The Contempt of Karl Rove
Rep. John Conyers : Karl Rove
Fifty years ago, Chief Justice Earl Warren wrote that all citizens have an "unremitting obligation" to respond to Congressional subpoenas. Karl Rove has breached this obligation.
George W. Bush Administration
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2008
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9/11 Plus Seven
Andrew J. Bacevich : September 11
Seven years after the attacks, the Bush Administration's strategy to transform the world has squandered our resources, buried us in debt and poses a greater strategic threat than Osama bin Laden ever did.
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Why Misgovernment Was No Accident in Bush's Washington
Thomas Frank : US Politics & Government
The Bush Administration has simultaneously destroyed a government, left us in the lurch and yet managed to enrich itself.
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RadioNation With Laura Flanders
Radio Nation
Should President Bush be tried as a war criminal? An interview with Vincent Bugliosi. Plus: Bob Moser on Democrats and the South.
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Send Karl Rove to Jail
Brave New Films : Law & Justice
This sounds like a dream, doesn't it? Well, it's not. We have a unique opportunity right now to send Karl Rove to jail, but only if we take immediate action.
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The Wedding Crashers
Tom Engelhardt : Iraq
In Bush's wars, the singer dies, the bride does not get a chance to run away, and the event might be relabeled my big, fat, collateral damage wedding.
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Perversion of Justice
Emily Berman : Attorney General
A scathing new report confirms some of our worst fears about Bush Administration's politicization of the Justice Department.
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The White Whale
E.L. Doctorow : Philosophy
Just as Moby-Dick was too much for Ahab, our new century may be too difficult for us to comprehend.
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Anatomy of a Price Surge
Michael T. Klare : Oil
Oil companies, speculators and OPEC helped spike the cost of oil, but ruinous Bush Administration policies have compounded the damage.
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Wiretapped Out
The Editors : US Intelligence/Covert Ops
The House stalemate with the White House over electronic surveillance creates a rare moment to reconsider an array of unconstitutional post-9/11 laws.
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Undoing the Bush Legacy
Aziz Huq : Civil Rights & Liberties
No matter who becomes the next President, the clammy fingers of Bush and Cheney will be wrapped around vital national policies. It's up to Congress to break their grip.
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Bush's Last Hurrah
The Editors : George W. Bush
What happens when the President gives a State of the Union address and nobody listens?
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The Bush Legacy: Journey to the Dark Side
Tom Engelhardt : Civil Rights & Liberties
We have not come to grips with how centrally the Bush Administration has planted torture, abuse, kidnapping, and illegal imprisonment at the heart of governmental practice, the news, and everyday life.
2007
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A Good Week for the Saudis
Their boy Nawaz Sharif's back in Pakistan, oil prices are soaring and the Bushies continue to do their bidding.
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Taking Power
Jonathan Schell : Constitutional Questions
America is sleepwalking into one-man rule. What can the Democrats do about it?
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Beware the Lame Duck
Bush may be a discredited President, but he can still do a lot of damage in the last sixteen months of his presidency.
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The Secret White House
By classifying an unprecedented amount of information, the Bush Administration is shrouding its workings in mystery--and threatening our democracy in the process.
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How the Democrats Blew It in Only 8 Months
Alexander Cockburn : Democratic Party
Are we better off or worse since the Democrats won back Congress?
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King George W.: James Madison's Nightmare
This is the bellicose imperial presidency the authors of our Constitution warned us about.
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The Surgeon General's Commissars
Stanley I. Kutler : Health Care Policy
The testimony of three former Surgeons General offers more proof of how the Bush Administration's corps of inept political operatives subverts our system of checks and balances.
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Surge Mentality: White House in Denial
A White House report that claims the surge is working only throws fuel on the fire among both parties in Congress to push for withdrawal.
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Neoconned Again
Expect no changes as Bush Administration hit man Robert Zoellick takes the helm of the World Bank.
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The Abstinence Gluttons
Michael Reynolds : Conservatives & The American Right
Meet the religious conservatives at the faith-based feeding trough who are getting rich controlling sex education in America.
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Bush Blames the Troops
Bush is hiding behind the fiction that officers in the field are calling the shots.
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Heck of a Job, Wolfie
Wolfowitz is in trouble. The World Bank leader got his girlfriend a pay raise, lied about it and alienated his staff. But don't worry--Bush still thinks he's doing a bang-up job.
This week, what it all meant. Nation Editor Katrina vanden Heuvel on Barack Obama's victory and the coming battle for progressive change we can believe in. (13mb mp3)
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