Consortiumblog

By Lawrence Davidson May 11, 2011 If you want to see how an ostensibly religious regime can be corrupted into something close to fascism, j...

By Michael Winship May 10, 2011 Nothing is certain but death and taxes, it used to be said, but in the madcap times we live in, even they...

By Ivan Eland May 10, 2011 Although the Obama administration has said that the killing of Osama bin Laden is not a V-E or V-J day — which b...

By Danny Schechter May 10, 2011 First, it was Helen Thomas. Read on.

By Gareth Porter May 9, 2011 President Barack Obama and top administration officials have taken advantage of the killing of Osama bin Laden...

By Lawrence Davidson May 9, 2011 Last week, I was in Egypt, a country presently moved by an optimism that reflects a high state of politica...

By Gary G. Kohls May 8, 2011 In 1870 – five years after the American Civil War ended – the disastrous long-term human and economic conseque...

By Robert Parry May 7, 2011 Since Osama bin Laden’s killing on May 1, it has become shockingly clear that the terrorist leader did not spen...

By the Rev. Howard Bess May 7, 2011 The United States was never meant to be a Christian nation. Instead, the Founders envisioned a secular ...

By Phil Rockstroh May 5, 2011 Osama bin Laden is dead. And so is the U.S. republic. We had to destroy our freedoms in order to save them. R...

By Ray McGovern May 5, 2011 As America’s morbid celebrations over the killing of Osama bin Laden begin to fade, we are left with a new land...

By Michael Winship May 4, 2011 This has been the kind of week that makes news junkies wig out in a frenzy of adrenalin and information over...