Melissa McEwan, Shakesville AlterNet: PEEK. July 3, 2009. Former Bush administration officials say documents detailing Cheney's involvement must remain secret. The Obama administration agrees! Hopey changey!
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. July 2, 2009. And for some reason, major newspapers seem compelled to keep publishing his thoughts on the subject.
Steven D., Booman Tribune AlterNet: PEEK. July 1, 2009. Almost everyone on both sides of the political aisle agrees that Saudi Arabia is a key ally of the United States in the Middle East. Why?
Robert Scheer, Truthdig. June 27, 2009. Americans are now $14 trillion poorer. Many who thought they were middle class have now joined the ranks of the poor.
David Price, CounterPunch. June 24, 2009. The "Pat Roberts Intelligence Scholars Program" may become a permanent budget item, making universities unwitting agents of state intelligence.
Nick Turse, Tomdispatch.com. June 19, 2009. They shredded our economic safety nets, but for them jobs are plentiful and lucrative. You'll be surprised to know who's cashing in and where.
Stephen Zunes, AlterNet. June 15, 2009. Can the United States speed the process for greater freedom in Iran? Yes. By staying out of the way as much as possible.
Faiz Shakir, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. June 12, 2009. House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) pins the blame for his party's current failures on the Bush presidency.
Tom Engelhardt, Tomdispatch.com. June 12, 2009. Empire. It's the word no one in Washington can say. Its absence from the conversation is at the heart of what makes our empire so hard to define.
Robert Parry, Consortium News. June 5, 2009. The starting point for many of the catastrophes confronting the United States today can be traced to Reagan's presidency.
Amy DePaul, AlterNet. June 1, 2009. Social conservatives scored a victory when the Obama Administration decided to keep a Bush program promoting marriage.
Clive Hamilton, CounterPunch. May 25, 2009. Bush explained to French Pres. Chirac that the Biblical creatures Gog and Magog were at work in the Mid-East and must be defeated.
Joshua Holland, AlterNet. May 18, 2009. Conspiracy theories often pre-empt substantive analysis of the real political structures that shape our society.
Robert Scheer, Truthdig. May 15, 2009. Nancy Pelosi is no Dick Cheney, nor a George Bush. But her failure to fight the Bush Administration's torture policies is a betrayal of public trust.
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. May 14, 2009. Pelosi's assertion that the CIA wasn't upfront has Republicans fuming. The phrase of the day? "Feigned outrage."
Isaac Fitzgerald, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. May 11, 2009. Should we sacrifice justice for political gain? Of course not, but not everyone feels that way.
