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Is Barack Obama Really a Socialist?
by Donald J. Boudreaux
Christian Science Monitor
Today's Republicans: Dumb
by Eric Margolis
Toronto Sun
Masterly Inactivity
by Bruce Fein
Washington Times
Ike Minds Hard to Find
by Eric Margolis
Toronto Sun
Local Voters Weigh in on Their Presidential Picks
by Robert Zullo
Houma Today
The Presidency in Wartime: George W. Bush Discovers Woodrow Wilson
by John R. MacArthur
Harper's Magazine
McCain Column Causes a Stir
by Eric Pierce
The Downey Patriot
Platform at Sea
by Jacob Sullum
Washington Times
Let Government Mind Your Own Business
by Jeff Jacoby
Boston Globe
The Americans Secessionist Streak
by Christopher Ketcham
Los Angeles Times
The Mighty, Scary Press Corps
by Glenn Greenwald
Salon.com
Tyranny on Display at the Republican Convention
by Chris Hedges
Truthdig.com
Unaddressed Issue
by Bruce Fein
Washington Times
The End Does Not Justify the Means
by Chistine Smith
Nolan Chart
A President, Not a Savior
by Gene Healy
Christian Science Monitor
Freedom Is Golden
by Ron Paul
U.S. House of Representatives
Notes on Democracy: Mencken Vents His Spleen for His Era and Ours
by Lawrence M. Ludlow
Strike the Root
Georgia War a Neocon Election Ploy?
by Robert Scheer
Truthdig.com
No Profile in Courage
by Bruce Fein
Washington Times
40 Years After RFK's Death, Questions Linger
by Michael Taylor
San Francisco Chronicle
A Wonder Cure for "Deficit Attention Disorder!"
by Mark Lange
Christian Science Monitor
McCain, Spying and Executive Power: A Complete Reversal in 6 Months
by Glenn Greenwald
Salon.com
Too Decent for Office
by Donald J. Boudreaux
USA Today
Newest McCain Official: President Has "Near Dictatorial Powers"
by Glenn Greenwald
Salon.com
Babble Rabble
by Arnaud de Borchgrave
Washington Times
A Fateful Election for Liberty
by Nat Hentoff
Washington Times
The GOP at the Trough
by Robert D. Novak
Washington Post
No to Obama, Questions About McCain
by Nat Hentoff
Washington Times
What's Next for the Ron Paul Revolution?
by John Dillin
Christian Science Monitor
McCain Misfires
by Bruce Fein
Washington Times
You Say You Want a Revolution?
by Bill Kaufman
Taki's Magazine
Battle of the Hawks
by Robert Scheer
Truthdig.com
CIA Still Stonewalls on JFK Mystery Man
by Jefferson Morley
Washington Independent
Six Questions for Jefferson Morley on "Our Man in Mexico"
by Ken Silverstein
Harper's Magazine
The Spirit of America
by Bruce Fein
Washington Times
The Mystery of Oswald's Contacts with the CIA in Mexico
by Jefferson Morley
History News Network
"Great American Hypocrites: Toppling the Myths of Republican Politics"
by Glenn Greenwald
Salon.com
Obama-Clinton Spats a Gain for McCain
by Eric Margolis
Toronto Sun
Two Guns Used in RFK Assassination, Experts Say
by Pierre Thomas
ABC News
Jeremiah Wright: True and False
by David R. Henderson
Antiwar.com
The Difference Between Jeremiah Wright and Radical, White Evangelical Ministers
by Glenn Greenwald
The Guardian
Why I Am No Longer a "Brain-Dead" Liberal
by David Mamet
Village Voice
Four Brothers Set New Deal Feathers Flying
by Neil Reynolds
Report on Business
Power of the Purse Purloined?
by Bruce Fein
Washington Times
Politicians, Places, and Bad Policies
by Edward L. Glaeser
Boston Globe
The Real Reagan
by Michael Kinsley
Los Angeles Times
Completing Reagan's Work
by Richard W. Rahn
Washington Times
Why I Believe Bush Must Go
by George McGovern
Washington Post
2008: The Year of Principles?
by Jonathan Turley
USA Today
9/11 Commission: Our Investigation Was "Obstructed"
by Glenn Greenwald
Salon.com
Heil Woodrow!
by David Oshinsky
New York Times
Creeping Fascism
by Ray McGovern
Counterpunch.org
Court Orders CIA to Search for JFK Records
by Jefferson Morley
Huffington Post
The Ghost Following Bush
by H.D.S. Greenway
Boston Globe
CIA Coverups and American Justice
by Hina Shamsi
Salon.com
No Welfare for Politicians
by Bradley A. Smith
USA Today
Chile's Contreras Says Pinochet and U.S. Ordered Letelier Assassination
by Mark Helmantoler
Santiago Times
Can the Republic Survive?
by Bruce Fein
Washington Times
Good Riddance to John Howard
by Glenn Greenwald
Salon.com
Good Riddance to Them All
by Joseph L. Galloway
Common Dreams
Protecting American Freedom in Wartime
by Nat Hentoff
Washington Times
The Man Who Didn't Talk
by Jefferson Morley
Playboy
From Popper to Rove and Back
by George Soros
The Guardian
Chilling Out Colbert
by Michael Bindas
Washington Times
Federal Judges Grill CIA Lawyers on JFK Secrets
by Jefferson Morley
Huffington Post
The Imperial Presidency
by Anthony Lewis
New York Times
Mukasey Would Enable Power Grab
by Andrew Greeley
Chicago Sun-Times
Political Solutions
by Thomas J. Sowell
Washington Times
Mukasey's Support of Tyranny (Audio)
by Jacob G. Hornberger with Karen Kwiatkowski
American Forum
Presidential Power Patois
by Bruce Fein
Washington Times
Michael Mukasey and the Constitution
by Marjorie Cohn
Counterpunch.org
Must Taxpayers Pay for Primaries?
