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Faced with the Iraq war's corruption, Col. Ted Westhusing chose death before dishonor


About a month before he was to return to his family—on June 5, 2005—Westhusing was found dead in his trailer at Camp Dublin in Baghdad.   read more

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Majority of Iraqi Lawmakers Now Reject Occupation


More than half of the members of Iraq's parliament rejected for the first time on Tuesday the continuing occupation of their country. The U.S. media   read more

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Survival Among the Ruins


How is it that Jim Crace, an English novelist, and our own Cormac McCarthy sat down at about the same time to write novels about a blistered, disinte   read more

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Bork's Day in Court


It’s almost impossible to write satire these days because reality is so ridiculous.

Remember Robert Bork? He’s the former right-wing   read more

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Unhinged and Dangerous


Seldom if ever has a White House been as untethered from the will of the people, or reality for that matter, as the administration of George W. Bush   read more

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Don't Stop Believing


Renegade Bloggers Besiege the Southern Baptist Convention.   read more

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Is the Right Really Rising Up Against the Iraq Occupation?


Getting Republicans to jump ship is central to the anti-war movement's strategy to get out of Iraq. But activists need to be wary of their intentions and not let them co-opt the message that it's time for withdrawal.   read more

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King George W.: James Madison's Nightmare


In 1795, James Madison wrote of war's far-reaching and corrosive effect on public liberty. He could well have been warning us about our own King George, just the sort of imperial president that Madison and other founders of our nation feared most.   read more

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Neocons on a Cruise: What Conservatives Say When They Think We Aren't Listening


The Iraq war has been an amazing success, global warming is just a myth and Guantanamo Bay is practically a holiday camp. The annual cruise organized by the 'National Review,' mouthpiece of right-wing America, is a parallel universe populated by straight-talking, gun-toting, God-fearing Republicans.   read more

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