All 33 articles by Robert Parry

• 31 Aug 11

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  In Libya, a Bloodbath Looms

  NATO’s war in Libya, which began with high-minded declarations about “protecting civilians,” now appears likely to end... MORE »

• 12 Apr 11

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  Rep. Ryan’s Free-Market ‘Death Panels’

  The consequences of three decades of anti-government Reaganism and free-market extremism are now coming clearly into view, a... MORE »

• 01 Mar 11

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  Budget Crisis? Duh, Tax the Rich!

  A great tragedy of the United States is that the answer to many of the country's domestic problems... MORE »

• 22 Jul 10

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  The Right’s Power of Infrastructure

  Dwight Eisenhower, after commanding Allied forces in World War II and serving eight years as U.S. President,... MORE »

• 27 May 10

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  Campaign 2010: Where to Put Blame

  Perhaps the biggest political question in 2010 is whether the American people will blame the nation’s mess on... MORE »

• 09 Mar 10

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  Sorry, Rove, Bush Did Lie About Iraq

  George W. Bush’s political adviser Karl Rove claims “one of the biggest mistakes” of... MORE »

• 21 Jan 10

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  Lessons from America’s Lost Decade

  As the United States takes the measure of Barack Obama’s first year in the White House... MORE »

• 29 Dec 09

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  What the New Year Demands

  The U.S. political battle lines for 2010 are already clear. Despite having caused many of the severe problems... MORE »

• 19 Nov 09

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  The Ugly Truth about Jobs

  Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke has given Americans a glimpse of the ugly truth about their future... MORE »

• 29 Oct 09

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  On Public Option, MSM Gets It Wrong

  The American mainstream media is in another snit, having misjudged the prospects for the public option on health... MORE »

• 19 Aug 09

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  Robert Novak Was a Liar

  Washington's punditocracy is in mourning over the death of right-wing columnist Robert Novak, with many warm remembrances about... MORE »

• 07 Jul 09

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  Republicans: A Threat to the Republic?

  Sarah Palin's abrupt decision to resign as Alaska's governor--and her rambling explanation--underscore again how the Republican Party over... MORE »

• 26 May 09

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  Colin Powell Skates Free on Torture

  There is no one, it seems, that the U.S. mainstream news media loves more than Colin Powell,... MORE »

• 05 May 09

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  One More Bubble!

  When I took an editing job at Bloomberg News in March 2000, my arrival coincided with the bursting of... MORE »

• 09 Apr 09

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  Another Bush Intelligence Failure

  Add to the list of President George W. Bush's failures his inability to straighten out what he regarded... MORE »

• 08 Mar 09

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  War Crimes and Double Standards

  New York Times columnist Nicholas D. Kristof--like many of his American colleagues--is applauding the International Criminal Court's arrest... MORE »

• 16 Feb 09

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  The Ultra-Radical Republicans

  Sixteen years ago, when another new Democratic President was trying to enact an economic package, the Republicans were... MORE »

• 29 Jan 09

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  George W. Bush’s Sci-Fi Disaster

  In retrospect, George W. Bush's presidency could be viewed as a science-fiction disaster movie in which an alien... MORE »

• 30 Dec 08

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  Two Dangerous Bush-Cheney Myths

  As George W. Bush and Dick Cheney make their case for some positive legacy from the past eight... MORE »

• 16 Oct 08

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  The Real McCain Revealed

  Once Barack Obama emerged as a viable candidate for President – given the nation's grim history of violence toward... MORE »

• 04 Sep 08

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  A Post-Rational Society?

  The Republican Party, which has defined modern-day negative politics, was back at it again this week, bashing Barack... MORE »

• 31 Jul 08

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  Big Media Hectors Obama on ‘Surge’

  For six years, with few exceptions, the Washington press corps has been cheerleading for the Iraq War – and... MORE »

• 08 May 08

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  U.S. Media Trivializes Campaign 2008

  Every four years, during U.S. presidential elections, the same thing happens, except it’s always a little... MORE »

• 04 Dec 06

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  Is Congress Gates Keeper?

  Robert Gates, Bush's choice for defense secretary, has faced accusations and senate committees before MORE »

• 03 Mar 05

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  Negroponte’s Dark Past

  The case against Bush's new intelligence czar MORE »

• 14 Feb 05

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  Sinking in Deeper

  Like many of his U.S. press colleagues, New York Times foreign policy columnist Thomas L. Friedman has... MORE »

• 01 Feb 05

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  Freedom from Reality

  A compliant press allows Bush to spin an inaugural yarn of abstract nonsense MORE »

• 17 Jan 05

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  Bush’s Death Squads

  Refusing to admit personal misjudgments on Iraq, George W. Bush instead is pushing the United States toward becoming... MORE »

• 10 Nov 04

• Culture

  Too Little, Too Late

  George W. Bush’s electoral victory is chilling proof that conservatives have achieved dominance over the flow of... MORE »

• 19 Oct 04

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  Running a Media Deficit

  The joint rise of the conservative media and creeping authoritarianism is no coincidence. MORE »

• 26 Dec 03

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  Iraq: Quicksand & Blood

  George W. Bush and his top advisers learned little from the Vietnam debacle of the ‘60s, since most... MORE »

• 16 Dec 03

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  Missing U.S.-Iraq History

  With all the hoopla surrounding the capture of Saddam Hussein—“caught like a rat,” read the Chicago Tribune... MORE »