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The faux defense of Western liberties from the anti-Muslim, Mark Steyn Right
Glenn Greenwald
Selective application of free speech principles is the hallmark of those who oppose free speech.
The reluctant enablers of torture
Sheri Fink
A Senate report shows that during the Bush administration's War on Terror, mental health professionals raised questions about harsh interrogations -- but helped design interrogation programs anyway.
Dems drop money for Guantanamo closure
Alex Koppelman
A new spending bill written by House Democrats doesn't include $50 million the administration wants to pay for closing the detention facility.
Joseph Stiglitz and the minke whales
Andrew Leonard
Finally, the true story of the Norwegian Olympic boycott that never happened.
Ronald Reagan: vengeful, score-settling, Hard Left ideologue
Glenn Greenwald
The principles that the right-wing President advocated and bound the U.S. to abide by are today deemed hallmarks of leftist extremism.
Farewell to the American Century
Andrew Bacevich
Americans have perpetuated a mythic version of the past that never even approximated reality and today has become downright malignant.
Obama’s 100-day report card
Mark Schone, Vincent Rossmeier, Gabriel Winant
Bloggers, activists, economists and writers grade the president's performance so far. Featuring Sen. Russ Feingold, Dan Savage, Markos, Michael Pollan, Gloria Feldt and many others.
New evidence of a secret torture prison
Britta Sandberg, John Goetz
It has long been clear that the CIA used the Szymany military airbase in Poland for extraordinary renditions. Now there is new evidence of a secret torture prison nearby.
Transcript: Interview with U.N. torture official Manfred Novak
Glenn Greenwald
The U.N. Special Rapporteur explains why amnesty for torturers violates our treaty obligations and international law.
Our misguided fight against Somali pirates
John Feffer
Those teenage high-seas renegades are not about to team up with terrorists, so why is the U.S. military devoting so much attention to them?
The Army investigates itself again
Mark Benjamin
Why is the Army sending sick troops back into combat? You won't learn the answer from a new internal report.
Rumsfeld: Architect of torture
Mike Madden
The secretary of defense began laying the groundwork for detainee abuse years before Abu Ghraib.
The two Obamas
Michael Lind
Obama is a better foreign-policy president than domestic-policy president. Unfortunately, so was Jimmy Carter. Time to be bold.
The significance of Obama’s decision to release the torture memos
Glenn Greenwald
The president deserves praise for a politically praiseworthy act, but it's up to citizens to demand that the law be upheld.
Hot cougar sex!
Rebecca Traister
A new reality show reminds us (again) that an adult woman with a libido is a crazed wildcat. What's so empowering about that?
America is not a Christian nation
Michael Lind
Religious conservatives argue the Founding Fathers intended the United States to be a Judeo-Christian country. But President Obama is right when he says it isn't.
“But think of the things that were done to Iranians!”
Erich Follath, Dieter Bednarz, Georg Mascolo
An interview with Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Will Israel attack Iran?
Roane Carey
The new Netanyahu government couldn't move against Tehran without approval from Washington -- but any mixed messages from the Obama administration could lead to catastrophe.
The great right-wing freak-out
Juan Cole
Symptoms of the conservative crack-up were on full display after President Obama's trip abroad. Bill Kristol, take a bow.
Spare change for news
Katharine Mieszkowski
Is going nonprofit the best way for journalism to get by? Take the word of leading editors who already have their hand out.
An emerging progressive consensus on Obama’s executive power and secrecy abuses
Glenn Greenwald
The harshest denunciations of the Obama DOJ are coming from those who progressives held up as the most reliable and trustworthy authorities.
Obama and habeas corpus — then and now
Glenn Greenwald
The Obama administration fights harder for the power to abduct people and imprison them with no charges.
“I believe that I did have PTSD”
Mark Benjamin, Michael de Yoanna
Matthew Marino was sent back to Afghanistan for a second tour of duty after the Army diagnosed him with "anxiety disorder" instead of post-traumatic stress disorder.
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