Why We're Losing the War on Terror
David Cole & Jules Lobel : Going on the offensive has only made us more vulnerable.
Charlie Savage on abuse of presidential power, Alexander Cockburn on bombing Iran, Calvin Trillin on what Republicans can't get enough of.
Articles
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German GWOT Misfire
Neil Smith : The government is using antiterrorist laws to suppress political dissent.
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The New Counterinsurgency
Tom Hayden : The Army's updated Field Manual draws on an old, blood-steeped tradition.
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Ha'aretz, Israel's Liberal Beacon
Stephen Glain : A spirited daily paper is the last remaining defender of Israel's tradition of dissent.
Letters
Editorials & Comment
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Why We Must Leave Iraq
: End the occupation, abandon the pretense that only American power can bring order to the region and atone for the human catastrophe we have caused.
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Reaganites Reconsider
Charlie Savage : Even staunch conservatives are becoming alarmed at the Bush Administration's unconstitutional expansion of presidential powers.
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Beyond 'Green Shopping'
Jerry Mander & John Cavanagh : Don't believe the hype that "clean coal," "clean nuclear power" and biofuels will solve the environmental crisis.
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Patriot Act's Wide Net
Ken Olsen : The Gonzales Justice Department used the Patriot Act to prosecute a gang of eco-arsonists as terrorists.
Reviews
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book
The Uninvited Guest
Roger Owen : Juan Cole's Napoleon's Egypt examines the little dictator's doomed attempt to occupy an Arab country.
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book
Perishable Goods
Robin Blackburn : A new biography of economist Joseph Schumpeter explores his insights into the emerging world of globalized capitalism.
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film
Grave Thoughts
Stuart Klawans : Heddy Honigmann's documentary Forever visits the dead in Paris, but nobody grieves; James Mangold's 3:10 to Yuma pits an evil Russell Crowe against a driven Christian Bale.
Columns
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BEAT THE DEVIL
Will the US Really Bomb Iran?
Alexander Cockburn : It would be foolish to bet that an attack on Iran couldn't happen.
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SUBJECT TO DEBATE
Onward, Secular Soldiers
Katha Pollitt : Memo to candidates: There are more atheists, agnostics and skeptics out there than you think. How about sending us some love?
Web
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Howl
Wanted: Unruly Activists
Nicholas von Hoffman : They're loud, lion-hearted, obnoxious and essential to democracy. And as an unjust war continues to create enormous suffering, we need people brave enough to practice extreme politics.
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TruthDig
A General Dissembles
Robert Scheer : Of course, Gen. David Petraeus sees tangible progress and predicts success in the Iraq war. What wonders couldn't generals achieve with more troops and more time?
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The Surge in Baghdad
Tom Hayden : In this web video from Robert Greenwald's BraveNew Films, Tom Hayden counts the human cost of the US troop surge, as measured in the ruined lives of Iraqi civilians.
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Bush's 9/11 Tradeoff
Ari Melber : The Administration has come to regard the law as a barrier to security and a literal weapon of our enemies, and sees crime as a legitimate tool to fight terror.
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The Racial Politics of College Newspapers
Why college newsrooms are often neither diverse nor racially sensitive.
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Depleted Uranium, Increased Risk
Weapons the Department of Defense claims are harmless have serious and lasting effects.
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Still Down in the Bayou
Communities of color still bear the greatest burden as they rebuild after Katrina.
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Surge 2
Stanley I. Kutler : David Petraeus is not a man preparing to leave Iraq. His report to Congress serves as a glimpse of coming attractions for Surge 2.
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Iraq Progress: By the Numbers
Tom Engelhardt : As General David Petraeus makes his case for continuing the war, here's an accounting of the real costs.
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Farm Aid Raises a Vision
Max Fraser : What began as an attempt to help financially strapped farmers in the Reagan years has grown into a visionary political and social movement rooted in the agrarian values of the American Revolution.
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The Myopic Iraq Debate
Matthew Blake : Like the war itself, the unfolding Congressional hearings on what to do next raise more questions than answers.
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The Secret White House
Ruth Rosen : By classifying an unprecedented amount of information, the Bush Administration is shrouding its workings in mystery--and threatening our democracy in the process.
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Welcome to Fleece U
Barbara Ehrenreich : Our mission is to take feckless teenagers like you and turn them into full-fledged debtors.
Cover design by Gene Case & Stephen Kling/Avenging Angels, with acknowledgment to Joe Wezorek
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