The World Social Forum: Protest or Celebration? The World Social Forum: Protest or Celebration?
The World Social Forum in Caracas provided living proof of alternative political and social visions, but raised new questions about government co-optation.
Feb 16, 2006 / Feature / Michael Blanding
Cherry-picked Intelligence Cherry-picked Intelligence
It's now clear that Bush & Co. had no interest in reality-based intelligence to justify the decision to invade Iraq.
Feb 16, 2006 / Editorial / The Editors
Less Butter, More Guns Less Butter, More Guns
If the war in Iraq is winding down, why does the Pentagon need so much money? Because the Bush Administration has visions of a permanent war economy.
Feb 16, 2006 / Editorial / The Editors
In Your Dreams, Condi In Your Dreams, Condi
Condoleezza Rice's myopic optimism mirrors that of the delusional Dick Cheney: Witness her refusal to be alarmed by rise of Moqtada al Sadr.
Feb 15, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer
Congress Stirs to Rein in the President Congress Stirs to Rein in the President
In the wake of Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on warrantless spying, bipartisan efforts to rein in the Bush Administration's exercise of executive power are gaining momentum.
Feb 10, 2006 / Feature / Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith
How Not to Spot a Terrorist How Not to Spot a Terrorist
The NSA's use of artificial intelligence for "data-mining" surveillance is not only constitutionally illegal, but a technological fantasy. Why aren't the Democrats challenging it?
Feb 9, 2006 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn
Fury Over Foreigners Fury Over Foreigners
Western cartoons deemed insulting to Islam are only part of what is fueling mob frenzy in Afghanistan. Growing rage against the presence of foreign troops and frustration with inef...
Feb 7, 2006 / Feature / Christian Parenti
The JFK Lawyers’ Conspiracy The JFK Lawyers’ Conspiracy
Forty-two years later, assassination buffs continue to attack the validity of the Warren Report.
Feb 2, 2006 / Feature / Max Holland
All the King’s Horses… All the King’s Horses…
Worry about the CIA's new Open Source Center, which aims to piece together all sorts of unclassified information to create a broad picture of where trouble is likely to arise.
Feb 2, 2006 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
I Dreamt That George W. Bush Adopted James Frey’s 3-Step Program–Denial, Larry King and Oprah–To Get to the Truth About the War in Iraq I Dreamt That George W. Bush Adopted James Frey’s 3-Step Program–Denial, Larry King and Oprah–To Get to the Truth About the War in Iraq
Maybe Oprah can get the truth out of Bush--just don't try to screen her questions.
Feb 2, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin