Exile on K Street
Jeremy Scahill : Scandals abound in the smoking remains of the Alexander Strategy Group.
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William Greider reveals how Democrats can sieze the day, Ari Berman documents DOJ interference in a 2002 prosecution of Jack Abramoff, Terry Eagleton reviews Arthur & George.
Articles
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Abramoff's Evangelical Soldiers
Max Blumenthal : Leaders of the Christian right are paying the price as evidence mounts of their complicity in a sordid GOP gambling-industry scheme.
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Can Justice Be Trusted?
Ari Berman : The Justice Department meddled in a case against Jack Abramoff in Guam in 2002; last week, Bush nominated the current Abramoff prosecutor to the federal bench. Can the DOJ credibly continue this investigation?
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The JFK Lawyers' Conspiracy
Max Holland : Forty-two years later, assassination buffs continue to attack the validity of the Warren Report.
Letters
Editorials & Comment
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Empire vs. Republic
: Instead of Bush's imperial presidency, America needs the vision of Congressional progressives: rapid withdrawal from Iraq, universal healthcare, campaign reform and a shift to renewable energy.
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The Hamas Triumph
Graham Usher : What if the West responded to Hamas's victory not with sanctions but with a commitment to resume negotiations from where they left off in 2000?
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Taking Liberties
NSA Spying Myths
David Cole : The Bush Administration has propagated five myths in its current campaign to rationalize its illegal domestic spying program.
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A Warning Bell
William Greider : Democrats can capitalize on the current economic stall and gain control of Congress with a return to bedrock principles: creating jobs, restoring incomes and rescuing families from debt.
Reviews
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Heidegger Made Kosher
Richard Wolin : Two new books explore the work of philosophers Emmanuel Levinas and Martin Heidegger.
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The Race to War
David Levering Lewis : Lost Battalions tells the story of two US Army regiments of the American Expeditionary Force, the struggle to buy citizenship through the self-sacrifice of war.
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The Facts
Terry Eagleton : In Arthur & George, Julian Barnes mixes fact and fiction, linking Sir Arthur Conan Doyle with a wrongfully convicted Victorian author.
Columns
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DEADLINE POET
I Dreamt That George W. Bush Adopted James Frey's 3-Step Program--Denial, Larry King and Oprah--To Get to the Truth About the War in Iraq
Calvin Trillin : Maybe Oprah can get the truth out of Bush--just don't try to screen her questions.
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DIARY OF A MAD LAW PROFESSOR
All the King's Horses...
Patricia J. Williams : Worry about the CIA's new Open Source Center, which aims to piece together all sorts of unclassified information to create a broad picture of where trouble is likely to arise.
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THE LIBERAL MEDIA
Lies About Blowjobs, Bad. Wars? Not So Much.
Eric Alterman : Despite his lies and incompetence, Bush remains more popular with elite media than Clinton or any other political leader who sought to save us from the Iraq catastrophe. Why won't they connect the dots?
Web
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Senators Mull an Internet With Restrictions
Celia Viggo Wexler & Dawn Holian : Telephone and cable bigwigs challenged the notion of 'Net neutrality' before the Senate Commerce Committee Tuesday, and web visionaries pushed back. Lawmakers seemed baffled by the complexity.
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Pension? What Pension?
Nicholas von Hoffman : The stampede is on in corporate America to freeze or pare back pension benefits. And that will leave most of us out in the cold.
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TruthDig
Bush's War on the Poor
Robert Scheer : George W. Bush's irrational governance has wrought yet another outrage: The Administration's $2.77-trillion budget request.
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Fury Over Foreigners
Christian Parenti : Western cartoons deemed insulting to Islam are only part of what is fueling mob frenzy in Afghanistan. Growing rage against the presence of foreign troops and frustration with ineffectual aid programs are feeding the flames.
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Georgia's King Tribute Rings Hollow
Patrick Mulvaney : Abolishing the death penalty was one of Coretta Scott King's signature issues. The irony is that Georgia remains one of the leading practitioners of the death penalty.
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Southpaw
The Value of a Number
Dave Zirin : Racial tensions between black and Latino players have been exposed in the ongoing controversy over how to honor Roberto Clemente.
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Reap the Whirlwind
Bruce Shapiro : The rise of Samuel Alito and the death of Coretta Scott King mark the end of an era and the abandonment of our civil rights legacy by both political parties.
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Hey, Kids: Spying Is Fun!
Simon Maxwell Apter : Using cartoons, games and kid-friendly websites, the federal intelligence community is seeking to win the hearts and minds of America's children.
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