Stories by Stephen Pizzo
Stephen Pizzo is the author of numerous books, including Inside Job: The Looting of America's Savings and Loans, which was nominated for a Pulitzer.
It took 36 years to confirm that Nixon lied. Do we have to wait another 36 years to find out whether the Bush administration lied to us too?
Posted on Nov 18, 2005, Source: News for Real
We know now that George W. Bush is not trainable. What we see is what we get -- and that's exactly what we're going to get for three more years unless we stop him.
Posted on Nov 15, 2005, Source: News for Real
In the French riots, it's poor immigrants making all the noise. Here, it will be American workers who had a taste of middle-class life, only to have it snatched away.
Posted on Nov 9, 2005, Source: News for Real
Bush's record of handling actual crises hardly inspires confidence, which is why his big plan to fight avian flu is just one more cause for worry.
Posted on Nov 3, 2005, Source: News for Real
Another generation of American kids are dying and being maimed for life because someone in high office lied and then covered it up -- or, in this case,
tried to cover it up.
Posted on Nov 1, 2005, Source: News for Real
Legal experts are already debating whether the Wilsons have a case. These are the same experts who thought Jones' case was going nowhere in court -- instead of leading to Clinton's impeachment.
Posted on Oct 29, 2005, Source: News for Real
Karl Rove may have more to worry about than prosecutor Fitzgerald, when even the most loyal members of Bush's clan get axed when they become a liability.
Posted on Oct 28, 2005, Source: News for Real
Ninety percent of Americans believe the Bush administration is guilty of illegal or unethical behavior in the CIA leak case. Where does that leave our president?
Posted on Oct 27, 2005, Source: News for Real
As Fitzgerald began following the Plame leak, he discovered it was part of a conspiracy to conceal crimes much bigger than just blowing a CIA agent's cover.
Posted on Oct 26, 2005, Source: News for Real
Why not just streamline hiring at federally funded faith-based organizations by requiring that everyone's religious affiliation be tattooed on their arms?
Posted on Oct 22, 2005, Source: News for Real
If Dems win in the 2006 and 2008 elections, but fail to define what they stand for, the country will be no better off. Here's how Democrats can again become a great party.
Posted on Oct 13, 2005, Source: News for Real
This President begins every new project with the boyish enthusiasm of Homer Simpson. Take his scheme to let corporations repatriate their profits, for instance.
Posted on Oct 7, 2005, Source: News for Real
Recessions begin when consumers suddenly discover they can no longer keep pace with their bills. And this one has already begun.
Posted on Oct 5, 2005, Source: News for Real
Look who's getting off easy in 'rebuilding' the Big Easy: the same companies that have been getting fat off rebuilding Iraq.
Posted on Sep 13, 2005, Source: News for Real
In Iraq and now in New Orleans, this administration seems to suffer from post-action paralysis, a deadly lack of follow through.
Posted on Sep 4, 2005, Source: News for Real
Howard Dean will need help to shore up Washington Democrats' will to fight.
Posted on Aug 19, 2005, Source: AlterNet
The old AFL-CIO guard wasted millions of dollars in union dues trying to buy political friends, instead of actually organizing. If Democrats know what's good for them, they will side with 'New Labor.'
Posted on Jul 27, 2005, Source: News for Real
Need proof that the U.S. is on the down-slope of the empire bell curve? Take a look at our turkey of a space shuttle and the skyrocketing cost of medical care.
Posted on Jul 15, 2005, Source: News for Real
If imitation is the highest form of flattery, then ex-presidents Johnson and Nixon must be (the only ones) feeling good about Bush's speech on Tuesday.
Posted on Jun 30, 2005, Source: News for Real
Virtually all of George W.'s behavior in office can be explained by one single event: being saved. Complexity had driven George to drink. In simplicity he found peace, self-confidence and salvation.
Posted on Jun 28, 2005, Source: AlterNet
Sen. Richard Durbin shouldn't have apologized for comparing the U.S. military to a Nazi regime -- new details of alleged prisoner torture at Guantanamo are pushing us further down the slippery slope.
Posted on Jun 23, 2005, Source: News for Real
Instead of wasting time on Hillary Clinton, the Democratic Party, or what's left of it, should be searching right now for inspirational candidates to run for president.
Posted on Jun 3, 2005, Source: News for Real
Herbert Hoover may have triggered the Great Depression, but he didn't invade another nation on false pretenses, authorize torture of prisoners, or try to stack the courts.
Posted on May 20, 2005, Source: News for Real
Why did the FDA issue a warning about RU-486 but look the other way while thousands died from Vioxx? It has a lot to do with whose campaign benefits from pharmaceutical profits.
Posted on Nov 17, 2004, Source: TomPaine.com
Should Democrats become values whores?
Posted on Nov 3, 2004, Source: AlterNet
The U.S. economy added 32,000 workers in July – a far cry from the Bush administration's prediction of over 200,000.
Posted on Aug 6, 2004, Source: News for Real
Even as the Bush administration denounces and battles Islamic religious zealotry abroad, fundamental Christian zealotry is taking hold here at home.
Posted on Mar 28, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Those closest to George W. Bush -- notably Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld -- learned some valuable lessons from the Nixon presidency.
Posted on Feb 12, 2004, Source: TomPaine.com
Eventually American workers will be less and less able to fuel the product-consumption continuum that has been the engine of the American economy for the past 60 years.
Posted on Jan 20, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Halliburton's share of Iraq reconstruction contracts is but a
slice of a multi-billion dollar pie being divided up among a brotherhood of well connected individuals -- and here they are.
Posted on Oct 7, 2003, Source: misleader.com
The nation is consumed by the statistically unlikely fear that a terrorist will be our doorman to the hereafter.
Posted on Feb 16, 2003, Source: AlterNet
What did Democrats fight for in this election? Well, I can't say -- and that's the problem, neither could anyone else.
Posted on Nov 6, 2002, Source: AlterNet
The Daily Enron
Posted on Aug 9, 2002, Source: AlterNet
The Daily Enron
Posted on Aug 8, 2002, Source: The Daily Enron
The Daily Enron
Posted on Aug 7, 2002, Source: The Daily Enron
The Daily Enron
Posted on Aug 6, 2002, Source: The Daily Enron
The Daily Enron
Posted on Aug 5, 2002, Source: The Daily Enron
The Daily Enron
Posted on Aug 1, 2002, Source: The Daily Enron
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The Daily Enron
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