Fixing the Real Wall Street Blame

By Bill Moyers and Michael Winship
April 7, 2009

A cartoon in the Sunday comics shows that mustachioed fellow with monocle and top hat from the Monopoly game - "Rich Uncle Pennybags," he used to be called - standing along the roadside, destitute, holding a sign: "Will blame poor people for food."

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Saving Mexico by Legalizing US Drugs

By Ivan Eland
April 7, 2009

While the U.S. superpower has meddled in many far-flung nations around the globe in the name of enhancing its security, as prior to 9/11, it has ignored a threat much closer to home.

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El Salvador Turns a Page

By David Corbett
April 6, 2009

On March 15, El Salvador made history by electing the first left-wing president in its history.

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Another Bush Intelligence Failure

By Robert Parry
April 6, 2009

Add to the list of President George W. Bush’s failures his inability to straighten out what he regarded as one of the top national security needs, a more effective U.S. intelligence community.

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Cowardice in the Time of Torture

By Ray McGovern
April 5, 2009

I used to take a certain pride by association with prominent Bronxites who have “made it.” Cancel that for Attorney General Eric Holder and former Secretary of State Colin Powell.

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Conyers Again Seeks Bush Prosecutor

By Jason Leopold
April 5, 2009

House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers has renewed his call for a special prosecutor to conduct a criminal inquiry into “war on terror” policies of the Bush administration, including whether “enhanced interrogation techniques” used on alleged terrorist detainees violated international and federal laws against torture.

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WPost Sees Neocon Hope in Obama

By Robert Parry
April 4, 2009

When reading Washington Post editorials, one often is reminded of the famous question from “Shawshank Redemption”: “How can you be so obtuse?”

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Miss Universe's Excellent Adventure

By Michael Winship
April 3, 2009

"A crown is merely a hat that lets the rain in." That was Frederick the Great of Prussia's take on the pain of being royalty.

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'Torture Memo' May Finally Go Public

By Jason Leopold
April 3, 2009

The world may finally get to read the Bush administration’s infamous “torture memo,” the Aug. 1, 2002, document that provided legal cover for the brutal and humiliating treatment of detainees in George W. Bush’s “war on terror.”

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Leahy Faults GOP Partisanship on Bush

By Jason Leopold
April 2, 2009

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy said the refusal of Republicans to act in a non-partisan way has hobbled his plan for a “truth commission” that would examine alleged Bush administration abuses.

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Truth, Crimes, Commissions and Hope

By David Swanson
April 2, 2009

Good news is being taken as bad. Vermont constituents of Sen. Patrick Leahy report that he's finding very little support for his proposed truth and reconciliation commission from Republicans or Democrats in the Senate. Numerous people have taken this as bad news and cause to despair. I disagree.

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I.F. Stone's Son on New Izzy Award

By Jeremy Stone
April 2, 2009

Amy Goodman and Glenn Greenwald shared the first "Izzy Award" for independent journalism named for the legendary I.F. Stone.

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Leahy Bails on 'Truth Commission' Plan

By Charlotte Dennett
April 1, 2009

Those of you following the George W. Bush prosecution trail will be interested to know that Patrick Leahy’s “truth commission” is a no-go. I was in a meeting with Leahy and four other Vermonters on Monday when he broke the news to us.

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Bush Aides Changed Watchdog Report

By Jason Leopold
April 1, 2009

Before leaving office, senior Bush administration lawyers secured changes in a Justice Department watchdog agency’s report that reportedly was sharply critical of legal opinions granting President George W. Bush sweeping powers, including the right to abuse “war on terror” captives.

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