The Great ‘Intelligence’ Fraud The Great ‘Intelligence’ Fraud
Events do rush by us in a blur, I know, but let's not abandon Secretary of State Colin Powell's February 5 UN speech to the graveyard of history without one last backward glanc...
Feb 13, 2003 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn
Concerning Pee-Wee, Townshend and Ritter Concerning Pee-Wee, Townshend and Ritter
The worse the state treats kids, the more the state's prosecutors chase after inoffensive "perverts" in the private sector who have committed the so-called crime of getting sex...
Jan 30, 2003 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn
The Right Not to Be in Pain The Right Not to Be in Pain
Since the bottom line here is terrible physical pain, let's start with someone who has spent most of her life in that condition. There are millions like her. Patricia C.
Jan 16, 2003 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn
The Incubator Returns! The Incubator Returns!
So onward into 2003 we go, amid INS roundups of Middle Easterners in Southern California and the grand hunt for Saddam's "material breaches," which could be a song out of Gilbe...
Dec 23, 2002 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn
Iraq After D-Day: The Cordesman Memo Iraq After D-Day: The Cordesman Memo
Napoleon would sketch out in an afternoon the new constitution and legal arrangements for one of France's imperial conquests.
Dec 12, 2002 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn
Total Information, Total Confusion Total Information, Total Confusion
So let's join Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology Edward "Pete" Aldridge at a recent Pentagon press briefing, where he's addressing concerns a...
Nov 26, 2002 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn
The Antiwar Movement and Its Critics The Antiwar Movement and Its Critics
Do we have an antiwar movement? We're getting there.
Nov 14, 2002 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn
Blowback: From Unruh to Muhammad Blowback: From Unruh to Muhammad
America is living in the blowback years.
Oct 31, 2002 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn
Starring Jimmy Carter, in War and Peace Starring Jimmy Carter, in War and Peace
Now they've given Jimmy Carter the Nobel Peace Prize. Looking at the present, wretched incumbent, Democrats feel smug about their paladin of peace.
Oct 17, 2002 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn
October Surprises October Surprises
October surprises are built into our system, since elections come in November. Cliffhanger movies in Hollywood's old days could not have staged it better.
Oct 3, 2002 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn