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Op-Ed Department Articles from 2005
" Journalists should expose secrets, not keep them "
Dec 30 2005
Norman Solomon
" wounded knee... "
Dec 30 2005
Michael Eckhardt
" Rumsfeld admits to "ghosting" detainee "
Dec 30 2005
David Swanson
" A moral issue "
Dec 29 2005
Molly Ivins
" A New York Times editorial contemplates Iraq "
Dec 29 2005
Alexander Cockburn
" A man without a country "
Dec 28 2005
David Swanson
" White phosphorous: the U.S. used it; the U.S. says it's illegal "
Dec 28 2005
David Swanson
" This could scarcely be clearer "
Dec 28 2005
Molly Ivins
" Rejecting Arnold "
Dec 28 2005
Harvey Wasserman
" Fog Facts "
Dec 26 2005
David Swanson
" Fear of the devil "
Dec 22 2005
Robert Koehler
" Eulogy for Stanley "Tookie" Williams "
Dec 22 2005
Jesse Jackson
" A new phase of bright spinning lies about Iraq "
Dec 22 2005
Norman Solomon
" Fantasy in Iraq "
Dec 21 2005
Molly Ivins
" The year of the vanished credibility "
Dec 21 2005
Alexander Cockburn
" Blackwell lifts Libertarian campaign theme: Freedom to Prosper a great idea "
Dec 19 2005
Robert Butler
" The solution we aren't considering "
Dec 19 2005
David Swanson
" Good old constitutional crisis "
Dec 19 2005
Molly Ivins
" Hidden in plane sight: U.S. media dodging air war in Iraq "
Dec 17 2005
Norman Solomon
" Colin Powell: Still craven after all these years "
Dec 17 2005
Norman Solomon
" Another mission accomplished "
Dec 15 2005
Molly Ivins
" Pre-procrastination Christmas booklist! "
Dec 13 2005
Molly Ivins
" The bogus blurring of terrorism and insurgency in Iraq "
Dec 13 2005
Norman Solomon
" At the gates of San Quentin "
Dec 13 2005
Norman Solomon
" Bush's troubles "
Dec 13 2005
Alexander Cockburn
" Scotland: stop the war! "
Dec 10 2005
David Swanson
" Rumsfeld’s handshake deal with Saddam: history out of media bounds "
Dec 10 2005
Norman Solomon
" Progressive primary challenge to Hilary aunched "
Dec 06 2005
David Swanson
" Annual Christmas book list "
Dec 06 2005
Molly Ivins
" An international peace movement building "
Dec 04 2005
David Swanson
" Precarious lives "
Dec 03 2005
Paul Loeb
" Talking for God, taking for personal gain "
Dec 01 2005
Molly Ivins
" A Congressman for impeachment "
Nov 30 2005
David Swanson
" Colin Powell: Still craven after all these years "
Nov 30 2005
Norman Solomon
" Republicans panic "
Nov 30 2005
Alexander Cockburn
" Let's make lemonade this Thanksgiving "
Nov 24 2005
Molly Ivins
" Thanksgiving and more taking "
Nov 24 2005
Norman Solomon
" Drowning the hard questions: A Nova special "
Nov 24 2005
Paul Loeb
" Friday night Congress: what was that? "
Nov 23 2005
David Swanson
" Getting out of Iraq "
Nov 22 2005
Norman Solomon
" Teach our children well "
Nov 20 2005
Todd Huffman
" First the lying, then the pardon "
Nov 18 2005
Alexander Cockburn
" Which Bush crony will be the next Brownie? "
Nov 17 2005
Molly Ivins
" Bonifaz: A candidate for the rest of us "
Nov 15 2005
David Swanson
" Are they stupid, or are they lying? "
Nov 14 2005
Molly Ivins
" The Perversions of Power "
Nov 13 2005
Cynthia L. Butler
" What have we become? "
Nov 10 2005
Molly Ivins
" Did Libby's lies cost Kerry the White House? Answer: No. "
Nov 10 2005
Alexander Cockburn
" The Brownie memos "
Nov 08 2005
Molly Ivins
" The Bush-Cheney ethics refresher course "
Nov 07 2005
David Swanson
" 53% of Americans support impeachment; ImpeachPAC announced! "
Nov 05 2005
David Swanson
" Axis of hardliners, from Tehran to Washington "
Nov 05 2005
