AltWeeklies Wire
No Exitnew
Will our troops ever come home?
Weekly Alibi |
Jerry Ortiz y Pino |
12-05-2006 |
Commentary
Flog Is My Co-Pilotnew
Boeing is alleged to be a travel agent for torture.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
12-04-2006 |
Business & Labor
What the Democrats Must Donew
Mandate for the new majority: Curb the president's power to torture.
The Village Voice |
Nat Hentoff |
11-30-2006 |
Commentary
Not So Pearly Gatesnew
Twenty years after Iran-Contra broke, it's deja vu all over again, with recent news about Ortega, Baker, and, most of all, Robert Gates.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
11-29-2006 |
Politics
Gatesgatenew
Illinois senators are noncommittal about the tarnished replacement for Rumsfeld.
Illinois Times |
C.D. Stelzer |
11-17-2006 |
Politics
Freedom Detainednew
Atlanta lawyers fight to gain rights for those held in Guantanamo.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Henry |
11-02-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: War on terror, detainees
Who Wins?new
Finally, it looks like a majority of Americans can see what the Bush administration's critics have warned for years -- that they will say or do anything, exploit any fear, invoke any prejudice to hold power.
INDY Week |
Richard Hart |
11-02-2006 |
Commentary
Normalizing Torturenew
The Bush administration's rationale for torture rests on a hypothetical argument, a legal argument, and a syllogism.
Artvoice |
Bruce Jackson |
10-27-2006 |
Commentary
American Inquisitionnew
The German citizen Khaled El-Masri was kidnapped from Macedonia, drugged and flown to Afghanistan where he was held for five months and where he suffered repeated beatings, humiliation and interrogation.
Boulder Weekly |
Pamela White |
10-23-2006 |
Commentary
Who Would Jesus Torture?new
What if, instead of attempting to elicit questionable information from enemies through torture, the church exhorted our government to see detainees as human beings, to feed them well and to treat them with decency?
LEO Weekly |
Joseph Phelps |
10-23-2006 |
Commentary
What Comes Around ...new
No, President Bush, there's never any justification for torture.
Illinois Times |
Julie Rea Harper |
10-19-2006 |
Commentary
Overcoming the National Stupiditynew
Lewis Lapham talks about politics, war, and where we go from here.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Amanda Witherell |
10-11-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Congress Bows To Bushnew
The new Military Commissions Act gives the president more power than ever.
The Village Voice |
Nat Hentoff |
10-11-2006 |
Politics
Osama's Thugnew
Jose Padilla is (a) a punk; (b) a terrorist in training; (c) an unwitting pawn for Uncle Sam and al-Qaeda; or (d) all of the above.
Miami New Times |
Trevor Aaronson |
10-10-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Time and Againnew
A lengthy list of lies led to the deaths of thousands of innocent Afghans, Iraqis and Americans.
Pasadena Weekly |
Kevin Uhrich |
10-06-2006 |
War
