Stories by Russ Baker
Russ Baker is a freelance journalist and essayist. His web site is www.russbaker.com.
Americans harbor a quaint belief a new president takes charge of a govt. eagerly awaiting his orders. But there are huge power centers that have their own agendas.
Posted on Nov 10, 2009, Source: TruthOut.org
George HW Bush gets a free pass for attacks without evidence, meanwhile his CIA ties remain largely ignored and his son's lies about Iraq remain unprosecuted.
Posted on Oct 21, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Nemazee was much more than just a Clinton fundraiser -- he was a bipartisan financier of the influence bazaar that American politics has become.
Posted on Aug 28, 2009, Source: WhoWhatWhy.com
Bush may be gone, but his influence -- and the forces that put him in office -- aren't.
Posted on Jan 22, 2009, Source: AlterNet
The man who helped make Bush's first fortune now wants to claim the Clinton campaign. Is someone cooking the books at Hillary Inc.?
Posted on Oct 22, 2007, Source: The Nation
They claim to be 'centrists,' but these D.C. Dems -- whose corporate agendas aren't too different from Bush administration policies -- are living proof that the system needs fixing.
Posted on Aug 24, 2006, Source: AlterNet
The ongoing GOP corruption scandals are just the tip of the iceberg. The real problem is how business is done every day in Washington.
Posted on May 11, 2006, Source: TomPaine.com
The media responded to the Katrina debacle with some high winds of their own.
Posted on Sep 7, 2005, Source: TomPaine.com
The New York Times reporter who helped spread the fallacy that Saddam Hussein had WMD has a new beat: discrediting the United Nations.
Posted on Jun 24, 2005, Source: AlterNet
Thus far, the environmental movement and progressives in general have not done nearly enough to engage the millions of Americans who hunt and fish.
Posted on Mar 28, 2005, Source: AlterNet
As time passes and allegations of fraud are investigated, it seems clearer that the story of the 2004 election is more about incompetence and dysfunction than intentional misconduct.
Posted on Jan 10, 2005, Source: TomPaine.com
There is increasing evidence that Bush left his Texas Air National Guard unit in '72 for Alabama because he was having problems piloting a fighter jet.
Posted on Sep 14, 2004, Source: The Nation
If the Times is serious about reform, it needs to stop looking just at troublesome cases like Jayson Blair and to examine its star system.
Posted on Jun 9, 2003, Source: The Nation
British reporting corraled facts and asked tough questions, while American press viewed the war as a chance to present an "exciting" story within narrow limits.
Posted on Apr 28, 2003, Source: The Nation
Journalists are wrapping themselves in the stars-and-stripes at a time when tough-minded reporting is needed more than ever.
Posted on Jun 14, 2002, Source: Columbia Journalism Review
