Recommended Articles of the Week

May 6, 2008

 

Bush Administration.  Ed Naha: If it ain't broke, it ain't Bushed, yet, The Smirking Chimp.

Bush/Cheney Above the Law. Elana Schor: Cheney Lawyer Claims Congress Has No Authority Over Vice President. Guardian (U.K.). Also Dan Froomkin: Cheney's Total Impunity. Washington Post. 

Hillary Clinton.  Betsy Reed:  Hillary Struggles Against Sexism But Regularly Plays Race Card,  AlterNet.

Hillary Clinton.  Robert Parry: The Clintons and the 'War on Obama,' The Smirking Chimp.

Conservatism.  John W. Dean:  Contrary to His Claims, Senator John McCain Is Not a Goldwater Conservative. FindLaw via The Smirking Chimp.

Corruption/Military. Robert Scheer: A Submarine to Fight al-Qaida's Navy, Truthdig.

The Crisis/Warfare. Jim Lobe: Ominous Signs That White House Advisers Want More Wars. AlterNet.  Also Clayton Dach: America's Chemically Modified 21st Century Soldiers, AlterNet.

Economic Justice.  Holly Sklar: Tax Day Gifts for the Rich. Common Dreams. 

Economic Justice.  Marie Cocco:  The Cutting Edge of Backward Thinking. TruthDig via Common Dreams.

Election 2008.  Seth Greenland:  Scamps vs. Dorks:  Why Do We Want to Have a Beer with the President?, The Huffington Post.

Election 2008. Joshua Frank: Election Piffle. Dissident Voice.  Also Adam Cohen: Voting Rights Are Too Important to Leave to the States, New York Times. And Boston Globe Editorial: Message: Disenfranchise Away, Boston Globe.

Election Fraud/Electoral Integrity. Brad Friedman: Diebold Accuvote Voting System Now on Sale at eBay!. Brad's Blog. Also Steven Hill: A Way Out of the "Spoiler Dilemma". Common Dreams. 

Electoral Integrity.  Steven Rosenfeld:  How Republicans Quietly Hijacked the Justice Department to Swing Elections, AlterNet.

Electoral Integrity.  Bob Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman:  Did the US Supreme Court deliver the Indiana Primary to Hillary Clinton?, The Smirking Chimp.

Elitism.  Stephen Pizzo:  America's Maoist Cultural Revolution or, "I'm for the stupid guy,"  The Smirking Chimp.

Food Riots. Amy Goodman: The Worst Food Crisis in 45 Years. AlterNet. Also Independent: Multinationals Make Billions in Profit Out of Growing Global Food Crisis: Speculators blamed for driving up basic food as 100 million face severe hunger. Independent (U.K.) And Glen Ford: The Lords of Capital Decree Mass Death by Starvation. CounterCurrent. 

Global Capitalism. Greg Palast: Jose Can You See? Bush's Trojan Taco. GregPalast.com .

Health/Social Welfare. Lyndsey Layton: Studies on Chemicals in Plastics Questioned: Congress Examines Role of Industry in Regulation. Washington Post. 

Iran. Steve Weissman: Bomb Bomb Iran by Summer's End. truthout. Also Peter Symonds: A Barrage of U.S. Threats Against Iran. World Socialist Web Site.

Iran. Andrew Cockburn: Secret Bush "Finding" Widens War on Iran: Democrats Okay Funds for Covert Ops, CounterPunch. Also John Byrne: Pentagon Said Drawing Up Plans for Strike on Iranian Camp, Raw Story.

Iraq Occupation. Walter Pincus: U.S. Seeks Contractors to Train Iraqi Military, Washington Post.

Iraq Occupation.  Tom Engelhardt: The Last War and the Next One:; Descending into Madness in Iraq -- and Beyond,  Smirking Chimp.

Iraq Occupation/Terrorism. Eli Lake: Wolfowitz Admits "Clueless" on Counterinsurgency . New York Sun.

Liberalism.  Pierre Tristam:  But does business really outperform government?, The Smirking Chimp.

John McCain.  Aaron Glantz:  John McCain Adores the War and Ignores the Warriors, AlterNet.

John McCain.  Robert Scheer:  No Country for Old Men. The Smirking Chimp.

John McCain.  David Michael Green:  John McCain and the Luck of the (Scotch)-Irish, The Smirking Chimp.

John McCain/Pastor Hagee. Fareed Zakaria: McCain Versus McCain, Newsweek. Also DemFromCT: Health Care Proposals: What's Going On?, Daily Kos. And Kevin Drum: McCain Idiocy Watch, Washington Monthly.

Media.  R.J. Eskow:  Coffeecups and Gutterballls:  A Precision Media Hit On Obama, A Pass For Clinton. The Huffington Post.

