Obama's choice: Failed war president, or the prince of peace
By Nick Turse Oct 25, 2009
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On Afghanistan, Obama needs the input of freethinking outsiders, not generals. What if LBJ had listened to Mailer?
By William Astore
October 13, 2009
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McNamara, who served as defense secretary under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, died Monday
By Alex Koppelman
July 6, 2009
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Bush's embrace of torture was horrific, but it was hardly the first time Americans have acted like terrorists.
By Noam Chomsky
May 19, 2009
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Some are arguing that if we prosecute Bush officials for torture, or reregulate the financial industry, talented people won't enter government or become bankers. No, they're not kidding.
By Michael Lind
May 5, 2009
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An Oscar rarity -- at least three of the nominated documentaries are outstanding and deserve to win! Can the Academy find a way to snub them all?
By Andrew O'Hehir
February 18, 2009
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Shot over 23 years, Ellen Kuras' haunting Oscar contender "The Betrayal" follows a Laotian immigrant family's agonizing American odyssey.
By Andrew O'Hehir
November 21, 2008
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When President Johnson asked that question about John McCain's father, Adm. Jack McCain, the answer he got was not flattering. But McCain got a promotion from LBJ anyway.
By Tom Brune
October 29, 2008
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A series of documents show the influential Illinois senator pushing LBJ hard for a promotion for John McCain's father, Adm. John "Jack" McCain Jr.
By Tom Brune
October 29, 2008
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In spite of overwhelming evidence to the contrary, the former POW insists we could have won. No wonder he talks of occupying Iraq for a century.
By Joe Conason
July 4, 2008
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The senator's indictment of the Democratic Party is just as dishonest as his failure to discuss his own evolution as an ally of McCain's.
By Joe Conason
May 23, 2008
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A new book argues that the '60s counterculture achieved nothing of lasting importance. So why does the era continue to fascinate us?
By Gary Kamiya
April 9, 2008
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The former Goldwater Girl became a member of the Democratic Party's new vanguard. But that's not how many liberals see her today.
By Edward McClelland
April 8, 2008
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If the New York Times wants true diversity on its Op-Ed pages, it should hire foreign policy realists, not ideologues.
By Stephen M. Walt
January 16, 2008
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Best known for his tales of losers, thieves and addicts, Denis Johnson takes on the Vietnam War in his daring new novel, "Tree of Smoke."
By Laura Miller
September 17, 2007
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While one can oppose the war and still support the troops, the presidential candidate's call for antiwar protests on Memorial Day is a bad idea.
By Joe Conason
May 18, 2007
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Unlike past presidents dealing with the consequences of war, Bush has walled himself off from the public and the Congress it elected.
By Sidney Blumenthal
January 23, 2007
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As a young House candidate in 1972, I learned just how little Congress can do to pull the plug on a war started by a president.
By Walter Shapiro
January 18, 2007
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Although ultimately an ineffective leader, Gerald Ford was the right person for the presidency in the wake of the Watergate crisis.
By Walter Shapiro
December 28, 2006
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Disillusionment with war is an overlooked psychological liability on the battlefield, experts say -- and could lead to higher rates of PTSD among U.S. soldiers in Iraq.
By Mark Benjamin
December 21, 2006
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The Iraq Study Group shot down Bush's failed war strategy. Yet John McCain stubbornly supports it -- calling for more troops and promising unattainable victory.
By Joe Conason
December 8, 2006
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Radical journalist I.F. Stone spent his career challenging government deception and press complicity. This new biography shows why his legacy matters.
By Joe Conason
October 6, 2006
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The Pulitzer-winning reporters who exposed the U.S. Tiger Force's atrocities in Vietnam discuss why the case was whitewashed -- and its scary parallels to Iraq.
By Bill Frogameni
May 24, 2006
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His biographer recalls how the late economist warned JFK about Vietnam -- and faulted conservative policies for worsening inequality in America.
By Richard Parker
May 1, 2006
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Clinging to Rumsfeld as generals lead an unprecedented revolt, Bush reveals his weakness and his disdain for the lessons of history.
By Sidney Blumenthal
April 19, 2006
What the U.S. military can't do
Norman Mailer for secretary of defense
Robert McNamara, architect of Vietnam War, dead at 93
Our unending war of terror
The "best and the brightest"? Spare me
From New Orleans to Antarctica, via the twin towers
Strangers in a strange land
"Is McCain a competent fellow?"
How Dirksen lobbied on behalf of Jack McCain
What John McCain didn't learn in Vietnam
Joe Lieberman, ideological turncoat
Through a bong, darkly
How 1968 changed Hillary
America needs realists, not William Kristol
War without end
Edwards' insensitive move
State of indifference
Why the Democrats can't stop the surge
The man who ended our Nixon nightmare
Post-traumatic futility disorder
The last neocon
"All Governments Lie"
Revealing a 40-year-old horror
The Galbraith I knew
"I'm the decider"
Glenn Greenwald
War Room
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