AltWeeklies Wire
The Iraq War, We Are Told, is Overnew
It wasn't that Americans forgave the lie at the heart of the war in Iraq. It was actually worse than that. We simply gave in to it.
NUVO |
David Hoppe |
12-20-2011 |
Commentary
More Hot Water in Vice President's Officenew
The overall picture that emerges with the indictment of Scooter Libby is of the vice president's office as a boiler room, with Dick Cheney's flunkies concocting a story to smear Joe Wilson by outing his wife's undercover employment by the CIA.
The Village Voice |
James Ridgeway |
11-02-2005 |
Politics
How Ahmed Chalabi Started the War in Iraq
George W. Bush was willing to be happily towed along by the neo-conservatives in his administration. They were eager to embrace former CIA asset Ahmed Chalabi, who used them even more than they used him.
Abu Ghraib Raises Question of "Moral Extraterritoriality"new
It was Dostoyevsky who said you can judge a society by its prisons. It is how Saddam was judged, and it is sadly now how many around the world will judge the U.S.
The Village Voice |
Ted Gup |
05-19-2004 |
Commentary
