
The US War on Journalists. By Amy Goodman, TruthDig.com. Posted May 8, 2008
Targeting journalists, the Bush administration has engaged in direct assault, intimidation, imprisonment and information blackouts.
2007
July 14, 2003: Ill-Starred Day. By Ray McGovern, CommonDreams.org. Posted July 15, 2007
Four loosely related events on that same day four years ago throw revealing light on key ingredients of the debacle in Iraq.
The Other War: Iraq Vets Bear Witness. By Chris Hedges & Laila Al-Arian, The Nation. Posted July 13, 2007
Veterans describe a brutal side of the war rarely seen on television screens or chronicled in newspaper accounts.
At Gitmo, It All Hinges on a Word. By Rosa Brooks, The Los Angeles Times. Posted June 8, 2007
If military tribunals can try only "unlawful" enemy combatants, they may have no authority over Guantanamo detainees.
A Hypocritical Oath: Psychologists and Torture. By Amy Goodman, TruthDig.com. Posted June 6, 2007
Psychologists are increasingly implicated in abusive interrogations at US military detention facilities like Guantanamo.
Six-Day War Transformed American Jewish Life. By Ira Chernus, CommonDreams.org. Posted June 6, 2007
In the United States “Jewish” and “Israel” have been linked so closely for the past 40 years, it’s easy to forget that it was not always so.
A Time of Ferment. By Jonathan Broder, CQ Staff, CQ Weekly. Posted May 14, 2007
The chasm between the debate in Israel and the United States on issues related to the Palestinians and the peace process.
And The Lies Go On. By Barry Lando, The Middle East Online. Posted May 1, 2007
Four years later, even with a democratically controlled Congress, the disaster grows worse in Iraq.
Why I Am Not a Moderate Muslim. By Asma Khalid, Christian Science Monitor. Posted April 28, 2007
"I'd rather be considered 'orthodox' than 'moderate'. True orthodoxy is simply the attempt to adhere to a religion's tenets."
Psychology and Coercive Interrogations. By Stephen Soldz, CommonDreams.org. Posted April 15, 2007
The text of a talk delivered on March 17, 2007, at the Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California (PINC) conference.
Radical Christian Right Preaches Liberal Evil. By Chris Hedges, Truthdig. Posted April 10, 2007
Christians are being taught to believe that America is ruled by evil, clandestine organizations disguised as liberal groups.
Calling Out Idiot America. By Scott Ritter, Truthdig.com. Posted March 24, 2007
The relationship between Karbala and Baghdad as they impact the coexistence of Iraq’s Shi'ite and Sunni populations.
The 'Support our Troops' Myths. By Ira Chernus, CommonDreams.org. Posted March 15, 2007
Why Congress won't be in any hurry to cut off funds for the disastrous war in Iraq.
Iran: The Religious Right's New Bugbear. By Bill Berkowitz, Inter Press Service. Posted March 15, 2007.
If President Bush unleashes a pre-emptive military strike against Iran, there is little doubt that Pastor Hagee will be by his side.
From Afghanistan to Iraq: Connecting the Dots with Oil. By Richard W. Behan, AlterNet. Posted February 5, 2007.
An in-depth look at the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the events leading up to them, and the players who made them possible.
2006
The Darkest Corner of the Mind. By George Monbiot, the Guardian. Published December 12, 2006.
US interrogators have devised a new form of torture. It debases the democracy they claim to be defending.
2001
The Roots of Islamic Anger. By Peter Beaumont, The Observer. Published October 14, 2001.
"The dumbest thing of all is that when I tried to talk to American colleagues ... they simply did not want to hear it or believe it."