The Big Lie Technique The Big Lie Technique
As President Bush denounces his critics and proclaims war without end in Iraq the central front in a new cold war, he fails to acknowledge that he is responsible for handing Al Qae...
Nov 16, 2005 / Column / Robert Scheer
The World According to Dowd The World According to Dowd
Maureen Dowd has done her best to declare feminism dead. But by insisting that men are scared of spunky successful women, it doesn't occur to her that she is promoting, rather than...
Nov 10, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Katha Pollitt
First the Lying, Then the Pardon First the Lying, Then the Pardon
Shades of Iran/contra: Since the indictment of I. Lewis Libby, Washington is abuzz about presidential pardons. If officials who violate the law and lie about it know with certainty...
Nov 10, 2005 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Another Lesson in White House Values Another Lesson in White House Values
We've got our values and we know goodness, but we hate only certain kinds of sin.
Nov 10, 2005 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Lying with Intelligence Lying with Intelligence
A newly declassified Defense Intelligence Agency document discrediting reports of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq disproves the Bush Administration's claim that they went to w...
Nov 8, 2005 / Column / Robert Scheer
The Threat of Hope in Latin America The Threat of Hope in Latin America
Across Latin America indigenous movements redrawing the continent's political map, demanding not just "rights" but a reinvention of the state along deeply democratic lines.
Nov 3, 2005 / Column / Naomi Klein
Can We Talk? Can We Talk?
Liberals need to find a means to bridge the gap between Americans' belief in liberal solutions and their willingness to trust liberals to enact them.
Nov 3, 2005 / Column / Eric Alterman
Genes, Genius, Genies Genes, Genius, Genies
The right has ushered in a moment of cult celebrity for the pre-born. But let's not be seduced by this idea of personhood. Remember the poor and not-so-perfect post-born children ...
Nov 3, 2005 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Scooter Libby: A Republican Nursery Rhyme Scooter Libby: A Republican Nursery Rhyme
Catching small fry, letting the big fish go.
Nov 3, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Calvin Trillin
How Reporters Helped Lead Us to War How Reporters Helped Lead Us to War
Reporters like Judith Miller who fought to avoid testifying in the CIA leak case were knowing accomplices in the White House's attempt to punish a whistle-blower. By failing to rep...
Nov 1, 2005 / Column / Robert Scheer