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How the Sexual Revolution Changed America Forever

Nancy L. Cohen, Counterpoint Press. February 5, 2012.

With a little pharmaceutical ingenuity, the double standard relaxed its clawing grip on female humanity.

How Dick Cheney's Radical Acts in the White House Still Threaten Our Democracy

David Swanson, Seven Stories Press. September 9, 2009.

In his new book, Daybreak, Swanson warns that Cheney radically transformed the role of the vice president into an unaccountable, dangerous seat of power.

Iraq: 'The Greatest Strategic Disaster in American History'

Patrick Cockburn, AlterNet. October 31, 2006.

The U.S. failure in Iraq has been even more damaging than Vietnam because the opponent was punier and the imperial ambitions even greater.