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 Editorials
The Pope and AIDS
 Nicholas D. Kristof
Let's hope that Pope Benedict XVI quickly realizes that the worst sex scandal in the Catholic Church doesn't involve predatory priests. Rather, it involves the Vatican's hostility to condoms, which is creating more AIDS orphans every day.more »»»
Four Bloody Lies of War, from Havana 1898 to Baghdad 2003
 Harvey Wasserman
The Bush Administration's lies about its rationales for attacking Iraq fit a pattern of deceit that has dragged America into at least three other unjust and catastrophic wars: the Spanish-American War under McKinley, World War I under Wilson, and in Vietnam with Johnson.more »»»
As Border Debate Rages, Immigrants' Fears Rise
 Emily Bazar
Everyone agreed that recent weeks have been hard for immigrants, particularly the roughly 10 million who are in the country illegally. "Why are they so angry?" asked Teresa Gonzalez, 57, a Mexican immigrant and naturalized citizen.more »»»
Vigilante Man
 Mike Davis
The vigilantes are back. In the 1850s, they lynched Irishmen; in the 1870s, they terrorized the Chinese; in the first decade of the twentieth century, they murdered striking Wobblies; in the 1920s, they organized "Bash a Jap" campaigns; and in the 1930s, they welcomed the Joads and other Dust Bowl refugees with tear gas and buckshot.more »»»
Hopes, Fears Ride On Mayor
 Ginger Thompson
He is mayor of the largest city in the hemisphere. He can summon tens of thousands into the streets at will. In a whirlwind three weeks he staged the biggest protest in Mexico's recent history and turned back a legal challenge from the president and Congress that threatened to end his political career. Now Andrés Manuel López Obrador seems all but destined to be elected president next year.more »»»
The 15-Second Men
 Marc Cooper
What if the media staged a stunt - or helped stage a stunt - and nobody came? Would the media still cover it? In the case of the recently concluded Minuteman Project, which vowed to blockade the southern Arizona border with more than 1,000 volunteers during the entire month of April, the answer, unfortunately, was a resounding yes.more »»»
Border Shutdown Urged — In Mexico
 Hernán Rozemberg
Fed up with perennial claims that his government has done nothing to prevent the growing count of migrants dying during illegal crossings, a Mexican senator has come up with a controversial solution more commonly heard north of the border — shut it down.more »»»
It's The Institutions, Stupid!
 Kenneth Emmond
Listeners and readers are so inured to hearing about corruption among businessmen, politicians, and government officials that items about massive sums of money that mysteriously disappear from public accounts - stories that would make screaming headlines in your columnist's native country, Canada - barely raise an eyebrow here.more »»»
Right to Choice under Nuclear Attack
 Marjorie Cohn
If the Pepublicans can stop the Democrats from using the filibuster to block Bush's anti-abortion federal court nominees, the right-wing Evangelicals can ultimately tip the balance of the Supreme Court and get Roe v. Wade reversed.more »»»
Bush's Most Radical Plan Yet
 Osha Gray Davidson
The spending plan that President Bush submitted to Congress this year contains 2,000 pages that outline funding to safeguard the environment, protect workers from injury and death, crack down on securities fraud and ensure the safety of prescription drugs. But almost unnoticed in the budget, tucked away in a single paragraph, is a provision that could make those protections a thing of the past.more »»»
Defending Democracy In Our Backyard
 Adam Keith
With all the talk of spreading democracy around the world, it is astonishing how little attention has been given to the breakdown of democracy in our own backyard. Right now, a political showdown is taking place in Mexico that will determine whether its tentative steps into competitive democracy will be reversed.more »»»
Remember Lessons that Chavez Taught about Humanity, Workers
 Roberto Rodriguez & Patrisia Gonzales
Like most campesinos (agricultural workers), Cesar Chavez was the color of the earth. There's little doubt that history will one day look back on the United Farm Worker movement as an indigenous insurrection - a struggle for dignity and human rights for a people who have been here forever.more »»»
Bush Lies, America Cries
 Mark Morford
Don't you feel so much more secure in your all-American gun-totin' oil-happy lifestyle now that we have wasted upward of $300 billion worth of your child's future education budget, along with 1,600 disposable young American lives, all to protect America from terrorism that is, by every account, only getting worse?more »»»
Rep. Hyde Reflects on 30 Years of Office
 Andy Shaw
As Congressman Henry Hyde prepares to step down due to poor health, he reflects on 30 years of service and answers a poignant question about leading the Clinton impeachment hearings - Would he do it again? more »»»
A Radical in the White House
 Bob Herbert
