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Robert Parry: Al-Qaeda's "Simon Says"
Friday, 8 September 2006, 12:01 am | Robert Parry
A common refrain from Republican leaders is that Americans must take the public statements of al-Qaeda seriously and then do the opposite. It's a kind of reverse "Simon Says." If al-Qaeda says leave Iraq, American soldiers must stay; if al-Qaeda ... More >>
Robert Parry: How Obtuse Is the US Press?
Tuesday, 5 September 2006, 11:35 am | Robert Parry
In the movie "Shawshank Redemption," the wrongly convicted Andy Dufrense (Tim Robbins) gets frustrated when the corrupt prison warden blocks Dufrense's chance to prove his innocence. "How can you be so obtuse?" Dufrense asks. More >>
Robert Parry: The '06 Stakes Just Got Raised
Thursday, 6 July 2006, 11:12 am | Robert Parry
The narrow margin of the U.S. Supreme Court's rebuke to George W. Bush on military tribunals highlights the stakes on the table for the November 2006 congressional elections - nothing short of the survival of a meaningful constitutional system in ... More >>
Robert Parry: Iraq - U.S. News Media's Waterloo
Wednesday, 22 March 2006, 9:51 am | Robert Parry
For more than three decades, the U.S. news media has been living off – or living down, depending on your perspective – its Watergate-era reputation of helping to unseat a power-abusing President and exposing a raft of other political scandals. More >>
America's Debt to Journalist Gary Webb
Wednesday, 15 December 2004, 11:36 am | Robert Parry
In 1996, journalist Gary Webb wrote a series of articles that forced a long-overdue investigation of a very dark chapter of recent U.S. foreign policy – the Reagan-Bush administration’s protection of cocaine traffickers who operated under the cover of ... More >>
