Robert Parry
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The Ugly Truth about Jobs
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke has given Americans a glimpse of the ugly truth about their future job… more
web only economy, media, social justice
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On Public Option, MSM Gets It Wrong
The American mainstream media is in another snit, having misjudged the prospects for the public option on health care… more
web only
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Robert Novak Was a Liar
Washington's punditocracy is in mourning over the death of right-wing columnist Robert Novak, with many warm remembrances about his… more
web only criminal justice, media
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Republicans: A Threat to the Republic?
Sarah Palin's abrupt decision to resign as Alaska's governor--and her rambling explanation--underscore again how the Republican Party over the… more
web only
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Colin Powell Skates Free on Torture
There is no one, it seems, that the U.S. mainstream news media loves more than Colin Powell, a "moderate"… more
web only media, national security, television
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One More Bubble!
When I took an editing job at Bloomberg News in March 2000, my arrival coincided with the bursting of… more
web only economy
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Another Bush Intelligence Failure
Add to the list of President George W. Bush's failures his inability to straighten out what he regarded as… more
web only national security, technology
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War Crimes and Double Standards
New York Times columnist Nicholas D. Kristof--like many of his American colleagues--is applauding the International Criminal Court's arrest order… more
web only africa, international
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The Ultra-Radical Republicans
Sixteen years ago, when another new Democratic President was trying to enact an economic package, the Republicans were entrenched… more
web only congress, obama, politics
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George W. Bush’s Sci-Fi Disaster
In retrospect, George W. Bush's presidency could be viewed as a science-fiction disaster movie in which an alien force… more
web only george w. bush, obama, politics
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Two Dangerous Bush-Cheney Myths
As George W. Bush and Dick Cheney make their case for some positive legacy from the past eight years,… more
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The Real McCain Revealed
Once Barack Obama emerged as a viable candidate for President – given the nation's grim history of violence toward… more
web only elections, extremism, race
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A Post-Rational Society?
The Republican Party, which has defined modern-day negative politics, was back at it again this week, bashing Barack Obama… more
web only elections, politics
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Big Media Hectors Obama on ‘Surge’
For six years, with few exceptions, the Washington press corps has been cheerleading for the Iraq War – and… more
web only elections, media, war in iraq
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Is Congress Gates Keeper?
Robert Gates, Bush's choice for defense secretary, has faced accusations and senate committees before more
vol. 30, iss. 12 administration, congress, corruption, government
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Sinking in Deeper
Like many of his U.S. press colleagues, New York Times foreign policy columnist Thomas L. Friedman has pronounced himself… more
vol. 29, iss. 08
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Freedom from Reality
A compliant press allows Bush to spin an inaugural yarn of abstract nonsense more
vol. 29, iss. 07
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Bush’s Death Squads
Refusing to admit personal misjudgments on Iraq, George W. Bush instead is pushing the United States toward becoming what… more
vol. 29, iss. 05
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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
web only administration, elections, media, politics
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Running a Media Deficit
The joint rise of the conservative media and creeping authoritarianism is no coincidence. more
vol. 28, iss. 25 administration, media, politics
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Iraq: Quicksand & Blood
George W. Bush and his top advisers learned little from the Vietnam debacle of the ‘60s, since most avoided… more
vol. 28, iss. 04
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Missing U.S.-Iraq History
With all the hoopla surrounding the capture of Saddam Hussein—“caught like a rat,” read the Chicago Tribune headline—it is… more
vol. 28, iss. 03
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