Pelosi or Cheney? Who’s the Torturer in Chief? Pelosi or Cheney? Who’s the Torturer in Chief?
Beltway journalists seem finally to have a found a torture story they like. Mind you, not the one about the Bush/Cheney White House possibly okaying drowning to extract &...
May 19, 2009 / Laura Flanders
Expert Panel Rejects Iran Missile Threat to Europe Expert Panel Rejects Iran Missile Threat to Europe
The Post reports this morning that a team of US and Russian technical experts want to put the kibosh on US plans for putting a missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Repub...
May 19, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Cultivating Peace in Palestine Cultivating Peace in Palestine
In the days leading up to Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Washington, Yisrael Beiteinu, the far-right party led by Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, announced that it would seek a ...
May 19, 2009 / Roane Carey
Mother of Parliaments in Mother of All Messes Mother of Parliaments in Mother of All Messes
London It began with what looked like a minor leak, the kind you'd call a plumber for but hope you could contain: reports that Britain's Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith, had charged ...
May 19, 2009 / Maria Margaronis
Americans’ Views of Israel Americans’ Views of Israel
While Prime Minister Netanyahu was meeting President Obama at the White House Monday morning, the Zogbys -- John Zogby, president/CEO of Zogby International, a polling firm, and J...
May 18, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Hungarian Blues Hungarian Blues
I spent much of last year in Hungary, leaving just before the IMF cobbled together a rescue package to prevent the nation's economy from imploding. A full-scale implosion has been...
May 18, 2009 / Eyal Press
Harvard Strike 40th Anniversary Harvard Strike 40th Anniversary
This spring is the 40th anniversary of the Harvard strike, one of the iconic moments of 1960s student protest, but -- strangely -- the only notice thus far has been in the "Op...
May 18, 2009 / Jon Wiener
This Week on the Hill This Week on the Hill
From Greg Kaufmann: Before Congress can leave town for a week-long Memorial Day recess, members will take up credit card reform, the war supplemental, energy and climate change ...
May 18, 2009 / Chris Hayes
What Was I Fighting For? What Was I Fighting For?
I witnessed firsthand the ineffectiveness of US military strategy in Afghanistan. We need a clear mission, an exit strategy and a commitment to diplomacy.
May 18, 2009 / Rick Reyes
The Most Important Number on Earth The Most Important Number on Earth
Bill McKibben, Noam Chomsky and Terry Tempest Williams discuss the urgent need reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide to 350 parts per million.
May 18, 2009 / OntheEarthProduction