Waterboarding Democracy Waterboarding Democracy
Why did four key members of Congress failed to inform the public and the 9/11 Commission about the use of torture on terror suspects?
Dec 12, 2007 / Column / Robert Scheer
Sports 2007: It Was a Very Bad Year Sports 2007: It Was a Very Bad Year
Michael Vick's sentencing to twenty-three months in prison caps a depressing and scandalous year for professional sports.
Dec 10, 2007 / Column / Dave Zirin
Sovereign Wealth: Theirs, Not Ours Sovereign Wealth: Theirs, Not Ours
As the US economy sickens, foreign governments are on a shopping spree, scooping up bargains paid for by sovereign wealth funds.
Dec 7, 2007 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
What’s Really Wrong With the MSM? What’s Really Wrong With the MSM?
They've lost our trust by providing conservatives a platform for deliberate deceptions, silencing reporters for revealing the truth and excusing their own self-serving behavior.
Dec 6, 2007 / Column / Eric Alterman
The Audacity of Oprah The Audacity of Oprah
The combined power of Oprah & Obama could reinvigorate our embattled political landscape.
Dec 6, 2007 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
A Short Summary of What Karl Rove Now Says About the Origins of the War A Short Summary of What Karl Rove Now Says About the Origins of the War
War? What war?
Dec 5, 2007 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Bush on Iran: Fool Me Twice Bush on Iran: Fool Me Twice
Despite new evidence on Iran's nuclear ambitions, President Bush is sticking to his story--an inflated threat assessment some leading Democrats persist in believing.
Dec 5, 2007 / Column / Robert Scheer
Guns Beat Green: The Market Has Spoken Guns Beat Green: The Market Has Spoken
If you're looking for a sure bet in the new growth market, sell solar and buy surveillance. Forget wind, buy weapons.
Nov 29, 2007 / Column / Naomi Klein
The Dialectics of Revolution… Uh, Recycling The Dialectics of Revolution… Uh, Recycling
Looking askance at a practice widely supposed to be a pretty good idea.
Nov 29, 2007 / Column / Alexander Cockburn