Stories by Robert Parry
Robert Parry's new book is Secrecy & Privilege: Rise of the Bush Dynasty from Watergate to Iraq."
The public option offers the only means for a reform to be quickly implemented and to demonstrate a beneficial effect for the people by 2010 and 2012.
Posted on Oct 19, 2009, Source: Consortium News
Remember, this is the woman Republicans wanted to put a heart beat away from the Presidency. When did the GOP become so irresponsible?
Posted on Jul 6, 2009, Source: Consortium News
Even in special-interest-dominated Washington, it's rare for politicians to so blatantly privilege a private industry over the will of the people.
Posted on Jun 23, 2009, Source: Consortium News
The estimated 119 million Americans wanting to join the public option has made the debate over it into a death match for the insurance industry
Posted on Jun 13, 2009, Source: Consortium News
Rarely has an issue more dramatically highlighted the question of whether our government represents the people's interests or an industry's.
Posted on Jun 8, 2009, Source: Consortium News
The starting point for many of the catastrophes confronting the United States today can be traced to Reagan's presidency.
Posted on Jun 5, 2009, Source: Consortium News
The right-wing media still pull the reins in DC, where they could sink the Obama presidency and even stymie a Democratic Congress.
Posted on Apr 16, 2009, Source: Consortium News
Republicans seem incapable of coming up with any other strategy than to seek Obama's destruction, much as they torpedoed Clinton.
Posted on Mar 3, 2009, Source: Consortium News
To the American Right, those are fighting words, and leading conservatives are foaming at the mouth.
Posted on Mar 3, 2009, Source: Consortium News
When Republicans are in power "filibuster" is a dirty word, but when they're in the minority it's their favorite past time.
Posted on Feb 19, 2009, Source: Consortium News
Without an extreme double standard on terrorism, it's hard to see how today's bloodbath in Gaza would be possible.
Posted on Jan 5, 2009, Source: Consortium News
In a series of departing interviews, Cheney challenges anyone to repudiate the imperial presidency constructed in the Bush era.
Posted on Dec 24, 2008, Source: Consortium News
Deep-pocketed conservatives have long dominated the media landscape. If we want real change, it's time for progressives to fight fire with fire.
Posted on Nov 21, 2008, Source: Consortium News
Transforming modern Republicanism into something less partisan might be like teaching a boa constrictor which fork to use at dinner.
Posted on Nov 13, 2008, Source: Consortium News
Palin may not even understand the significance of her baseless attacks on Obama that are straight out of the neocon playbook.
Posted on Oct 8, 2008, Source: Consortium News
McCain and Palin reach a new level of campaign dishonesty as they tell lies about their records and their opponent. But will they pay a price?
Posted on Sep 15, 2008, Source: Consortium News
McCain is falsely clinging to his support of more troops in Iraq as the reason for decreasing violence. And the media is buying it.
Posted on Sep 10, 2008, Source: Consortium News
In her two executive jobs in Alaska, Palin ousted top law-enforcement officials because they were insufficiently loyal or not malleable enough.
Posted on Sep 2, 2008, Source: Consortium News
The price tag for John McCain's war lust would mean virtually every other national priority would be short-changed or neglected.
Posted on Aug 28, 2008, Source: Consortium News
Instead of acting like journalists, the mainstream media have become McCain's personal assistants, regurgitating his B.S. without question.
Posted on Aug 7, 2008, Source: Consortium News
If you listen to Bush's legal advisors, questions about the limits of his authority might not be hypothetical anymore.
Posted on Jun 30, 2008, Source: Consortium News
The Democratic leadership cleared the way for the president and his collaborators to evade punishment for defying the law.
Posted on Jun 21, 2008, Source: Consortium News
Is John McCain like George W. Bush, someone who has learned that the media is hesitant to call a Republican politician a liar?
Posted on Jun 14, 2008, Source: Consortium News
McCain is a hard-line neocon allied with Bush's 'preemptive war' theories abroad and his concept of an all-powerful 'unitary executive' at home.
Posted on Jun 9, 2008, Source: Consortium News
Imagine the dire consequences if McCain appoints a fifth radical Supreme Court justice who believes in an all-powerful Executive Branch.
Posted on May 16, 2008, Source: Consortium News
Behind the scenes, Hillary Clinton's campaign has been pushing a tenuous connection between Barack Obama and a Vietnam-era radical.
Posted on Apr 18, 2008, Source: Consortium News
We're already dangerously close to that reality.
Posted on Apr 14, 2008, Source: Consortium News
The Iraq War represents a systemic failure of American political and journalistic institutions.
Posted on Mar 19, 2008, Source: Consortium News
It comes down to which candidate believes in top-down politics, and which believes in bottom-up grassroots activism.
Posted on Mar 4, 2008, Source: Consortium News
Hillary has shown she'll do whatever it takes to win, even if that means overriding the majority of voters and skirting campaign finance laws.
Posted on Feb 18, 2008, Source: Consortium News
George Bush winks at indiscriminate killings, further tarring the reputation of the U.S. military.
Posted on Feb 15, 2008, Source: Consortium News
We could expect more truth and transparency for starters.
Posted on Feb 6, 2008, Source: Consortium News
It seems naive to hope Bush's successor will reject his most destructive policies.
Posted on Jan 24, 2008, Source: Consortium News
Hillary's third-place finish in Iowa dealt a stunning blow to the Clintons' attempt at establishing a political dynasty.
Posted on Jan 5, 2008, Source: Consortium News
Is Obama's admitted youthful drug use more dangerous than seven years of Secret Service files on Hil and Bill?
Posted on Dec 22, 2007, Source: Consortium News
Democrats think the public is just interested in new social programs, but voters are looking for something more inspirational.
Posted on Dec 12, 2007, Source: Consortium News
The neocons may have lost a lot of clout with Bush, but it's dangerous to assume they are out of power.
Posted on Dec 8, 2007, Source: Consortium News
For decades, the Bush family has operated above the law, using powerful connections to brush aside evidence that would put lesser Americans in the slammer.
Posted on Nov 26, 2007, Source: Consortium News
Hillary Clinton has been subject to regular surveillance by Bush's Executive Branch -- and history suggests that it might be used against her in the coming election.
Posted on Nov 6, 2007, Source: Consortium News
Al Gore’s supporters are making a last-ditch bid to convince him to make another run for the presidency. Will he change his mind now that he's won the Nobel Peace Prize?
Posted on Oct 12, 2007, Source: Consortium News
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