America’s Complicity in Saddam’s Crimes America’s Complicity in Saddam’s Crimes
Saddam Hussein's execution on Dec. 30 prevents him from being put on trial for his most serious crimes – genocide against the Kurds and the use of poison gas...
Dec 31, 2006 / Jon Wiener
Gerald Ford’s Legacy: Cheney and Rumsfeld Gerald Ford’s Legacy: Cheney and Rumsfeld
Gerald Ford is gone, but he lives on in two of his key appointees: Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney. Their impact on America today is greater than Ford's, who died Tuesday at 93...
Dec 27, 2006 / Jon Wiener
James Brown, 1933-2006 James Brown, 1933-2006
"Internationally known as the hardest working man in show business . . . . Mr. Dynamite, the amazing Mr. Please Please himself . . . the star of the show, Jaaaames BROWN!"...
Dec 25, 2006 / Jon Wiener
The Last Lennon File The Last Lennon File
The controversy over newly released files on John Lennon is less about Lennon than about excessive government secrecy.
Dec 20, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener
John Lennon’s Legacy John Lennon’s Legacy
On the anniversary of John Lennon's murder (Dec. 8, 1980), I've been thinking about his famous argument with Gloria Emerson in December, 1969 – filmed by...
Dec 8, 2006 / Jon Wiener
How the GOP Could Win How the GOP Could Win
On the darkest day for Republicans in decades, the GOP had one bright light: Arnold Schwarzenegger, who got more votes than any other candidate in his party on November 7 â&e...
Nov 14, 2006 / Jon Wiener
America, Through a Glass Darkly America, Through a Glass Darkly
An intellectual biography of Richard Hofstadter rides a wave of nostalgia for this artful historian and liberal icon of the 1950s and '60s.
Oct 5, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener
The US vs. John Lennon The US vs. John Lennon
The new documentary "The U.S. vs. John Lennon," now playing nationwide, tells the story of Lennon's transformation from loveable moptop to anti-war activist, and reco...
Sep 12, 2006 / Jon Wiener
An Optimistic Voice in Israel An Optimistic Voice in Israel
Israel's military defeat in Lebanon has created new opportunities for peace – that's what Israeli Knesset member and peace movement leader Yossi Beilin t...
Aug 25, 2006 / Jon Wiener
Beyond My Lai : New Revelations of Vietnam Atrocities Beyond My Lai : New Revelations of Vietnam Atrocities
How long does it take the US government to release documentation about atrocities in which US military forces killed unarmed civilians, women and children? In the case of Vietnam, ...
Aug 7, 2006 / Jon Wiener