Three-Card Monte and the One-Party State Three-Card Monte and the One-Party State
How lionlike the Democrats sound as they circle around Social Security, roaring their defiance!
Mar 17, 2005 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
George W. Bush, the Lion of Baghdad, Demands That Syria Withdraw From Lebanon George W. Bush, the Lion of Baghdad, Demands That Syria Withdraw From Lebanon
You must withdraw, since nations can't
Install their troops in other places
To change regimes that they don't like.
Except, of course, in certain cases.
Mar 17, 2005 / Column / Calvin Trillin
The Bankruptcy Bill: A Tutorial in Greed The Bankruptcy Bill: A Tutorial in Greed
Lesson No. 1: Campaign cash is worth more than family values.
Mar 15, 2005 / Column / Robert Scheer
On the Secret ‘Rendition’ of Terror Suspects to Countries Known to Use Torture On the Secret ‘Rendition’ of Terror Suspects to Countries Known to Use Torture
As Jesus said to render unto Caesar
A portion of thy grain or of thy stock,
Our policy's to render unto Caesar
In hopes that he'll apply electric shock.
Mar 10, 2005 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Can Democracy Survive Bush’s Embrace? Can Democracy Survive Bush’s Embrace?
It started off as a joke and has now become vaguely serious: the idea that Bono might be named president of the World Bank.
Mar 10, 2005 / Column / Naomi Klein
Anti-Semite? Self-Hating Jew? Moi? Anti-Semite? Self-Hating Jew? Moi?
That the Boston Globe is a great newspaper can be in no doubt, as its brave (though flawed) reporting on sexual abuse in the Catholic Church has recently demonstrated.
Mar 10, 2005 / Column / Eric Alterman
Grim Fairy Tales Grim Fairy Tales
It seemed too bizarre to be anything but apocryphal, but, hey, I heard it on NPR: William Poole, a high school junior from Kentucky, was taken into custody and charged with threa...
Mar 10, 2005 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Of, by and for Big Business Of, by and for Big Business
Watching the 109th Congress, one would be forgiven for thinking our Constitution was the blueprint for a government of Big Business, by Big Business and for Big Business.
Mar 9, 2005 / Column / Robert Scheer
Because It Works Because It Works
Bush wants to break Social Security.
Mar 8, 2005 / Column / Robert Scheer
It’s My Party and I’ll Whine if I Want To It’s My Party and I’ll Whine if I Want To
The Frank budget has not been embraced by the Democratic leadership--and is unlikely to be so welcomed. The Democratic Party still hasn't caught on; it remains a body at war with...
Mar 3, 2005 / Column / David Corn