Roosevelt's vision gave conservatives in both parties apoplexy in 1944 and it would still drive them crazy today. But the truth is that during the 1950's and 60's the nation made substantial progress toward his wonderfully admirable goals, before the momentum of liberal politics slowed with the war in Vietnam and election of Nixon.more »»»
Migration and the War Against Terrorism
 Fred Rosen
As young Mexicans without prospects in their own country continue to stream across the northern border, it is clear that their desire for work outweighs their concerns about the rising perils of the trip and their sub-rosa status in the United States.more »»»
US Appears to Have Fought War for Oil and Lost It
 Ian Rutledge
In a crucial report to President George W. Bush by the US Council on Foreign Relations in April 2001, the president was warned that: "As the 21st century opens, the energy sector is in a critical condition. A crisis could erupt at any time . . . "more »»»
Coming to America
 Mason Stockstill
Depending on your point of view, immigration to the United States is at its highest level ever – or not. The total number of foreign-born residents in the country – 34.2 million in 2004, according to the U.S. Census Bureau – is higher than it has ever been.more »»»
Searching For A Silver Lining
 Kelly Arthur Garrett
Once more into the breach on the desafuero of Andrés Manuel López Obrador, modern Mexico's version of the trial of Socrates.With apologies to all who've had more than their fill of this unpleasant subject over the last few weeks, there's really no getting away from it. more »»»
Shameless Photo-Op
 NYTimes
The intended meaning of the photo-op was clear. In the hope of persuading people to privatize Social Security - a move that would only add to the growing debt burden for future generations - Mr. Bush wants Americans to believe that the trust fund is a joke.more »»»
If You Build It, They Will Kill
 Nick Turse
Since 1980, overtly or covertly, the United States has been involved in military actions in Grenada, Libya, Nicaragua, Panama, Iraq, Afghanistan, El Salvador, Haiti, Somalia, Yugoslavia, Liberia, Sudan, the Philippines, Colombia, Haiti, Afghanistan and Iraq and that's not even the full list.more »»»
In Mexico, Democracy Lingers Gravely on the Edge
 El Universal
Politicians should never be above the law. Even so, Mexican congressmen should think carefully before they vote to allow the prosecution of Andrés Manuel López Obrador, left-wing mayor of Mexico City and front-runner in next year's presidential race.more »»»
Politics in Red Robes
 Sidney Blumenthal
Bush's political rhetoric is deliberately inflected with Catholic theological phrases, in particular "the culture of life", words he used to justify his interference in the case of Terri Schiavo, the brain-damaged woman, the removal of whose feeding tube was upheld 19 times by state and federal courts.more »»»
The Culture of Life Top Ten
 Michael Blanding
We've been hearing Christian conservatives using the term "culture of life" to refer to God's wish that we preserve all human lives; however, it applies to a surprisingly stingy range of concerns: abortion, euthanasia, and stem cell research.more »»»
If Lopez Obrador Becomes President of Mexico
 Kenneth Emmond
What might happen if the worst fears of President Vicente Fox, Santiago Creel, Roberto Madrazo, and others are realized, and Mexico City’s mayor, Lopez Obrador, is elected president of Mexico?more »»»
Wake Up! Washington's Alarming Foreign Policy
 Chalmers Johnson
Until last year's presidential election, ordinary citizens could claim that our foreign policy, including the invasion of Iraq, was George Bush's doing because we had not voted for him. But that all changed in 2004.more »»»
Pipeline From Mexico
 Kelly Lecker
It’s tough to tell what troubled Angelica more: the news from Mexico that her mom was dying or the agonizing choice it forced her to make. She was pregnant with her second child. If she traveled back to her tiny hometown, Angelica risked having her baby in central Mexico, denying the child U.S. citizenship and all the security that comes with it.more »»»
Think About This: U.S. Killed 26 Prisoners of War
 Thomas L. Friedman
The fact that Congress has just shrugged this off, and no senior official or officer has been fired, is a travesty. This administration is for "ownership" of everything except responsibility.more »»»
A Very Bad Civics Lesson
 Al Knight
President Bush has attempted to justify federal intrusion in the Terri Schiavo case by saying he and the Republican majority wished to "err on the side of life." However, the motives can't change the fact that it was an error and a very bad civics lesson for the nation.more »»»
The Return of the Left in Latin America
 Alvaro Vargas Llosa
The left is in power in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, the Dominican Republic and Venezuela. With this month's inauguration of Tabaré Vázquez as president of Uruguay, this trend is likely to continue.more »»»
Dictators, Tyrants and Fools
 William Rivers Pitt
The greatest strength of the Republican majority in Congress and their allies in the White House is their unfailing ability to say and do anything, no matter how hypocritical or brazen or wrong, in order to win. more »»»
The Explosive Mix in Mexico's Politics
 James C. Mckinley Jr.
