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Our unending war of terror
Noam Chomsky
Bush's embrace of torture was horrific, but it was hardly the first time Americans have acted like terrorists.
The 13 people who made torture possible
Marcy Wheeler
The Bush administration's Torture 13. They authorized it, they decided how to implement it, and they crafted the legal fig leaf to justify it.
Notre Dame’s stand against Catholic fundamentalism
James Carroll
Ironically, those opposing Obama's appearance at the university are not going to be backed up by the Vatican.
Mitt Romney: Noun, verb, 9/11
Vincent Rossmeier
Doing his best Rudy Giuliani impersonation, the former governor alleges President Obama is making America less safe.
Cheney lives on
Joan Walsh
It's not just his crazy "Out of the Bunker!" tour. As long as Obama covers up and refuses to prosecute torture, the Dark Lord prevails.
Cheney still talking about war and Iran
Alex Koppelman
At an event Tuesday night, the former vice president spoke of seeing "a giant conspiracy" against U.S. action.
Roxana Saberi’s plight and American media propaganda
Glenn Greenwald
Abridgments of press freedom by Iran receive endless attention from the American press while far more severe abridgments by the U.S. are ignored.
The need of the most powerful to turn themselves into victims
Glenn Greenwald
Whatever motivated the prosecution of two AIPAC officials, unfair oppression of that group in the U.S. wasn't it.
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.
Cheney’s painful war for torture
Gene Lyons
President Obama must fight back against the former vice president by launching investigations into the Bush administration's interrogation policies.
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.
How Obama can succeed in the next 100 days and beyond
Robert Reich
His first 100 days has been a sprint. But the success of his second 100 days -- and his presidency -- hinges on a series of tough decisions.
China goes for the (non-Olympic) gold
Andrew Leonard
Goldbugs and currency speculators are excited by a Chinese announcement that it is increasing its reserves of the shiny yellow stuff. Should the U.S. be alarmed?
The shaming of America
Gene Lyons
Judge Jay S. Bybee provided the legal framework for torture to the Bush administration. If he had even a particle of decency, he'd resign.
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.
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.
Obama, don’t waffle on engagement with Cuba
Joe Conason
End the travel ban now for everyone -- and prepare to get rid of the ineffective and unjust embargo.
Indie roundup: Movies not to miss
Andrew O'Hehir
The demigods of Canadian metal face twilight in "Anvil!"; a hoax memoir, not quite deconstructed; and a graceful fable from Iran.
Roundup: Movies not to miss
Andrew O'Hehir
Two men in a taxi face life and death in Ramin Bahrani's gorgeous "Goodbye Solo" -- and then there's the "Citizen Kane" of yurt movies!
Get over your Obama Derangement Syndrome
David Horowitz
My fellow right-wingers, calm down. The new president is not the antichrist, Stalin or even a radical.
They f*** you up, your mum and dad
Andrew O'Hehir
So you thought your parents were weird. Two remarkable memoirs about partner swapping, revolutionary politics and other unorthodox family tales.
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