Tom Engelhardt, Frida Berrigan, Tomdispatch.com. February 29, 2008. Five years into Iraq, Bush denies any link between Americans' economic pain and war spending.
Scott Ritter, Truthdig. February 8, 2008. As nice as it would be for some hope that the "surge" worked, the truth is that the disaster in Iraq has only just begun.
Jan Frel, AlterNet. September 21, 2007. In Europe and Canada debate is raging about Naomi Klein's new book on disaster capitalism, The Shock Doctrine. This interview with Klein considers why U.S. public debate is unable to ask fundamental questions about our economic system.
Onnesha Roychoudhuri, AlterNet. August 31, 2007. Author of the new book The Culture of Calamity, Kevin Rozario explains why we are so fond of a good crisis.