Norman Solomon
" I can't wait "
Nov 03 2005
David Swanson
" Worst legacy of the Bush years "
Nov 03 2005
Molly Ivins
" Leaping lightly "
Nov 01 2005
Molly Ivins
" After the Libby indictment, the press is acquitting itself "
Oct 31 2005
Norman Solomon
" The real Rosa Parks "
Oct 31 2005
Paul Loeb
" Bush's wheels falling off "
Oct 30 2005
Jesse Jackson
" Diane Wilson, magnificent unreasonableness "
Oct 25 2005
Molly Ivins
" Iraq is not Vietnam. But... "
Oct 25 2005
Norman Solomon
" Media at a huge crossroads, 25 years after Reagan’s triumph "
Oct 25 2005
Norman Solomon
" Hard conversations about the big easy "
Oct 24 2005
Paul Loeb
" How do we fix this mess? "
Oct 20 2005
Molly Ivins
" Hard questions about the big easy "
Oct 19 2005
Paul Loeb
" I'll stay with the winning side "
Oct 19 2005
Alexander Cockburn
" Good ideas on how to fix things "
Oct 18 2005
Molly Ivins
" Judith Miller, the Fourth Estate and the Warfare State "
Oct 17 2005
Norman Solomon
" Peering Under the Plame Outing "
Oct 16 2005
David Swanson
" The news media are knocking Bush -- and propping him up "
Oct 16 2005
Norman Solomon
" The occasional media ritual of lamenting the habitual "
Oct 15 2005
Norman Solomon
" Pensions "
Oct 14 2005
Molly Ivins
" What’s happening out of camera range? "
Oct 14 2005
Norman Solomon
" Outrage of the Week "
Oct 12 2005
Molly Ivins
" “The War on Terror” -- in Translation "
Oct 10 2005
Norman Solomon
" Dems Go After Bennett, Salem Radio Network, FCC "
Oct 09 2005
David Swanson
" The big picture "
Oct 06 2005
Molly Ivins
" Bunker Time: Harriet Miers "
Oct 06 2005
Molly Ivins
" Bill Bennett’s comments emerge from an ideology that is classic white supremacy, Rev. Jesse Jackson says "
Oct 05 2005
Jesse Jackson
" Will Harriet Miers vote to overturn Bush’s conspiracy conviction? "
Oct 04 2005
Harvey Wasserman
" In support of weakness on national security "
Oct 03 2005
David Swanson
" Ronnie Earle, partisan fanatic? "
Sep 30 2005
Molly Ivins
" The KatrinaRita "
Sep 27 2005
Molly Ivins
" It's time to name all Hurricanes "George" and to end "Bushwahr 3" "
Sep 25 2005
Harvey Wasserman
" A giant snit "
Sep 22 2005
Molly Ivins
" Beyond the “Vietnam Syndrome” "
Sep 21 2005
Norman Solomon
" Rev. Jackson Recommends a 21st Century Marshall Plan That Reinvests in the Gulf Coast "
Sep 20 2005
Jesse Jackson
" Project Censored 2006 "
Sep 20 2005
Molly Ivins
" Dodging the Costs of the Warfare State "
Sep 20 2005
Norman Solomon
" The Bankruptcy Act and New Orleans "
Sep 17 2005
Molly Ivins
" Dear Dubya, Your Pal, Perry "
Sep 15 2005
Molly Ivins
" Levee Town "
Sep 15 2005
Alexander Cockburn
" Bush the war flop "
Sep 11 2005
Harvey Wasserman
" Keeping his eyes on the prize "
Sep 08 2005
Jesse Jackson
" Four Years On "
Sep 08 2005
Todd Huffman
" Where to look first "
Sep 08 2005
Molly Ivins
" In Memoriam: Bill Moss (1935-2005) "
Sep 08 2005
Bob Fitrakis
" Free Press Heroes "
Sep 08 2005
Free Press Staff
" Linking anti-war and global justice protests "
Sep 08 2005
Free Press Staff
" From Mitch to Katrina: nature is politics "
Sep 07 2005
Alexander Cockburn
" Firing Michael Brown is not enough. How about Bush and Cheney? "
Sep 06 2005
Norman Solomon
" Katrina: A tragedy made worse "
Sep 04 2005
Jesse Jackson
" Missing the forest for the uprooted floating trees "
Sep 04 2005
David Swanson
" Happy Labor Day, comrades "
Sep 04 2005
Molly Ivins
" All Supreme Court appointments must be postponed "
Sep 04 2005
Harvey Wasserman
" Bush’s implicit answer to Cindy Sheehan’s question "
Sep 04 2005
