Recommended Articles of the Week

July 1, 2008

 

 

Above the Law.  David Swanson: Under Penalty of Punishment, The Smirking Chimp.

 

George W. Bush.  Ed Naha:  Not with a bang, but with a chimp, The Smirking Chimp.

Bush Above the Law/The Constitution. Digby: The Inspiration, Digby Blog.

Corporations/Supreme Court. Greg Palast: Court Rewards Exxon for Valdez Spill, Greg Palast Blog.

Crisis/Corporations.  Jon Faulkner: The Corporate Undoing of America,   The Smirking Chimp.

Democrats. Kos: 2010 Will Be Primary Season, Daily Kos.  Also Digby: Putting the Dogs Outside,.Digby Blog.  And Trapper John: What Orange to Blue Is All About, Daily Kos.

Dissent.  Matthew Smucker:  What is to be Done?  Assessing the Antiwar Movement, Common Dreams.

Economy/Economic Justice. Michael T. Klare: Anatomy of a Price Surge, The Nation.

Electoral Integrity.  David Swanson:  Common Sense is Overrated, The Smirking Chimp.

 

Election 2008/Democrats. Digby: The Center Fetish, Digby Blog.

Energy Crisis.  Brent Budowsky:  The Next Moon Shot, The Smirking Chimp.

Environment/Bush Administration. Felicity Barr: White House Refused to Open Pollutants E-Mail, New York Times.

Fascism.  Robert Parry:  Defending the President as Tyrant,  The Smirking Chimp.

FISA Bill. Hunter: The Democrats and FISA: Flushing The Law, Then Declaring Victory, Daily Kos. Also Lt. Col. Charlie Brown: What Warrantless Wiretapping Means to Me, Daily Kos.

Global Warming.  Mike Davis: Living on the Ice Shelf.  Humanity's Meltdown,  Common Dreams.

Global Warming. James Hansen: Twenty Years Later: Tipping Points Near On Global Warming,. Huffington Post.  Also  David Korten: Will the Last Superpower Recognize In Time What We Must Do to Save the Planet?, Yes Magazine via AlterNet.

Global Warming.  Steve Connor:  No Ice at the North Pole...,  The Independent (UK).

 

Iran.  Seymour Hersh: Preparing the Battlefield: The Bush Administration steps up its secret moves against Iran, The New Yorker.

Iran. Gary Leupp: Congress Rushes to Encourage Iran Attack, Dissident Voice. Also Jason Leopold: Ex-Weapons Inspector: U.S. Will Attack Iran, Scoop (N.Z.). And Yaakov Katz: Security and Defense: Not Leaving the Nuclear Threat Up in the Air, Jerusalem Post.

Iran.  Peter Beaumont (et al): Shadow of War Looms as Israel Flexes its Muscle, The Guardian (UK).

Iraq Occupation. James Glanz: Government Study Criticizes Bush Administration's Measures of Progress in Iraq, New York Times. Also, Julian Barnes: Good News and Bad in Iraq, Los Angeles Times.

Iraq Occupation. Robert Weller: U.S. Army Report Says Iraq Occupation Bungled, Associated Press via Calgary Sun.

Iraq Occupation/Media. Frank Rich: Now That We've "Won," Let's Come Home, New York Times.

Lies.  Cy Bolton.  How Does President Bush Lie?..., Los Angeles Times.

 

Military.  Alicia Morgan: Worse Than Dying -- Part II,  The Smirking Chimp.

 

Military Industrial Complex.  Robert Scheer:  Wasteful Weapons and the Politicians Who Love Them, Truthdig.

John McCain. Progressive Media USA: John McSame,. Progressive Media USA.

Barack Obama.  David Michael Green: Now Comes the Hard Part, The Smirking Chimp.

Barack Obama. RJ Eskow: The Daschleization of Barack Obama -- Or, How to Lose Your Balance By Centering Yourself, Smirking Chimp. Also Gore Vidal: Taking Back the Republic, Counter Currents.

Barack Obama. Stephen Fleischman: Which Side Are You On?,  The Smirking Chimp.

 

Oil Politics.  Mike Whitney:  Gas Pump Gouging: Don't Blame he Studies, The Smirking Chimp.

 

Oil Politics/Economy.  Eric Margolis:  Gas up while it's a bargain: Oil prices have nowhere to go but up,  The Smirking Chimp.

Oil Politics/Iraq Occupation. Bill Moyers/Michael Winship: It Was Oil, All Along, Truthout.

Politizing DoJ: Carrie Johnson: Report Says Partisanship Reigned in Justice Department Hiring Program, Washington Post.

Terrorism as GOP Tactic. Frank Rich: If Terrorists Rock the Vote in 2008, New York Times.

Torture/Iraq Occupation.  William Glaberson: Court Is Skeptical of U.S. Evidence in Guantanamo Case, New York Times.  Also,  Joseph Galloway: Gen. Taguba Knew Scandal Went to the Top, McClatchy Newspapers.

War on Terror. Mark Mazzetti/David Rohde: Amid Policy Disputes, Qaeda Grows in Pakistan,  New York Times.

 

 

 

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June 24, 2008

Above the Law/Terrorism.  Ted Rall:  Oops Nation:  A Superpower of Lazy Slobs, The Smirking Chimp.

Bush Administration/Right Wing.  David Michael Green:  The Poverty of Reaganism-Bushism, The Smirking Chimp.

Civil Liberties.  Gary Younge:  Occupations Abroad Always Lead to the Erosion of Liberties at Home...,  The Guardian (UK).

