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Journalists, McCain and the false Iran/al-Qaida link
Glenn Greenwald
Still more media stars admit there is a pervasive pro-McCain double standard in their coverage.
Various items
Glenn Greenwald
McCain's unexamined ties to religious extremists. Looking back at the media's Iraq failures. More media celebrations of their friend, John McCain.
Writing through the rubble
Salon Staff
While clouds of destruction hang over Iraq, a set of new books sheds light on how America bungled the war, and on the hope that lingers in small Iraqi towns.
Bomb, bomb Iran?
Joe Conason
John McCain's gaffe about an Iran-al-Qaida connection revealed how he and his hard-line allies are itching to target the mullahs next.
Infighting over Iraq continues at Pentagon
Alex Koppelman
A new Los Angeles Times report explores a divide over troop levels.
The media’s special relationship with John McCain
Glenn Greenwald
By anointing the war lover to be both serious and tough on national security, the press all but suppresses the most important debates the country needs.
McCain’s repeated “slips of the tongue” on Iran and al-Qaida
Glenn Greenwald
Joe Klein and the rest of the media excuse McCain's false statements about Iran as a "slip of the tongue" -- even though he repeated it three times.
Hillary Clinton’s long strange journey on Iraq
Joan Walsh
On this sad fifth anniversary, I can't help wishing she'd been bolder in admitting her mistake in voting to authorize Bush's war.
McCain claims al-Qaida, Iran link
Alex Koppelman
John McCain claims, on multiple occasions, that Shiite Iran is training Sunni al-Qaida.
Five years of Iraq lies
Juan Cole
How President Bush and his advisors have spent each year of the war peddling mendacious tales about a mission accomplished.
Of war and cancer
Gary Kamiya
Five years after Bush invaded Iraq, anti-Americanism has metastasized. But we can still beat it.
John McCain runs for George Bush’s third term
Juan Cole
Based on his policies and the company he keeps, this year's Republican presidential candidate sounds a lot like the guy who ran in 2000 and 2004.
Adm. Fallon, top U.S. commander in Middle East, retiring early
Alex Koppelman
The Navy man has been credited as the firewall between the administration and war with Iran, but his influence was felt in other ways as well.
How the press failed on Iraq
Greg Mitchell
A hard look back at the past five years -- with all its death and destruction and missteps -- reveals that the American media has been sleepwalking through the war.
How the U.S. can still save Iraq
Gary Kamiya
It's time for the U.S. to listen to secular Iraqis like Omar Fekeiki, a passionate journalist with a bold and original plan to put Iraq together again.
So long, John — gas is $4 a gallon
Andrew Leonard
When gas prices rise, incumbent parties hit the skids. If only it were that simple.
The Iran hawks’ latest surge
Gregory Levey
U.S. and Israeli hard-liners -- some with close ties to John McCain -- are once again hyping the Iranian nuclear threat.
It’s 3 a.m. Who do you want answering the phone?
Mark Benjamin
Not John McCain, say some military leaders: "I think his knee-jerk response factor is a little scary."
The McCain/Hagee story picks up steam
Glenn Greenwald
Slowly, more media outlets are starting to cover the GOP candidate's embrace of one of the most hateful and influential extremists in America.
Some hateful, radical ministers — white evangelicals — are acceptable
Glenn Greenwald
John McCain happily accepts the support of one of the most warped and hateful ministers in America. Where is Tim Russert?
William F. Buckley Jr., 1925-2008
Compiled by Dana Cook
Remembrances of the National Review founder by James Michener, Jackie Robinson, Ted Koppel, Andrea Dworkin, Oliver North, Mike Wallace and other notables.
The “father of modern conservatism,” dead at 82
Glenn Greenwald
William F. Buckley declared war on the political left during Vietnam and the civil rights era. But even he rejected the extremism of George W. Bush.
Various items
Glenn Greenwald
60 Minutes bombshell on Karl Rove tonight. MSNBC and AP ask if Obama is "exposed" as a "domestic insurgent." The U.S. continues to establish permanent bases in virtually every Middle Eastern country.
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