On the surface, the fight seemed to be an endless shouting match about the rule of law and the meaning of democracy until both sides called a temporary cease-fire to the mudslinging last week.more »»»
The US Bankruptcy Bill: A Tutorial in Greed
 Robert Scheer
Question: What is the difference between a loan shark and a banker? Answer: Not much. The former uses hired thugs to enforce repayment from the debtors; the latter employs the feds as paid muscle.more »»»
Mr. Bush's Stealthy Tax Increase
 The New York Times
As recently as 2000, only about one million taxpayers owed the alternative minimum tax, created by a provision in the federal tax code that is supposed to prevent multimillionaires from using loopholes to avoid paying their fair share. By 2010, the number will rise to 30 million.more »»»
An Americana Visits Puerto Vallarta - A Cultural Experience
 Leah Cohen
When I arrived here, I expected to be vacationing in an American tourist community with all the luxuries of home (Southern California). Instead, because my brother had made a decision to reside in the local community, I experienced major culture shock.more »»»
What's Missing from the News
 Frank Rich
Memories of the best works of former journalists Hunter S. Thompson and Dan Rather only accentuates the vacuum in that cultural category we stubbornly insist on calling News.more »»»
Recycled Rhetoric
 Sidney Blumenthal
The coming defeat of President Bush on Social Security will be the defining moment in domestic policy and politics for his second term and for the future of the Republican Party. And if the Democrats remain disciplined, his defeat will be profound.more »»»
Why Isn't Bob Novak Going to Jail?
 Tony Norman
Will someone please explain in simple, easy-to-understand language, why we never see right-wing pundit Bob Novak's name mentioned in the same breath as reporters facing jail time for contempt in the Valerie Plame affair?more »»»
What We Don't Know about 9/11 Hurts Us
 Robert Scheer
Would George W. Bush have been reelected president if the public understood how much responsibility his administration bears for allowing the 9/11 attacks to succeed?more »»»
The News Is Broken
 William Rivers Pitt
I know there are still reputable journalists, men and women of integrity, working in the White House Press Briefing Room. But, what is happening in American journalism, and in that most important of rooms, is a lessening of us all, and it is very, very dangerous.more »»»
What They Really Mean...
 Norman Solomon
Remember Mad magazine, with its intricate cartoons and satirical sendups? One-third of the way through February, looking at a few of the day's top news stories, I tried to imagine the properly Mad way to annotate them. Here's what I came up with.more »»»
Inherit the Windbags
 Maureen Dowd
Do male nipples prove evolution? Not at all, according to a Web site for a planned Creation Museum devoted to showing that the Bible is literally true, and that they could just as well be a decorating feature of the Creator's (like a hood ornament).more »»»
Sex Slaves? Lock Up the Pimps
 Nicholas D. Kristof
Optimism and sex trafficking don't usually go together, yet despite the widespread belief that sex slavery is intractable and inevitable, it isn't.more »»»
A Military in Extremis
 Sidney Blumenthal
Still living in a fantasy world, the administration has no strategy for maintaining the current number of U.S. forces in Iraq for two more years.more »»»
Python Swallows Bush!
 Laura Miller
Monty Python's Terry Jones talks about becoming a political writer, the decline of the British press and how Bush and Blair have erased the line between absurdity and horror.more »»»
A Fire Is Lit That Could Burn Us, Too
 James P. Pinkerton
Many say that George W. Bush is the political heir to Ronald Reagan. But as his inaugural speech yesterday showed, Bush owes more to a distant presidential predecessor, John F. Kennedy.more »»»
President of Fabricated Crises
 Harold Meyerson
Some presidents make the history books by managing crises. Lincoln had Fort Sumter, Roosevelt had the Depression and Pearl Harbor, Kennedy had the missiles in Cuba, and Bush earned his page with 9/11.more »»»
Let Bin Laden Stay Free, Says C.I.A. Man
 The Times UK
The world may be better off if Osama Bin Laden remains at large, according to the Central Intelligence Agency's recently departed executive director.more »»»
'Stay the Course!' Is Not Enough
 Patrick J. Buchanan
Pat Buchanan remains one of the US's most reactionary voices, and the vast majority of our readers likely detest what he stands for. But his attack on the Neo-Conservatives and their influence makes the case in a fascinating way.more »»»
llegal-Immigration Tips from Mexico Stir Rancor
 Oscar Avila
The "Guide for the Mexican Immigrant" resembles a comic book, with colorful sketches at every turn of the page. But the images are jarring.more »»»
Evangelical Leader Threatens to Use His Political Muscle Against Some Democrats
 David D. Kirkpatrick
In a letter to his supporters, Dr. Dobson, the child psychologist and founder of the evangelical organization Focus on the Family, promises "a battle of enormous proportions from sea to shining sea" if President Bush fails to appoint "strict constructionist" jurists or if Democrats filibuster to block conservative nominees.more »»»
China Expands. Europe Rises. And the United States . . .
 Fred Kaplan
The signposts are ominous. As an economic power, the United States no longer sets the rules, much less rule the game. As a military power, it vastly outguns the rest of the world, but has a harder time translating armed might into influence.more »»»
Four More Fears!
 PVNN
As he starts another four years in the White House, Bush will have the chance to tilt the supreme court firmly to the right and leave a lasting imprint on the US's social and political fabric.more »»» |
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