The FBI and Edward Said The FBI and Edward Said
The FBI was probably tapping Edward Said's phone right up until the day he died. Details are emerging of a surveillance effort that extended for nearly thirty years.
Jan 12, 2006 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
A Member of Congress Tries to Recall Jack Abramoff A Member of Congress Tries to Recall Jack Abramoff
Testing a Congressman's memory of the former super-lobbyist: Good old what's-his-name...but me? I hardly knew him.
Jan 12, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Shame of the Once-Young Republicans Shame of the Once-Young Republicans
What irony that Jack Abramoff and other once-young Republicans, who hectored their elders about defending the nation's taxpayers and security forces, should now be accused of deepl...
Jan 11, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer
‘Fool Me Once…’ ‘Fool Me Once…’
The willingness of our most powerful media companies to defer to pressure from the White House is deeply disconcerting. In the name of national security, the Bush team repeatedly d...
Jan 5, 2006 / Column / Eric Alterman
Pandora’s Box Pandora’s Box
A deep planetary insecurity has fostered a rush to build boundaries around ourselves--psychic green zones--no matter how irrational, separating white from black or brown, Christian...
Jan 5, 2006 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
The President’s Measured Response to Criticism of His Secret Domestic Spying Operation The President’s Measured Response to Criticism of His Secret Domestic Spying Operation
Since I am Commander in Chief,
My powers to spy or debrief
Are limitless. That's my belief.
So go somewhere else with your beef.
Jan 5, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Abramoff’s Sordid World Abramoff’s Sordid World
The unfolding Jack Abramoff corruption scandal exposes the hypocrisy of the GOP "revolution," which promised to restore morality to Washington but instead sank deepinto a cesspool ...
Jan 4, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer
Dr. Germ and Mrs. Anthrax Set Free Dr. Germ and Mrs. Anthrax Set Free
Why is it not bigger news that these infamous Iraqi scientists have been quietly released from imprisonment in Iraq without any charges being brought by their US captors?
Dec 28, 2005 / Column / Robert Scheer
A White House Response to Senator Feingold A White House Response to Senator Feingold
Chastised by Russ Feingold for extrajudicial spying, the President who would be king invokes the divine right of kings.
Dec 21, 2005 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Pyrrhic Victory Pyrrhic Victory
The best outcome for US policy is the hope that Shiite and Sunni fanatics can check each other long enough for the United States to beat a credible retreat and call it a victory, a...
Dec 21, 2005 / Column / Robert Scheer