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More Obstruction at Justice

by Scott Horton,

Richard Schmitt and Tom Hamburger at the Los Angeles Times are reporting this morning on the status of the probe by Scott Bloch, head of the U.S. Office of Special…

Chavez Family Folds Up Fundraising Operations

by Ken Silverstein,

On January 8, I reported on the formation of “Republicans for Traditional Conservative Values,” a fundraising operation headquartered in the home of Linda Chavez, the conservative commentator and once George…

Six Questions for Christopher Slobogin, Author of Privacy at Risk

by Scott Horton,

Yesterday the Senate had two votes related to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and President Bush devoted a portion of his State of the Union Address to a call for…

POTUS in the Well

by Scott Horton,

Last night he performed a duty required by the Constitution, addressing the State of the Union in remarks to Congress—as the Washington Post tells us “probably” for the last time…

Mandelstam’s Stalin Epigram

by Scott Horton,

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Burke on Terror, Ignorance and Tyranny

by Scott Horton,

No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear. For fear being an apprehension of pain or death, it operates in a…

Weekly Review

by Christian Lorentzen,

At 20 points along the Gaza Strip’s southern border, Hamas operatives detonated explosives to topple an Israeli-built fence, allowing as many as 200,000 Palestiniansâ??13 percent of the territory’s populationâ??to cross…

Operating in the Dark

by Scott Horton,

Spencer Ackerman, writing in today’s Washington Independent, offers a very useful summary of the inquiry into the CIA’s relationship to the Bush Administration’s program of highly coercive interrogation techniques. He…

Missing News Items Report

by Scott Horton,

I used to try to keep track of the significant national security questions which appear to have been spiked by some sort of editorial consensus in the mainstream media, on…

Borges on the Challenge of Temporal Succession

by Scott Horton,

And yet, and yet. . . Negar la sucesión temporal, negar el yo, negar el universo astronómico, son desesperaciones aparentes y consuelos secretos. Nuestro destino no es espantoso por irreal:…

The Bubble Bursts

by Scott Horton,

Eric Janszen, “The Next Bubble: Priming the Markets for Tomorrow’s Big Crash,” Harper’s, February 2008. “Our economy is in serious trouble,” writes Eric Janszen in the cover story for the…

Bulletins from the Ministry for Torture

by Scott Horton,

Harry Reid made a stirring appeal on Friday. Bush, he said, should use his State of the Union Address to renounce torture and all its works and put an end…

Vaughan’s ‘The World’

by Scott Horton,

1. I saw Eternity the other night, Like a great ring of pure and endless light, All calm, as it was bright; And round beneath it, Time in hours, days,…

The Temptation of Christ

by Scott Horton,

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How Bush’s Fiscal Mismanagement Produced a Recession

by Scott Horton,

In the current issue of Hamburg’s highly respected weekly Die Zeit, economics editor Fabian Lindner takes a look at an important study of the U.S. economic downturn done by Kenneth…

Juvenal – Remembering Why We Fight

by Scott Horton,

Esto bonus miles, tutor bonus, arbiter idem integer; ambiguæ si quando citabere testis incertæque rei, Phalaris licet imperet ut sis falsus et admoto dictet perjuria tauro, summum crede nefas animam…

Note to Obama: Stop whining and fight back

by Ken Silverstein,

“Some in Party Bristle At Clintons’ Attacks,” ran the headline on a story in yesterday’s Washington Post, “Anti-Obama Ad Heightens Unity Fears.” The story said that a Hillary Clinton radio…

A Political Prosecution Goes Under the Microscope

by Scott Horton,

Has the Bush Justice Department used the criminal justice system to punish its political adversaries all across the country? As the countdown begins to the end of the Bush Administration,…

Dehmel’s ‘Transfigured Night’

by Scott Horton,

Zwei Menschen gehn durch kahlen, kalten Hain; der Mond läuft mit, sie schaun hinein. Der Mond läuft über hohe Eichen; kein Wölkchen trübt das Himmelslicht, in das die schwarzen Zacken…

