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Larry Beinhart is the author of "Wag the Dog," "The Librarian," and "Fog Facts: Searching for Truth in the Land of Spin." All available at nationbooks.org.subscribe to       's rss feed

Report From Iran: Should We Really Bomb These People?

Posted on Apr 5, 2008, Source: AlterNet

The author explains, "Iranians are among the most gracious and hospitable people I've ever met."

Huckabee's Biblical Madness: Dispatches From the War on Stupidity

Posted on Jan 30, 2008, Source: AlterNet

Fog Facts: Huckabee has radical proposals to change the Constitution based upon his factually incorrect statements on what the Bible says.

The Fraud of Bushenomics: They’re Looting the Country

Posted on Jan 19, 2008, Source: AlterNet

The voodoo economics the Bushies have sold America obscure their systematic fleecing of the nation's public wealth.

Bad Intelligence: America's History of Bungled Spying

Posted on Nov 19, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Fog Facts special: The spectacular intelligence failures of Bush's Iraq invasion and 9/11 are only the most recent installments in the United States' appalling history of spycraft.

Bush Gets Away with Lies, Lies and More Lies in History-Illiterate America

Posted on Aug 27, 2007, Source: AlterNet

George Bush and other Iraq War supporters have argued that if we withdraw from Iraq the result will be like the killing fields of Cambodia -- an odd comparison considering that the US has direct responsibility for that holocaust.

Prosecutor Scandal Is the Beginning of Bush's End

Posted on Apr 4, 2007, Source: BuzzFlash

The trail of breadcrumbs in the US attorney scandal starts at the Department of Justice, goes into the White House and heads right down the halls into the Oval Office.

Let's Face It, Penises Dominate American Politics

Posted on Oct 7, 2006, Source: BuzzFlash

Americans entering politics should not worry if they commit war crimes; the key to survival is to leave your sex organs at home before you do battle in Congress.

Nine Ways Republicans Are Ruining the Country

Posted on Aug 17, 2006, Source: BuzzFlash

Republicans are unimaginably bad on national security. Say it loud, say it often, it's the truth.

So Al, You Gonna Run?

Posted on Jan 30, 2006, Source: AlterNet

We don't need a Democan or Republicrat. We need a person of clear conviction -- and with his recent speech, Al Gore may have established himself as that man.

Narrating Through The Non-Fiction

Posted on Dec 3, 2004, Source: BuzzFlash

Narrative is one of the fundamental tools we use for organizing our lives. A trip to the grocery is organized as a narrative. So is a political campaign. So is a war.
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