Saturday, December 06, 2008

Mukasey's 'Nixon Defense' of Bush

By Jason Leopold
December 6, 2008

When it comes to protecting George W. Bush and his administration, Attorney General Michael Mukasey is stretching legal arguments as far as his predecessor Alberto Gonzales ever did – now even invoking the “Nixon Defense” for justifying presidential wrongdoing.

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Friday, December 05, 2008

Everybody Needs 'Milk'

By Lisa Pease
December 5, 2008

Sean Penn is a standout in this story of assassinated gay-rights politician Harvey Milk, says Lisa Pease.

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Nixon's 'Treason' and Historical Gaps

By Robert Parry
December 5, 2008

In listening to newly released audiotapes of President Lyndon Johnson, the U.S. news media has stumbled upon one of those unmentionable chapters of recent American history, Richard Nixon’s sabotage of the Paris peace talks in 1968.

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Thursday, December 04, 2008

Saving US Autos the American Way

By Brent Budowsky
December 4, 2008

Let's build a patriot car within five years that moves into the 21st century with leapfrogging technology, historic gains in fuel efficiency and new standards of automotive excellence.

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Tuesday, December 02, 2008

Obama v. King, on War and Peace

By Peter Dyer
December 3, 2008

Can we successfully fight for social and economic justice in the United States while simultaneously escalating a war in Asia? Barack Obama says we can. But 41 years ago, Dr Martin Luther King Jr. warned against doing exactly that.

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Thinking Bigger on US Autos

By William John Cox
December 2, 2008

When the Big Three CEOs previously descended on Washington in their fancy corporate jets with inflated egos and high hopes for a juicy piece of the government's $8.6 trillion corporate welfare pie, they were sent home hungry to do their homework and to write an essay about how they plan to spend bailout funds.

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Holder Must Balance Security, Rights

By Jason Leopold
December 2, 2008

One of the top challenges facing Barack Obama’s Justice Department will be striking a balance between fighting terrorism and protecting individual civil liberties, says a recent memo from the department’s inspector general.

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Monday, December 01, 2008

Bush Still Lies about Iraqi Inspections

By Robert Parry
December 2, 2008

In what’s been called George W. Bush’s first exit interview, the outgoing President continues a lie that he first unveiled several months after launching the Iraq War, justifying the invasion by claiming that Saddam Hussein didn’t let the U.N. inspectors in.

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Obama's Fateful Choice of Gates

By Robert Parry
December 1, 2008

Barack Obama may have thought he was going out on a limb – at least with the Democratic “base” – by keeping Bush Family operative Robert Gates on as Defense Secretary, but it turns out that Gates sees himself as doing a favor for the President-elect.

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Obama's Risky 'Team of Rivals'

By Lisa Pease
December 1, 2008

It’s good to see President-elect Barack Obama studying history. How wonderful to have a President who actually reads book such as Doris Kearns Goodwin’s A Team of Rivals about Abraham Lincoln’s inclusion of political opponents in his war-time Cabinet.

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