Byard Duncan, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. September 15, 2009. What do the president's most recent remarks on Afghanistan say about his willingness to heed history's lessons?
Tom Engelhardt, Tomdispatch.com. July 27, 2009. We can't just "move forward." We need to face who we've been and just how badly we've acted, if we care to become something better.
Chris Hedges, Truthdig. April 7, 2009. If we don't stop the rapacious looting of the public treasury, we'll be left with trillions in debts and a robust police state.
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. December 24, 2008. Coulter's bizarre missive will one day offer historians evidence of "the death of America's conservative majority."
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: War on Iraq. December 17, 2008. Prominent administration officials and/or Bush allies push the notion that the war in Iraq really was a great idea, reality notwithstanding.
Digby, Hullabaloo AlterNet: PEEK. November 30, 2008. "I'd like to be a president [known] as somebody who liberated 50 million people and helped achieve peace."
Amanda, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. September 8, 2008. This effort has taken on increased urgency as the Bush administration prepares to leave office.
Greg Grandin, The Nation. July 19, 2008. Readers of Fidel Castro's 'My Life' will hear all about the Cuban Revolution, but no apologies for its suppression of dissent.
Joshua Holland, AlterNet. June 2, 2008. Redefining the word "immigrant" is an attempt to differentiate between those they hate and their own grandparents.
Anne Hardgrove, Open Magazine. May 27, 2008. The Kama Sutra is far more complex than a mere listing of contortionist sexual positions; it provides a manual for living the good life.
Arianna Huffington, Huffington Post. May 20, 2008. Even though Rocky didn't win, he was ultimately seen as a triumphant figure. And that's how Hillary will be seen too.
John Walsh, Independent UK. August 29, 2007. One hundred years ago, Vogue coined the term 'brassiere' and launched a billion-dollar industry that changed the way women dress for ever.
Juan Cole, Tomdispatch.com. August 25, 2007. There are times when the resonances of history are positively eerie. The parallels of Napoleon's occupation of Egypt with Bush's disaster in Iraq are enough to make you jump out of your chair.
Nicholas von Hoffman, The Nation. February 19, 2007. Buchanan, Harding, Nixon, Dubya ...? Much more fun than your high school History class, this year's President's Day tribute is to the very worst of them.
