Wasteful Weapons and the Pols Who Love Them
Robert Scheer : US Military
An Air Force contract to build an obsolete B-2 refueling tanker has suddenly become a campaign issue--and the Democrats are on the wrong side.
2007
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The Old and New Shapes of Nuclear Danger
Jonathan Schell : Nuclear Arms & Proliferation
During the cold war, the driving force was the bilateral arms race; now it's proliferation.
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A Colder War
Jonathan Schell : Nuclear Arms & Proliferation
Richard Rhodes's Arsenals of Folly, sequel to the book that defined the atomic age, captures the political struggle that brought it to an end.
2006
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Needed: A New Security Plan
The failure of Bush's foreign policy should open the way for Democrats to present substantial alternatives and rethink what makes us safe. Sadly, that is not happening.
2005
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US Arms for Terrorists?
Two US officers are caught delivering weapons to a Colombian paramilitary group.
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Fiddling While Crucial Programs Starve
Robert Scheer : Government Programs
Has the United States become like ancient Rome, in love with costly conquest?
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A Con Job by Pakistan's Pal, George Bush
Robert Scheer : Nuclear Arms & Proliferation
Trying to follow the US policy on the proliferation of nuclear weapons is like watching a three-card monte game.
2003
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Ugly Americans in Paris
William D. Hartung & Michelle Ciarrocca : US Foreign Policy
The US may have won the war, but US companies are in danger of losing the peace.
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The Case Against the War
Jonathan Schell : US Foreign Policy
The revival of nuclear danger means we have already lost.
2002
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The Arms Lobby
The arms lobby helped to develop Bush's nuclear policy, and it stands to profit massively from its implementation.
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White Should Go--Now
Army Secretary Thomas White appears to be inching closer to becoming the first Bush administration casualty of the Enron scandal.
2001
2000
This week: Can Barack Obama be a "People's President," or is his move to the center for good? Betsy Reed, Doug Henwood, Jo-Ann Mort, Ta-Nehisi Coates and Gary Younge debate. (13mb mp3)
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