Why We're Losing the War on Terror
David Cole & Jules Lobel : Going on the offensive has only made us more vulnerable.
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Charlie Savage on abuse of presidential power, Alexander Cockburn on bombing Iran, Calvin Trillin on what Republicans can't get enough of.
Articles
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German GWOT Misfire
Neil Smith : The government is using antiterrorist laws to suppress political dissent.
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The New Counterinsurgency
Tom Hayden : The Army's updated Field Manual draws on an old, blood-steeped tradition.
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Ha'aretz, Israel's Liberal Beacon
Stephen Glain : A spirited daily paper is the last remaining defender of Israel's tradition of dissent.
Letters
Editorials & Comment
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Why We Must Leave Iraq
: End the occupation, abandon the pretense that only American power can bring order to the region and atone for the human catastrophe we have caused.
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Reaganites Reconsider
Charlie Savage : Even staunch conservatives are becoming alarmed at the Bush Administration's unconstitutional expansion of presidential powers.
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Beyond 'Green Shopping'
Jerry Mander & John Cavanagh : Don't believe the hype that "clean coal," "clean nuclear power" and biofuels will solve the environmental crisis.
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Patriot Act's Wide Net
Ken Olsen : The Gonzales Justice Department used the Patriot Act to prosecute a gang of eco-arsonists as terrorists.
Reviews
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book
The Uninvited Guest
Roger Owen : Juan Cole's Napoleon's Egypt examines the little dictator's doomed attempt to occupy an Arab country.
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book
Perishable Goods
Robin Blackburn : A new biography of economist Joseph Schumpeter explores his insights into the emerging world of globalized capitalism.
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Grave Thoughts
Stuart Klawans : Heddy Honigmann's documentary Forever visits the dead in Paris, but nobody grieves; James Mangold's 3:10 to Yuma pits an evil Russell Crowe against a driven Christian Bale.
Columns
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BEAT THE DEVIL
Will the US Really Bomb Iran?
Alexander Cockburn : It would be foolish to bet that an attack on Iran couldn't happen.
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SUBJECT TO DEBATE
Onward, Secular Soldiers
Katha Pollitt : Memo to candidates: There are more atheists, agnostics and skeptics out there than you think. How about sending us some love?
Web
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Howl
Wanted: Unruly Activists
Nicholas von Hoffman : They're loud, lion-hearted, obnoxious and essential to democracy. And as an unjust war continues to create enormous suffering, we need people brave enough to practice extreme politics.
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TruthDig
A General Dissembles
Robert Scheer : Of course, Gen. David Petraeus sees tangible progress and predicts success in the Iraq war. What wonders couldn't generals achieve with more troops and more time?
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The Surge in Baghdad
Tom Hayden : In this web video from Robert Greenwald's BraveNew Films, Tom Hayden counts the human cost of the US troop surge, as measured in the ruined lives of Iraqi civilians.
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Bush's 9/11 Tradeoff
Ari Melber : The Administration has come to regard the law as a barrier to security and a literal weapon of our enemies, and sees crime as a legitimate tool to fight terror.
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The Racial Politics of College Newspapers
Why college newsrooms are often neither diverse nor racially sensitive.
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Depleted Uranium, Increased Risk
Weapons the Department of Defense claims are harmless have serious and lasting effects.
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Still Down in the Bayou
Communities of color still bear the greatest burden as they rebuild after Katrina.
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Surge 2
Stanley I. Kutler : David Petraeus is not a man preparing to leave Iraq. His report to Congress serves as a glimpse of coming attractions for Surge 2.
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Iraq Progress: By the Numbers
Tom Engelhardt : As General David Petraeus makes his case for continuing the war, here's an accounting of the real costs.
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Farm Aid Raises a Vision
Max Fraser : What began as an attempt to help financially strapped farmers in the Reagan years has grown into a visionary political and social movement rooted in the agrarian values of the American Revolution.
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The Myopic Iraq Debate
Matthew Blake : Like the war itself, the unfolding Congressional hearings on what to do next raise more questions than answers.
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The Secret White House
Ruth Rosen : By classifying an unprecedented amount of information, the Bush Administration is shrouding its workings in mystery--and threatening our democracy in the process.
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Welcome to Fleece U
Barbara Ehrenreich : Our mission is to take feckless teenagers like you and turn them into full-fledged debtors.
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