Norman Solomon
" Paul Allen's other yacht "
Sep 04 2005
Paul Loeb
" Bush to New Orleans: Drop Dead "
Sep 03 2005
Harvey Wasserman
" Ending the Impunity of the Bush White House "
Sep 02 2005
Norman Solomon
" Bush Strafes New Orleans, Where's Huey Long? "
Sep 02 2005
Greg Palast
" 911 in New Orleans "
Sep 02 2005
Paul Loeb
" Solidarity Forev ... ooops, make that, Solidarity Later "
Sep 01 2005
Molly Ivins
" Real consequences "
Sep 01 2005
Molly Ivins
" New Orleans after Katrina "
Aug 31 2005
Alexander Cockburn
" Rev. Jackson comments on personal meeting with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez "
Aug 30 2005
Rainbow PUSH
" Blink "
Aug 30 2005
Molly Ivins
" Triangulation for war "
Aug 30 2005
Norman Solomon
" The trouble with deregulation "
Aug 27 2005
Molly Ivins
" Fear, loathing and Cindy Sheehan "
Aug 27 2005
Alexander Cockburn
" Four Years On "
Aug 25 2005
Todd Huffman
" Armstrong bikes with president over Sheehan grave "
Aug 25 2005
Greg Palast
" Bush’s option to escalate the war in Iraq "
Aug 24 2005
Norman Solomon
" Sheehan breakthroughs, unbridgeable divides, and taboos unbroken "
Aug 22 2005
David Swanson
" The Iraq War and MoveOn "
Aug 22 2005
Norman Solomon
" Can Cindy Sheehan end the war? "
Aug 18 2005
Alexander Cockburn
" Blaming the antiwar messengers "
Aug 17 2005
Norman Solomon
" Someone Tell Frank Rich the War Is Not Over "
Aug 16 2005
Norman Solomon
" Rage against the killing of the light "
Aug 11 2005
Norman Solomon
" The "stricken" president: when down is up "
Aug 11 2005
Alexander Cockburn
" Not So "Intelligent" "
Aug 10 2005
Todd Huffman
" Orphan Nagasaki "
Aug 09 2005
Harvey Wasserman
" Big Star-Spangled Lies for War "
Aug 08 2005
Norman Solomon
" Solomon's Unspinning of War "
Aug 07 2005
David Swanson
" The Incredible Blight of TV Punditry "
Aug 07 2005
Norman Solomon
" Media flagstones along a path to war on Iran "
Aug 04 2005
Norman Solomon
" Bill Moss "
Aug 03 2005
Paddy Shaffer
" Who's the real martyr, Judy Miller or Jim DeFede? "
Aug 03 2005
Alexander Cockburn
" Lawyers, guns and money: Just put down that lawsuit, pardner, and no one gets hurt "
Aug 01 2005
Greg Palast
" Lance Armstrong and America: Harvey Wasserman Letter in Today's NYTimes "
Jul 29 2005
Harvey Wasserman
" Thomas Friedman, Liberal Sadist? "
Jul 29 2005
Norman Solomon
" The function of political scandal "
Jul 29 2005
Alexander Cockburn
" Speaking truth to Roberts "
Jul 28 2005
Paul Loeb
" John Roberts and the Federalist Society* "
Jul 27 2005
Molly Ivins
" The AFL-CIO, CWC, SEIU, and tough SOBs "
Jul 26 2005
Molly Ivins
" Business as usual with Judge Roberts; straight corporate, with Pepto-Bismol chaser "
Jul 21 2005
Jeffery St. Clair
" Debating William Westmoreland "
Jul 21 2005
Harvey Wasserman
" General Westmoreland’s death wish and the war in Iraq "
Jul 21 2005
Norman Solomon
" That smile on the face of the Tiger: Do animals have expressions? "
Jul 21 2005
Alexander Cockburn
" We're missing the point "
Jul 19 2005
Molly Ivins
" War and Venture Capitalism "
Jul 18 2005
Norman Solomon
" Karl Rove, the CIA, and the media "
Jul 14 2005
Molly Ivins
" Will traitor Rove follow father figure Nixon's fatal footsteps? "
Jul 14 2005
Harvey Wasserman
" Don't you dare call it treason "
Jul 14 2005
Alexander Cockburn
" The Enemy of Our Enemy May Still Be the Enemy of Democracy "
Jul 13 2005
Paul Loeb
" Terrorism, "the War on Terror" and the Message of Carnage "
Jul 10 2005
Norman Solomon
" London terrorist bombings mirror Bush's Terrorist Energy Plan "
