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Stories by Larry Beinhart

Larry Beinhart is the author of "Wag the Dog," "The Librarian," and "Fog Facts: Searching for Truth in the Land of Spin." His latest book is Salvation Boulevard. Responses can be sent to beinhart@earthlink.net.

The Right's Jack Bauer Fantasy: 'Clip the Electrodes to His Balls and Turn on the Juice'

"24" helped brainwash Americans to accept the brutal, illegal actions of the Bush administration.
Posted on Feb 5, 2009, Source: AlterNet

Why Do People Believe in God?

Many people continue to clutch to their belief in God, even though there's no evidence of a higher power. Why?
Posted on Jan 31, 2009, Source: AlterNet

Why You Should Be Screaming for Higher Taxes

Why are we so resistant to raising taxes? It's our nature. Nobody likes to give up their own money for the common good.
Posted on Jan 12, 2009, Source: AlterNet

Why Belief Isn't That Different for Atheists or Religious People

We never know 100 percent about anything. There's always an information gap between ourselves and certainty.
Posted on Jan 6, 2009, Source: AlterNet

Why Atheism May Be the Best Way to Understand God

Only a lack of belief in God offers the possibility of increasing our understanding of him or her.
Posted on Dec 19, 2008, Source: AlterNet

We're Witnessing the Return of Religion as a Principle Cause of Warfare

Why did faith re-emerge as the driving force in America and in the politics of many Islamic countries?
Posted on Dec 9, 2008, Source: AlterNet

Why the Economy Grows Like Crazy Amid High Taxes

The raw truth is that the economy has grown faster when taxes were higher, but how can we explain that phenomenon?
Posted on Nov 17, 2008, Source: AlterNet

Tax Cuts: The B.S. and the Facts

That tax cuts stimulate the economy is taken as a matter of faith, but the brute facts suggest otherwise.
Posted on Nov 11, 2008, Source: AlterNet

Thanks to Sarah Palin, We Get to See the Cruelness of the GOP as It Really Is

Palin has helped reveal to the public pit-bull snarl that rouses GOP supporters to cry out, "Traitor!" against Obama, and "Kill him!"
Posted on Nov 3, 2008, Source: AlterNet

Let's Keep Religion Away from the Ballot Box

It's wrong the way we line up the presidential candidates and cross-examine them about their faith.
Posted on Oct 25, 2008, Source: AlterNet

A Crash Course in Economic Crashes

Each week, sometimes daily now, we slide by a new economic warning sign, by another wreck that's already off the road.
Posted on Sep 16, 2008, Source: AlterNet

New York Times Perpetuates the Myth that George Bush Won the 2000 Election

They buried the truth about the 2000 election, and they're still burying it today.
Posted on May 29, 2008, Source: AlterNet

A Jew's Eye View of Iran

The condition of the Jews in Iran is a matter of political significance.
Posted on May 15, 2008, Source: AlterNet

The Myths and Harsh Effects of Bush's Economic Class War

The recession of 2001 never ended -- at least not for ordinary Americans.
Posted on Apr 28, 2008, Source: AlterNet

Four Myths Government and Media Use to Scare Us About 'Dictators'

Fog Facts: The Bush White House calls Iran's President Ahmadinejad a "dictator" when he isn't -- part of scaring the public into thinking preemptive war is a good thing.
Posted on Oct 2, 2007, Source: AlterNet

What Is Iraq Costing You?

The War in Iraq has cost about $453 billion to date. That's pretty hard to grasp. Especially on my income and probably on yours. Let's bring that home and make it a little more understandable.
Posted on Sep 24, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Petraeus: A Failure by His Own Standards

Fog Facts: How can we expect the man who failed at doing just part of the job -- training Iraqi soldiers -- to succeed now that he has the whole job?
Posted on Sep 21, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Bush's "Magic" Economic Formula: The Rich Get Richer; Regular People Lose Ground

The economy keeps growing, as does the enormous largesse of the wealthy, while the average person makes less than they did when Bush took Office. This is Bush's magic economic formula.
Posted on Jun 4, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Wiretapping Wouldn't Have Prevented 9/11

History shows that it was secrecy and incompetence that helped the hijackers get on those planes.
Posted on May 19, 2006, Source: BuzzFlash

Excerpt: The Fog That Cloaks Hypocrisy

Like Bush's dreams of democracy in Iraq, most of the worst lies in our society find their source in colossal delusion.
Posted on Dec 13, 2005, Source: AlterNet