Editorial
Christian Science Monitor
The Remaining GOP Base -- the 30%'ers and the Broder-Ignatius Pundit
by Glenn Greenwald Salon
Unfair Press Power
by John R. Lott Jr. and Bradley A. Smith
New York Post
Big Government Is the Enemy of Freedom
Editorial
Center for a Just Society
Journalist's History of CIA Calls Agency to Task
by Bob Hoover
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The Rise of Authoritarian Conservatism
by John W. Dean
Findlaw.com
Does "I" Stand for Idiots in the CIA?
by Philip Jacobson
Daily Mail
Query to the Candidates: Liberty and Justice for All?
by Nat Hentoff
Washington Times
A Lost Cause: Tim Weiner's History of the C.I.A.
by Chris Barsanti
PopMatters.com
Economic Illiteracy and Rational Voters
by John Stossel
Real Clear Politics
Our Un-American Government
by Joanne Mariner
Findlaw.com
The Antiwar, Anti-Abortion, Anti-Drug-Enforcement-Administration, Anti-Medicare Candidacy of Dr. Ron Paul
by Christopher Caldwell
New York Times
A Grave Lesson from Mussolini
by Roland Merullo
Boston Globe
Mr. Cheney's Minority Report
by Sean Wilentz
New York Times
The Badness of King George
by Martyn Roetter
Boston Globe
Shame on Bush and Us
by Rosa Brooks
Los Angeles Times
CIA's Darkest Secret
by James Carroll
Boston Globe
Where's the CIA's Missing Jewel?
by David Corn
The Nation
The Puppeteer Who Won't Let Go
by Sidney Blumenthal
The Guardian
A Question for Dick
by Marcy Wheeler
The Guardian
Monster/Suicide/America (1970)
by Steppenwolf
Steppenwolf.com
Roots of CIA Abuse Stretch to 1600 Pa. Ave
Editorial
USA Today
The Kennedy Assassination: Was There a Conspiracy?
by David Talbot and Vincent Bugliosi
Time
Big-Government Conservatives
by John Stossel
Town Hall
Breaking the Code of Secrecy
Editorial
Boston Globe
The Kennedy Brotherhood
by David Talbot
Library Journal
Government Only Thing to Fear
by Howard Blitz
Yuma Sun
The CIA's No-Questions- Asked Travel Agent
by Nat Hentoff
Village Voice
Beyond the Grassy Knoll
Matthew Dallek
Washington Post
The Secret Government (Video 1987)
Bill Moyers
PBS
Robert Kennedy Hunts for JFK's Killer in Stirring "Brothers"
Celestine Bohlen
Bloomberg
Shaming the Official Antiwar Movement
by John V. Walsh
Counterpunch.org
Billion-Dollar Bloomberg Run for White House Exposes Flaws in Campaign Finance Laws
by John Lott
Fox News
Liberty and Progress
by Geoffrey Robertson
The Guardian
The Internet Will Revolutionize the Very Meaning of Politics
by Jonathan Freedland
The Guardian
In the Name of Patriotism (Who Are the Patriots?)
by Ron Paul
U.S. House of Representatives
What's Wrong with Candidate Clutter?
by Steve Chapman
Washington Times
The Imperial Overreach
by H.D.S. Greenway
Boston Globe
The Courage to Withdraw
by Saul Landau
Counterpunch.org
Cheney Is Wrong About Me, Wrong About War
by George McGovern
Los Angeles Times
Working for the Clampdown
by James Bovard
American Conservative
Sic Semper Tyrannis
by Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.
American Conservative
Fascist America, in 10 Easy Steps
by Naomi Wolf
The Guardian
Gonzalez's Fall, Bush's Impeachment?
by James Bovard
LewRockwell.com
Democracy or Liberty
by Walter E. Williams
George Mason University
Legacy Lost
by William H. Peterson
Washington Times
Priceless Politics
by Thomas Sowell
Washington Times
White House Hates Leaks, Except When It Doesn't
Editorial
USA Today
Hillary's Calculations Add Up to War
by Robert Scheer
Truthdig.com
Political Power and the Rule of Law
by Ron Paul
U.S. House of Representatives
The U.S. Owes Maher Arar an Apology and More
by Robyn Blumner
Salt Lake City Tribune
Swear to Diversity and Skip the Hypocrisy
by Leonard Pitts Jr.
Detroit Free Press
The Imperial Presidency 2.0
Editorial |