Jul 09 2005
Harvey Wasserman
" Eaten alive by corruption "
Jul 07 2005
Molly Ivins
" Judith Miller -- Drum Major for War "
Jul 07 2005
Norman Solomon
" Mourn on the Fourth of July "
Jul 01 2005
Norman Solomon
" They Died for Their Country "
Jul 01 2005
Paul Loeb
" The liberal straw man "
Jun 28 2005
Molly Ivins
" This July 4, let's enshrine the Ten Amendments, not the Ten Commandments, as America's true Patriot Act "
Jun 28 2005
Harvey Wasserman
" What matters about Guttermeister Rove is that he's evil ... and soon over "
Jun 25 2005
Harvey Wasserman
" Follow the money "
Jun 23 2005
Molly Ivins
" The history of smoking guns "
Jun 23 2005
Alexander Cockburn
" More damning than Downing Street "
Jun 21 2005
Paul Loeb
" Re: "Did Bush steal the 2004 election?" "
Jun 19 2005
Nancy Kuhn
" PBS, CPB, and Republican bias "
Jun 19 2005
Molly Ivins
" For Father: Dad's business "
Jun 17 2005
Harvey Wasserman
" Letter From Tehran: In Washington's Cross-Hairs "
Jun 16 2005
Norman Solomon
" Juries and lynch mobs: What if Jackson had been on trial in Massachusetts? "
Jun 16 2005
Alexander Cockburn
" Bush's high office appointments "
Jun 15 2005
Molly Ivins
" Extraordinarily rancid justices "
Jun 10 2005
Paul Loeb
" Communicating Regional Sustainability "
Jun 08 2005
David Swanson
" The Hyper Rich "
Jun 08 2005
Molly Ivins
" Indians pay conservative lobbyists to meet with Bush "
Jun 07 2005
Molly Ivins
" The Fundamentalist attack on separation of church and state defames America and its founders "
Jun 03 2005
Harvey Wasserman
" More fun from Texas "
Jun 02 2005
Molly Ivins
" Catapulting the propaganda "
May 30 2005
Molly Ivins
" The irony surplus "
May 26 2005
Molly Ivins
" And Now, It's Time For ... "Media Jeopardy!" "
May 26 2005
Norman Solomon
" National Laboratory for Bad Government "
May 25 2005
Molly Ivins
" Bolton Blunders and other GOP idiocy "
May 20 2005
Cynthia L. Butler
" Blurb: End the filibuster -- in 2015 "
May 20 2005
Paul Loeb
" The Koran and Guantanamo "
May 18 2005
Molly Ivins
" This is a revoltin "
May 18 2005
Molly Ivins
" The Beginning Of The End Of The Age Of Reason "
May 16 2005
Todd Huffman
" Nuking Democracy "
May 14 2005
Paul Loeb
" Political Bluster and the Filibuster "
May 13 2005
Norman Solomon
" Meanwhile, back in Iraq "
May 10 2005
Molly Ivins
" Four bloody lies of war, from Havana 1898 to Baghdad 2003 "
May 08 2005
Harvey Wasserman
" The current state of American energy policy "
May 05 2005
Molly Ivins
" Progressive indexing? Oh, you mean cutting Social Security benefits? "
May 04 2005
Molly Ivins
" Iraq: War, Aid and Public Relations "
May 03 2005
Norman Solomon
" Populist lagniappe "
Apr 28 2005
Molly Ivins
" The nuclear option and judicial activists "
Apr 26 2005
Molly Ivins
" Intervention spin cycle "
Apr 26 2005
Norman Solomon
" John Bolton vote delay "
Apr 21 2005
Molly Ivins
" What They Should Fight For "
Apr 20 2005
David Swanson
" I like conservatives "
Apr 19 2005
Molly Ivins
" When Media Dogs Don’t Bark "
Apr 18 2005
Norman Solomon
" Why Iraq Withdrawal Makes Sense "
Apr 17 2005
Norman Solomon
" The real consequences of Tax Day "
Apr 13 2005
Molly Ivins
" Technical violations: oh, they're all related "
Apr 12 2005
Molly Ivins
" Beyond the Narrow Limits of News Coverage "
Apr 07 2005
Norman Solomon
" Non-parent in residence "
Apr 05 2005
Molly Ivins
" Abortion and Schiavo -- The stories we tell "
Apr 05 2005
Paul Loeb
" How and Why We're Working to Block the Bankruptcy Bill "
Apr 01 2005
David Swanson