Media.  Media Channel:  Ultra Concentrated Media: Top Selling Brands, Media Channel.

Media.  Bob Cesca:  Have You Left No Sense of Decency?, The Huffington Post.

Media.  Sean Gonsalves: A Bad Week for Journalism,  Alternet.

Media.  Greg Mitchell:  Five Years Ago:  How the Media Gushed Over "Mission Accomplished, The Huffington Post.

Media.  Glenn Greenwald: The Media, The Right and 1988: Endless Deja Vu, Common Dreams.

Media.  Glenn Greenwald:  The Media, The Right and 1988; Endless Deja Vu, Common Dreams.  Also: Also: Diane Farsetta/Sheldon Rampton: Pentagon Pundit Scandal Broke the Law, Common Dreams.

Media (Reprise).  Fair.org:  The Final Word is Hooray!,  Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR).

Media/Iraq Occupation.  Joan Vennochi:  We're In A War - Where Are The Media? The Boston Globe via Common Dreams.

Barack Obama.  Mike Whitney:  Jeremiah Wright Delivers the Knockout Punch, The Smirking Chimp.

Barack Obama.  John Buell: Obama Appears to take Social Values Seriously. The Bangor Daily News via Common Dreams.

Barack Obama/Rev. Wright. Digby: Betrayal. Digby's Blog. Also Bill Moyers: Was It Really What Jeremiah Wright Said, Or Was It Because He's Black?, AlterNet.

Oil Politics/McCain.  Stacy Bannerman:  McCain's Noble Cause, Common Dreams.

Pentagon "Analysts"/Media. Glenn Greenwall: Brian Williams' "Response" to the Military Analyst Story. Salon.com.  Also Diane Farsetta/Sheldon Rampton:   Pentagon Scandal Broke the Law. PR Watch.

Reform.  Jon Faulkner:  Taking Back The Republic, In Four Easy Steps, The Smirking Chimp.

Religion/Military. Robyn Blumner: Military Makes Mincemeat of Church-State Separation, Common Dreams.

Republicans/Hypocrisy.  Frank Rich:  The All-White Elephant in the Room. The New York Times via Common Dreams.

Republicans/Election 2008. Jerry D. Rose: Watergate II: The Republican Plan to Retain the White House, Dissident Voice.

Right Wing/Media.  Arianna Huffington:  Probing a Political Paradox:  Why the Discredited Right Still Sets the Agenda and Dominates the Debate, The Huffington Post.

Rove.  Dan Froomkin:  What Karl Rove Fears Most. washingtonpost.com.

Science/Global Warming.  Tom Kizzia:  Wanted: A Few Flat-Earth Scientists to Support Alaskan Oil Drilling, Common Dreams.

Terrorism/Bush Administration. Jonathan Morgenstein: Al-Qaeda Readies in Pakistan, While America Waits. Newsweek. 

Terrorism/Lies.  R. W. Behan:  A Brief Expose of a Fraudulent War, The Smirking Chimp.

Torture/Dissent.  Mohamed Osman: Al-Jazeera Journalist Freed From Guantanamo After 6 Years. Associated Press. And Paul Kiel: ["We Can't Have Acquittals"]. TPM Muckraker.

War Crimes.  David Lindorff:  American and Israeli War Crimes:  Same Atrocities, Different Responses,  The Smirking Chimp.

 

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April 29, 2008

 

Campaign 2008.  Robert Parry:  Campaign 1988 Lives!, Consortium News.

Hillary Clinton.  Tom Hayden:  Why Hillary Makes My Wife Scream, The Nation via Common Dreams.

Hillary Clinton.  David Michael Green:  Get Out, Hillary, The Smirking Chimp.

Hillary Clinton/Iran. Robert Scheer: Clinton Threatens to "Obliterate" Iran. Truthdig.  Also Dan Hamburg: Is An Attack on Iran Imminent?. Rumor Mill. 

Corporations/Energy.  Stan Cox: Scam Artists are Prepped to Fleece Green Industries as Soon as the Money Comes In,  Alternet.

Dissent.  Robert C. Koehler:  Shattering the War Consensus, Common Wonders via Common Dreams.

Dissent/Religion.  Ray McGovern: What About the War, Benedict?, OpEdNews.

Domestic Spying/Mlitary-Industrial Complex. Nick Turse: The Real Matrix: The Pentagon Invades Your Life. Tom Dispatch. 

Economic Justice.  Steve Fraser:  The Great Silence; Our Gilded Age and Theirs, TomDispatch.com via Common Dreams.

Economic Justice.  Larry Beinhart: The Myths and Harsh Effects of Bush's Economic Class War,  Alternet.

