Stephen Zunes, Foreign Policy in Focus. October 13, 2009. Recently, the White House called an extensive, 575-page report documenting Israeli and Palestinian crimes "deeply flawed." Has American denial reached a critical mass?
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.
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. January 26, 2009. Obama's administration will engage in "direct diplomacy" with Iran, the newly installed U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said Monday.
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. January 13, 2009. The U.S. Secretary of State helped write and "fully supports" a resolution, and then suddenly decides she doesn't want to vote for it?
Satyam Khanna, Think Progress AlterNet: War on Iraq. December 17, 2008. A panel commissioned by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has called for the security firm's contract not to be renewed next year.
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.
The Littlest Gator, Group News Blog AlterNet: PEEK. May 20, 2008. World prices on rice eased after Pakistan announced it will export 1 million tons to ease the food crisis.
Ira Chernus, AlterNet. April 28, 2008. If the U.S. or Israel were to accept Hamas' willingness to negotiate, they would tacitly acknowledge that Hamas is a player in the game.
Otto Spengler, Asia Times. April 24, 2008. China is exchanging its depreciating reserves of the greenback for things of value, notably rice, with deadly consequences for U.S. foreign policy.
Pam Spaulding, Pam's House Blend AlterNet: PEEK. April 1, 2008. Woohoo! Lou "fear of the Brown Menace" Dobbs unleashes a torrent of spittle about race.
Ben Armbruster, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. March 28, 2008. Perhaps one casualty of the Iraq war has been the conservative belief in personal responsibility.
Faiz Shakir, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. March 8, 2008. 9/11 Commission staff director Philip Zelikow was not interested in pursuing criticisms against Rice.
Matt Corley, Think Progress AlterNet: Video. February 14, 2008. Rep. Wexler pressed Rice to explain the inconsistencies, asking "isn't it true that you had intelligence that cast doubt on your repeated claims?"
Amanda Terkel, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. February 4, 2008. A new book singles out Condoleezza Rice as inept, more interested in being President Bush's buddy than securing the nation.
Scarecrow, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. January 16, 2008. If the GOP assumes they can separate Bush's catastrophic polices from the damage those policies have on the US economy, they're in for a surprise.
Attaturk, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. January 15, 2008. It's always Munich 1938 for Bush and his kind and they are always Churchill and the rest of us are always Chamberlain.
Christy Hardin Smith, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. December 31, 2007. The Pakistani public is not buying the implausible BS coming out of Musharraf's government.