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Promoting Incompetence in Iraq

Since the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, Gens. George Casey, David Petraeus and Ricardo Sanchez have not heeded… more

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When Protectors Become Predators

Perhaps the greatest danger to endangered species is the Bush administration

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Make-a-Sheikh

How the Pentagon transformed a contractor into a symbol of the surge's 'success'

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Running, With Scissors

The Republican drive to cut off voters is the sleeper issue of 2008

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Crocker’s Kooky Economics

In his testimony to the House and Senate, even Ambassador Ryan Crocker's limited claims of economic success in Iraq were laughable

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How Does Laura Bush Sleep at Night?

The worst First Lady in recent memory has had no consistent program or agenda to changes things for the better, while at the same time providing PR cover for her husband

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Mining Roves Katrina Legacy

Rove was the man President Bush quietly put in charge of overseeing the administration's response plan, though he had no expertise in homeland security or disaster relief

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Is Cheney Evil or Just a Weasel?

By likening Dick to He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named, we confirm the bully's power rather than undermine it

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Officially Contemptuous of Congress

A new GAO report confirms that Bush's signing statements have undermined the rule of law

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Duck and Cover

The Bush admininstration's "Complex 2030" plan is reviving the nuclear threat

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Cheney and Libby: Lying about Lying

Here is the real news from the I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby trial: Evidence released during the case indicates that… more

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And Now The Justice Department Eight

An indispensable operating principle of any viable democracy is that the judicial branch of government function free from interference… more

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The Administration Goes For Broke

The cost of Iraq adds new dangers to the GOP's anti-tax pledges

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Education Reform: Pass or Fail?

As No Child Left Behind comes due for reauthorization, questions remain about whether it really helps children learn

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Is Congress Gates Keeper?

Robert Gates, Bush's choice for defense secretary, has faced accusations and senate committees before

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Corporate Secrecy Spreads Pharmafakes

The pharmaceutical industry keeps health information confidential in order to sell pharmafakes for big profits.

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Dueling Democrats

No matter what happens election day, Democrats are in for a wild ride in 2007

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George W. Bush v. The U.S. Constitution

From misleading the nation on its reasons for war to fighing an unending war on terror, the Bush administration threatens our Constitution and our freedom.

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Why Pakistan Gets A Nuclear Pass

The Bush administration's pragmatic policy toward Pakistan suggests its foreign policy is less ideological than imperial

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Katrina and the Politics of Disposability

News reporting on the aftermath of Katrina blames the victims rather than helps them.

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Capital Crimes

How our current campaign finance system breeds political corruption

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Thank You, Mr. Bush

Bush administration tries to render the media impotent

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Regime Change and Its Discontents

Can books still make history? They used to. This seemed particularly true in the '60s, when Rachel Carson's Silent… more

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Was the Presidential Election Stolen?

On June 2, Rolling Stone published a lengthy article by Robert J. Kennedy, Jr., "Was the 2004 Election Stolen?"… more

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Congenital Liars and Hypocrites

The crowning achievement of the Bush administration's first term was public relations, spin and salesmanship. So how can it… more

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Recess Appointments Reek of Cronyism

After last year's Katrina and Supreme Court fiascos provoked catcalls of "cronyism" from all sides, the Bush administration learned… more

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Alls or Nothings

The U.S. class divide deepens under Bush

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The New New Orleans

One storm has passed, but another looms. New Orleans stands on the frontlines of what is shaping up as… more

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Katrinas Racial Wake

Hurricane Katrina and its disastrous aftermath have stripped away the Mardi Gras veneer and casino gloss of the Gulf… more

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Nose-Ringed No More

This is the summer of Bush's discontent. The more he tries to project that everything is just A-OK, the… more

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Downing Street: A Dead-End In American Media

"What is surprising, is how little attention [the memo] has received in some of the most important news media… more

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George in Georgia

The president's short, happy visit to the former Soviet state masked the long-term failures of U.S. policy.

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Black Clergy Rebuff Bush

During the run-up to the U.S. invasion of Iraq, the Rev. Al Sampson helped to organize Chicago’s Black Mobilization… more

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The Vultures of Life

It’s apparently not enough for George W. Bush to have taken the words “freedom,” “liberty,” and “democracy,” and perverted… more

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Wake Up!

Washington's alarming foreign policy

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Blocking Mr. Torture

As progressives wonder at how best to direct—and revive—the struggle to return America to its basic values, a dizzying… more

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Too Little, Too Late

George W. Bush’s electoral victory is chilling proof that conservatives have achieved dominance over the flow of information to… more

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A Dangerous Legacy

Bush’s “ownership society” champions a hyper-individualism that threatens the commons.

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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Despite the claims of some leftists, there’s a dire difference between Bush and Kerry for African-Americans.

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Millenial Madness

Bush’s imperial foreign policy is doomed to repeat a sordid history.

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