Iraq–Fool Me Twice
June 23, 2006 | In October 2002 the White House deceived the Congress and the public, inducing Congress--in the administration's interpretation--to abandon its constitutional responsibilities in matters of war-making.
Articles by Jennifer Davis
Military Kills Al-Zarqawi; Political Scene Filling In; Time for U.S. Focus on Exit
June 12, 2006 | The death of al-Zarqawi is an opportunity to re-evaluate U.S. strategy in Iraq.
Reclaiming the City on the Hill
February 20, 2006 | If the budget represents, in Joseph Schumpeter's phrase, "the skeleton of the state stripped of all misleading ideologies" then the Bush administration's current budget reflects the interests of those who would trample on the public-spirited vision of Puritan John Winthrop's image of the "city on a hill."
Spying and Lying in 21st Century America
January 25, 2006 | U.S. foreign policy and U.S. democracy.
A Forensic Anatomy of the Strategy for ‘Victory’
December 21, 2005 | Has the President now given a definition of victory in Iraq?
So Why DID Support for War Go South?
December 9, 2005 | In 1954 and 1968, respected arbiters of truth--Edward R. Murrow and Walter Cronkite, respectively--cut through public fear to open the way for a change in public discourse and accountability from leaders who had exploited public trust. In 2005, Representative Murtha may be the decisive voice for the truth that restores the most fundamental necessity of democracy: a well-informed public.
Iraq Strategy: Still AWOL, Still Costly
December 6, 2005 | Bush calls Iraq the central front in the war on terror. Nowhere does he acknowledge that before March 20, 2003, no al-Qaida or other non-Iraqis were fighting in Iraq.
The "New" Iraq: Discovery or Invention
October 12, 2005 | The stakes in the referendum on the Iraqi Constitution.
Sharon’s Judenrein?
October 2, 2005 | In an article posted on the History News Network website in early January, freelance writer Rachel Neuwirth asks, Why is it that people are proposing a Middle East peace plan that will make Judea and Samaria Judenrein--the Nazi term for a place with no Jews?
When “Scores” Count
October 1, 2005 | September turned out to be a tragic escalation over preceding months in the multinational reach and catastrophic scale of exclusively human violence.