by Scott Horton Congressional investigations on various fronts are now being obstructed at every step by the Bush Administration. Word began circulating during the winter that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, who personally developed an astonishing lapse of memory with respect to any matter of interest to Congress, had authorized political appointees at the Justice Department [...]

by Jayne Gardener Do I trust my government? The only words I can say that would adequately and accurately answer that question are absolutely not! I don’t trust them at all and haven’t for quite some time now. What sane person would? While I will freely admit that I hated the Clintons, two of the [...]

by Manual Valenzuela Beginnings An all too familiar and ominous echo is reverberating through the American landscape, once more blasted into the airwaves, and our minds, through the Ministry of Propaganda and its merry bunch of sycophants and stenographers. For yet another consecutive year since three monolithic towers were demolished, imploded and systemically brought down [...]

by Jason Miller [Warning: Satire Ahead] “Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone.” -John Maynard Keynes If you’re nodding your head in agreement with Keynes and expecting validation of your opinion as you read this piece, you’re in [...]

MAPPING THE DYNAMICS OF EMPIRE AND DOMESTIC DECAY. Rulers and Ruled in the US Empire: Bankers, Zionists, Militants (Clarity Press: Atlanta, 2007). This book by James Petras* provides a comprehensive guide to the systemic dimensions of the US empire. A brilliant and succinct guide to the systemic dimensions of the US Empire: the social forces [...]

As I stated at a Manchester festival debate on Saturday, religion is the lunatic fringe of human thought – scores are murdered daily in the name of faith. by AC Grayling* I don’t know whether there was intentional irony in holding a debate on the question, “Is religion a force for good in the modern [...]

A NYT Editorial It is time for the United States to leave Iraq, without any more delay than the Pentagon needs to organize an orderly exit. Like many Americans, we have put off that conclusion, waiting for a sign that President Bush was seriously trying to dig the United States out of the disaster he [...]