Chalmers Johnson: America’s Going Bankrupt Chalmers Johnson: America’s Going Bankrupt
From Tom Dispatch: The current economic crisis is caused by policies that tax the richest Americans at strikingly low levels and spend huge sums on defense projects that have no ...
Jan 23, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Chalmers Johnson
The CIA’s Jose: Case Study in Cynicism The CIA’s Jose: Case Study in Cynicism
Long before a top bureaucrat was exposed for destroying secret interrogation tapes, the CIA shrouded his identity, making the press corps complicit in practices that would offend t...
Bush’s Iran/Argentina Terror Frame-Up Bush’s Iran/Argentina Terror Frame-Up
The Bush Administration cites a 1994 bombing in Argentina to tar Iran as a sponsor of global terror. But a fresh probe finds no evidence of an Iran connection.
Jan 19, 2008 / Feature / Gareth Porter
CSI: Iraq CSI: Iraq
Despite the cosmetic acts of President Bush, his undertakers and enablers, America's Iraq is still a corpse.
Jan 18, 2008 / Tom Engelhardt
NIMBY Comes to China NIMBY Comes to China
In Shanghai, angry, middle-class protesters say a high-speed train will wreck their quality of life. This new form of dissent could be one of the biggest challenges China will face...
Jan 18, 2008 / Feature / Jeffrey Wasserstrom
Experts in Terror Experts in Terror
The US government relies heavily on the testimony of self-styled terrorism experts in prosecuting the "war on terror." But how credible are they?
Jan 17, 2008 / Feature / Petra Bartosiewicz
Twin Disasters Twin Disasters
When will the candidates cease their petty sniping and address the real issues: the Iraq War and the faltering economy?
Jan 17, 2008 / The Editors
Nationalists Stirring in Iraq Nationalists Stirring in Iraq
An emerging Sunni-Shiite coalition could change the face of Iraq--if the United States steps back and gets out of the way.
Jan 16, 2008 / Feature / Bob Dreyfuss
Those Ungrateful Saudis Those Ungrateful Saudis
After all he's done for them, why is it that Bush only gets a 12 percent favorability rating in Saudi Arabia?
Jan 16, 2008 / Column / Robert Scheer
Suharto’s Passage: One Small Man Leaves a Million Corpses Suharto’s Passage: One Small Man Leaves a Million Corpses
Indonesia's dictator is fading fast: But what of his people's memories of the civilians he killed?
Jan 15, 2008 / Allan Nairn