Economy/The Military. Chalmers Johnson: The Pentagon Strangles Our Economy: Why the U.S. Has Gone Broke. After Downing Street.

Election Fraud. Jason Leopold: [Mark Crispin Miller's "Loser Take All"] Book Documents Widespread Election Fraud. Scoop (N.Z.).

Electoral Integrity/Election 2008. Digby: Validating Voter Suppression, Digby Blog. Also Kevin Drum: Equal Protection, Washington Monthly.

Energy.  Mark Hertsgaard:  Running on Empty, The Nation via Common Dreams.

Environment.  Terrence McNally:  How Many Earth Days Do We Have Left? AlterNet.

Food Crisis.  John Nichols:  The World Food Crisis, The Nation via Common Dreams.

Food Crisis. Anuradha Mittal: Foot Riots Erupt Worldwide. AlterNet.  Also Otto Spengler: Step Aside Dollar: Is Rice the New Global Currency?. AlterNet. 

Global Warming. James Hansen: Timeline for Irreversible Climate Change. Yale Global Online. 

Iran. Gareth Porter: Petraeus Promotion Frees Cheney to Threaten Iran. Anti-War.com.  Also Julian Barnes: Petraeus Promotion Ensures Future for Bush War Policy. Los Angeles Times.  And Ann Scott Tyson: U.S. Weighing Readiness for Military Action Against Iran. Washington Post.

Iran.  Dave Lindorff: The Clock is Ticking for an Attack on Iran, The Smirking Chimp.

Iran/WarCrimes.  Andrew Wimmer:  Obliterate Them! Common Dreams.

John McCain. Glenn Greenwald: John McCain's Serious Foreign Policy. Salon.com.    Also Michael Leahy: McCain: A Question of Temperament. Washington Post. 

John McCain. Paul Krugman: Bush Made Permanent, New York Times. Also Frank Rich: Ignore the Corporate Media Spin, McCain is a Weak Candidate, AlterNet.

John McCain/Torture. Glenn Greenwald: John McCain and Bush's Torture Powers, Salon. Also

Media.  Thomas B. Edsall:  Media Jump Ship from Obama to Clinton, The Huffington Post.

Media/Pentagon Analysts. Jeff Cohen: Military Propaganda Pushed Me Off TV, Truthout.

Media/Propaganda.  Robert Parry:  US News Media's Latest Disgrace, The Smirking Chimp.

Middle East. Ilene Prusher: Israeli Ex-Soldiers Expose Abuse of Palestinians, Christian Science Monitor via Common Dreams. Middle East/Nuclear Politics. Juan Cole: Syria Reactor Story a Diversion; But From What?. Juan Cole Blog.  Also Glenn Greenwald: Skepticism Toward Bush Claims About Syria and North Korea. Salon.com. 

Military Industrial Complex/The Economy. Dave Lindorff:  The US Economy and the Costs of War, The Smirking Chimp.

 

NeoConservatives/Middle East.  Eric Margolis: The NeoConning of  Nation: Vice-President, shilling troupe of retired generals, deliver fantastic tales for their cause,  The Smirking Chimp.

Propaganda/Bush Administration. John Stauber/Sheldon Rampton: Embedding Military Propagandists into the News Media: Pentagon News Networks. CounterPunch.  Also Glenn Greenwald: Interview With Aaron Brown on NYT "Military Analysts" Story. Salon.com. 

Public Opinion.  Alan Bisbort:  The United States of Stupidity:  We, the people, didn't used to be this dumb, The Smirking Chimp.

Religion.  Mark Biskeborn:  Ragging Religion, The Smirking Chimp.  See also Wagenvoord:  Confessions of a Renegade Christian, The Smirking Chimp.

Science/Bush Administration.  H. Josef Hebert: EPA Scientists Complain About Political Pressure. Associated Press. 

Torture.  George Hunsinger:  History Will Not Absolve Us, Common Dreams.

Torture. John Byrne: CIA Admits They Will Continue Rendition Program, Which Allows Torture Overseas. Raw Story.  Mark Mazzetti: Letters Give CIA Tactics a Legal Rationale, New York Times.

Torture. dday: The Watcher. Digby Blog.  Also Juan Cole: Bush Team Pushed Torture Behind Myers' Back.  Juan Cole Blog. 

Veterans. Aaron Glantz: Vets of Bush's Wars Sue the VA: "More than Half of Wounded Troops Slipping Through the Cracks" . AlterNet. Also Jason Leopold: VA Tried to Conceal Extent of Attempted Veteran Suicides, Email Shows, Online Journal.

Women in Military. Ann Wright: Is There an Army Cover-Up of Rape and Murder of Women Soldiers?,  Truthout.

 

Jeremiah Wright.  Erica Jong:  Inspiration Versus Degradation, The Huffington Post.

 

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