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All Governments (and Some Journalists) Lie All Governments (and Some Journalists) Lie

Democracy demands that journalists tell the truth. The success of liars like Bob Novak and Ann Coulter is a greater threat to America than a truck full of terrorists bent on doing ...

Aug 31, 2006 / Column / Eric Alterman

The Choice on Iraq The Choice on Iraq

Here's how Democrats should spin the biggest political question in the midterm elections.

Aug 31, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Honey, We Killed the Planet Honey, We Killed the Planet

As the generation of power brokers over 40 continues to blow off global warming, our dependence on a waning supply of oil will create a miserable future for their children and gran...

Aug 30, 2006 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman

Clinton’s Blindness on Welfare Reform Clinton’s Blindness on Welfare Reform

You'd think Bill Clinton doesn't know the difference between getting mothers and their children off the welfare rolls and getting them out of poverty.

Aug 30, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer

Wrong War, Wrong Word Wrong War, Wrong Word

"Islamo-fascism" looks like an analytic term, but it's really an emotional one, intended to get us to think less and fear more.

Aug 24, 2006 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Israel on the Slide: Who’s to Blame? Israel on the Slide: Who’s to Blame?

The Israeli press has criticized the Lebanon disaster from all political angles. The American press chooses to cheerlead instead, while liberal Jewry remains silent.

Aug 24, 2006 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

Presidential Eating Preferences Presidential Eating Preferences

Everyone knows what his predecessors liked for dinner. But there's one special dish we'd really like to serve George W. Bush.

Aug 24, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Truth Time for Democrats Truth Time for Democrats

Democrats must transcend all their intraparty squabbles over the war in Iraq and focus on the obligation of politicians to be honest with the public.

Aug 23, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer

Cuba’s Pathbreaking Energy Policies Cuba’s Pathbreaking Energy Policies

As the world grows short of oil, nations in search of a viable energy policy should take a lesson from Cuba, which turned to sustainable agriculture to offset its own oil crisis.

Aug 22, 2006 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman

Old Threats, New Fears Old Threats, New Fears

Investigators have known for a decade about terrorist plots to bring down passenger jets with liquid explosives. So why, all of a sudden, did Bush ban most liquids on flights?

Aug 16, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer

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