Congress.  David Swanson:  If the Opposite of Pro is Con, Then the Opposite of Progress Is ...,  The Smirking Chimp.

Corruption/Media.  Chris Hedges: The Hedonists of Power,  TruthDig.com.

Domestic Spying/Democrats/FISA.  Kagrp X: FISA: Yeah, But...What If?. Daily Kos. 

Economy.  Joseph Stiglitz:  Scarcity in an Age of Plenty, The Guardian/UK via Common Dreams.

Economy.  Danny Schechter:  The Economic Debate Has Yet To Target Key Issues:  While The Candidates Spar On Policy Points, Rome Is Ready To Burn, The Smirking Chimp.

Environment/Nuclear Power.  Chip Ward:  Big Bad Boom: Radioactive Deja Vu in the American West, TomDispatch.com via Common Dreams.

FISA Bill/Democrats. Glenn Greenwald: George Bush's Latest Powers, Courtesy of the Democratic Congress. Salon.com.   Also Kevin Drum: The FISA Compromise, Washington Monthly.

FISA Bill/Democrats.   Glenn Greenwald: Time Magazine Uncritically Prints Nancy Pelosi's "Justifications" for the FISA "Compromise," Salon.   Also, Massimo Calabresi: Behind the Compromise on Spying . Time. And Glenn Greenwald: What Nancy Pelosi, Steny Hoyer and Fred Hiatt Mean By "Bipartisanship". Salon.com. 

Global Warming.  Ed Pilkington: Put Oil Firm Chiefs on Trial, Says Leading Climate Change Scientist,  The Guardian (UK).

Alberto Gonzales/U.S. Attorneys. Jan Crawford Greenburg/Ariane de Vogue: Former AG Accused of Playing Politics with Justice. ABC News. 

Iran. Ray McGovern: Bomb Iran? What's to Stop Us?. Consortium News.  Also Michael Gordon: U.S. Says Israeli Exercise Seemed Directed at Iran. New York Times.  And Scott Peterson: How Iran Would Retaliate If It Comes to War. Christian Science Monitor. 

Iraq Occupation/War Funding Bill. Dday: Let's See What Congress Bought. Digby Blog. 

John McCain/Domestic Spying. Ryan Singel: McCain: I'd Spy on Americans Secretly, Too, Wired. 

John McCain. Paul Harris: The Real McCain, Guardian (U.K.). Also Matt Taibbi: Full Metal McCain,  Rolling Stone.

Scott McClellan.  John W. Dean:  The Importance of Scot McClellan's Testimony Before the House Judiciary Committee,  FindLaw via The Smirking Chimp.

Media/Iraq Occupation.  Brian Stetler:  Reporters Say Networks Put Wars on Back Burner, The New York Times.

Media/Lies.  Robert Parry:  Washington Post's Enduring Bush Cover-up, The Smirking Chimp.

Media/Tim Russert.  Pierre Tristam:  Russert gave established power more voice, The Smirking Chimp.

Middle East. Uri Avnery: An Apology: The First Step Toward Lasting Peace?. CounterPunch. 

Middle East/Israel.  Robert Weitzel:  A MAD Foreign Policy:  America's Irrational Defense of Israel,  The Smirking Chimp.

Military Tribunals. Matt Apuzzo: U.S. Asks to Rewrite Detainee Evidence. Talking Points Memo. 

Neoconservatives. James Risen: The Return of the Neocons, Washington Independent.

Barack Obama.  David Sirota:  Obama's Clearest Path to the Presidency: Talk About Wages,  Alternet.

Barack Obama/FISA Bill. Glenn Greenwald: Obama's Support for the FISA "Compromise". Salon.com.   Also Digby: Sistah Soljah'd?. Digby Blog.

Oil Politics/Gas Prices. Editorial: The Big Pander to Big Oil . The New York Times. 

Oil Politics.  Tom Engelhardt:  No Blood for ... er... um...:  The Oil Majors Take a Little Sip of the Ol' Patrimony, The Smirking Chimp.  Also, Eric Margolis:  These wars are about oil, not democracy,  The Smirking Chimp.

Racial Progress/U.S History. Bill Moyers/Douglas Blackcom: Interview: "Slavery By Another Name". PBS. 

Right Wing.  Rick Perlstein: Conservative Government Destroys Atlanta Like Gen. Sherman Never Could,  Alternet.

Supreme Court/Habeas Corpus.  Glenn Greenwald:  John Yoo's Ongoing Falsehoods in Service of Limitless Government Power,  Salon.com via Common Dreams. 

Torture. Kate Klonick: [CIA Involved in Torture Genesis]. TPM Muckraker.  Also Think Progress: Ex-State Dept. Official: Hundreds of Detainees Died in U.S. Custody, At Least 25 Murdered.  Think Progress. 

Torture. Tom Lasseter: Easing of Laws That Led To Detainee Abuse Hatched in Secret. McClatchy Newspapers.  Also Andrew Sullivan: "Disgrace," Cont.. Atlantic. And Spencer Ackerman:  Roadmap to Torture. Washington Independent. 

Torture. Joby Warrick: Report Questions Pentagon Accounts [on Torture]. Washington Post.  Also Warren Strobel: Documents Confirm U.S. Hid Detainees from Red Cross. McClatchy Newspapers.

Torture/War Crimes. Chris Floyd: Torturegate: Truth, But No Consequences, Atlantic Free Press.

War Crimes. Meteor Blades: Clear Evidence of War Crimes: Stern Letters to Come?. Daily Kos.

Water Wars. Tara Lohan: Maude Barlow: The Growing Fight for the Right to Water, WaronYou via AlterNet.

 

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