" Hypocrisy, the U.S. and the U.N. "
Apr 01 2005
Molly Ivins
" A Quarterly Report from Bush-Cheney Media Enterprises "
Apr 01 2005
Norman Solomon
" Statement on the Passing of Terri Schiavo "
Mar 31 2005
Jesse Jackson
" Truly crazy: the Cheney energy policy "
Mar 29 2005
Molly Ivins
" Little Reporting on Paranoia in High Places "
Mar 26 2005
Norman Solomon
" No Troops, No Wars "
Mar 24 2005
Yoshie Furuhashi
" If Jesus returns, Karl Rove will kill him "
Mar 22 2005
Harvey Wasserman
" The Schiavo mistake "
Mar 21 2005
Molly Ivins
" Why Iraq Withdrawal Makes Sense "
Mar 21 2005
Norman Solomon
" This guy smells like a slop jar "
Mar 16 2005
Molly Ivins
" Government produced "news" "
Mar 15 2005
Molly Ivins
" Arrogant, humorless, self-righteous and confrontational "
Mar 10 2005
Molly Ivins
" Republicans maneuvering to get Voting Rights Act killed "
Mar 10 2005
Jesse Jackson
" Go, Byrd "
Mar 07 2005
Molly Ivins
" Senator Byrd is correct to equate Bush with Hitler "
Mar 07 2005
Harvey Wasserman
" Selma 40 Years Later "
Mar 06 2005
Jesse Jackson
" When Junk Interrupts Junk "
Mar 04 2005
Norman Solomon
" Bankruptcy Bill: A gift to big bankers and credit card companies "
Mar 03 2005
Molly Ivins
" They're at it again "
Mar 01 2005
Molly Ivins
" Ex-Presidents as Pitchmen: Touting Good Deeds "
Feb 25 2005
Norman Solomon
" Yeah, it's really terrible what the president of Harvard said "
Feb 24 2005
Molly Ivins
" Fiscal nonsense "
Feb 22 2005
Molly Ivins
" LTTE: Regressive Republicans "
Feb 20 2005
Todd Huffman
" Tort reform: not as simple as they'd like you to think "
Feb 16 2005
Molly Ivins
" The President's budget "
Feb 16 2005
Molly Ivins
" Far from Media Spotlights, the Shadows of “Losers” "
Feb 13 2005
Norman Solomon
" More bad news from Bush "
Feb 10 2005
Molly Ivins
" What They Really Mean... "
Feb 10 2005
Norman Solomon
" A no-brainer "
Feb 08 2005
Molly Ivins
" Bush to Social Security: Drop Dead "
Feb 05 2005
Harvey Wasserman
" State of the Union speech falls short, says Rev. Jesse Jackson "
Feb 03 2005
Jesse Jackson
" Divide between Bush's rhetoric and reality "
Feb 03 2005
Molly Ivins
" Iraq Media Coverage: Too Much Stenography, Not Enough Curiosity "
Feb 03 2005
Norman Solomon
" International election black clouds "
Feb 01 2005
Molly Ivins
" Ohio Electoral Justice Movement from the Inside "
Jan 28 2005
Amy Kaplan
" More complicated than George W. Bush thinks it is "
Jan 28 2005
Molly Ivins
" "Private accounts" versus "personal accounts" "
Jan 27 2005
Molly Ivins
" What, do you want to insult Condoleezza Rice's integrity? "
Jan 24 2005
Molly Ivins
" Alternate reality "
Jan 21 2005
Molly Ivins
" A Shaky Media Taboo -- Withdrawal from Iraq "
Jan 21 2005
Norman Solomon
" Open Letter to Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro from Representative John Conyers, Jr. "
Jan 20 2005
John Conyers
" Open Letter to Warren Mitofsky and Larry Rosin from Representative John Conyers, Jr. "
Jan 20 2005
John Conyers
" Character "
Jan 18 2005
Molly Ivins
" A flat out whopper "
Jan 13 2005
Molly Ivins
" Bush, God, Fox, and the International Criminal Court "
Jan 13 2005
David Swanson
" These people are slicker than bus station chili "
Jan 11 2005
Molly Ivins
" Prior-roarities "
Jan 09 2005
Molly Ivins
" What the election challenge means "
Jan 08 2005
David Swanson
" Acts of God, Acts of Media "
Jan 07 2005
Norman Solomon
" Seven key reasons why the vote must be challenged at the electoral college "
Jan 03 2005
Jesse Jackson
" Off to a bad start "
Jan 03 2005
Molly Ivins