rush to Bush (Presidential Election 2008, Politics)

Staying married, demonizing McCain, romancing Wall Street

Alexander Cockburn
Back to the New Frontier: A Short History of Change

Change may be the mantra, but continuity is the undertow.

Alexander Cockburn
Moody's: The Terrorist at Ground Zero (Corporate Lobbying)

Lusting after pools of Social Security and Medicare money, the Wall Street giant aims to dictate national policy through the barrel of a financial gun.

Alexander Cockburn
Against Dullness: The Campaigns So Far (Barack Obama)

All great seasons in politics begin with excitement. Right now there's none.

Alexander Cockburn
Congress to CIA Torturers: 'If Only You'd Told Us' (Covert Ops, Law, Society)

The agency's secret destruction of tapes is a parable of the futility of oversight.

Alexander Cockburn
The Dialectics of Revolution... Uh, Recycling (Environmental Issues, Economics, Environment)

Looking askance at a practice widely supposed to be a pretty good idea.

Alexander Cockburn
In Transports of Horror and Delight (Regions and Countries)

On airports Heathrow and De Gaulle, bicycles and trains.

Alexander Cockburn
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