One of the most important news stories in 2004 is where the $18.6 billion in U.S. taxpayer money that Congress voted to…

In the days following the discovery of mad cow disease in Washington State, the U.S. cattle industry has been hard at work…

Saddam is in custody, but the war’s not over yet. The U.S. faces several important hurdles in the bringing the war to…

Is the “security situation” in Iraq improving? The best clue may be George Bush’s 2-hour, top-secret visit to Iraq on Thanksgiving Day,…

Here in the U.S., we live under the myth that mass transit should have to pay for itself, that it should exist…

A mere week after the Bush administration announced it would privatize Iraq’s infrastructure, the plan has been put on hold. Perhaps someone…

History books will characterize the Bush administration for its in-fighting: the struggle between Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, backed by a host of…

Mazen Dana, father of four young children, Palestinian, award-winning cameraman for Reuters wire service, was shot dead at close range by a…

With U.S. troops dying daily in Iraq, the Bush administration has been pushing its viceroy, Paul Bremer, to jump-start Iraqi democracy. The…

While it’s now apparent that The Pentagon made no substantial plans for how to run post-war Iraq, somebody else in Iraq has…