Novalis’s Weltschmerz

by Scott Horton,

Im höchsten Schmerz tritt zuweilen eine Paralysis der Empfindsamkeit ein. Die Seele zersetzt sich. Daher der tödliche Frost, die freie Denkkraft, der schmetternde unaufhörliche Witz dieser Art von Verzweiflung. Keine…

Twofer: How Congressman Kline helped UPS and raised money for his new PAC

by Ken Silverstein,

On July 24, 2007 a new entity called the Freedom & Security PAC registered with the Federal Election Commission. The PAC was based in Minnesota and its treasurer was named…

The Illustrated President

by Scott Horton,

George W. Bush is famous for his attachment to a painting which he acquired after becoming a “born-again Christian.” It’s by W.H.D. Koerner and is entitled A Charge to Keep.…

Six Questions for Mark Crispin Miller, Author of Fooled Again

by Scott Horton,

Mark Crispin Miller is a professor of culture and communications at New York University. He’s also a man on a mission: to make the case for electoral reform. Miller climbs…

935 Lies on the Way to a War

by Scott Horton,

All leaders lie, and so do all human beings. It seems to be a constant of the human condition. However, what they lie about makes a great deal of difference.…

Adorno – When Questions of Truth Become Questions of Power

by Scott Horton,

Pseudomenos. — Die magnetische Gewalt, welche die Ideologien über die Menschen ausüben, während sie ihnen bereits ganz fadenscheinig geworden sind, erklärt sich jenseits der Psychologie aus dem objektiv bestimmten Verfall…

Here It Comes: The National Surveillance State

by Scott Horton,

With not a drum roll or flourish, the Bush Administration, with the full complicity of the Senate Democratic leadership, is going to try to push through retroactive immunity. Who are…

Deconstructing John Yoo

by Scott Horton,

Once again, poor John Yoo, the author of the original torture memorandum and steady defender in public fora of waterboarding and crushing the genitalia of small children, feels he is…

Lorca’s Old Lizard

by Scott Horton,

En la agostada senda he visto al buen lagarto (gota de cocodrilo) meditando. Con su verde levita de abate del diablo, su talante correcto y su cuello planchado, tiene un…

Emerson’s Transcendentalist

by Scott Horton,

The Transcendentalist adopts the whole connection of spiritual doctrine. He believes in miracle, in the perpetual openness of the human mind to new influx of light and power; he believes…

The New Keynesians

by Scott Horton,

This morning, El País ran a headline saying there won’t be a recession in the United States. Reading past the headline, however, it was clear that a recession is exactly…

Archive: 2008

More Obstruction at Justice

Chavez Family Folds Up Fundraising Operations

Six Questions for Christopher Slobogin, Author of Privacy at Risk

POTUS in the Well

Mandelstam’s Stalin Epigram

Burke on Terror, Ignorance and Tyranny

Weekly Review

Operating in the Dark

Missing News Items Report

Borges on the Challenge of Temporal Succession

The Bubble Bursts

Bulletins from the Ministry for Torture

Vaughan’s ‘The World’

The Temptation of Christ

How Bush’s Fiscal Mismanagement Produced a Recession

Juvenal – Remembering Why We Fight

Note to Obama: Stop whining and fight back

A Political Prosecution Goes Under the Microscope

Dehmel’s ‘Transfigured Night’

Novalis’s Weltschmerz

Twofer: How Congressman Kline helped UPS and raised money for his new PAC

The Illustrated President

Six Questions for Mark Crispin Miller, Author of Fooled Again

935 Lies on the Way to a War

Adorno – When Questions of Truth Become Questions of Power

Here It Comes: The National Surveillance State

Deconstructing John Yoo

Lorca’s Old Lizard

Emerson’s Transcendentalist

The New Keynesians

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More Obstruction at Justice

Chavez Family Folds Up Fundraising Operations

Six Questions for Christopher Slobogin, Author of Privacy at Risk

POTUS in the Well

Mandelstam’s Stalin Epigram

Burke on Terror, Ignorance and Tyranny

Weekly Review

Operating in the Dark

Missing News Items Report

Borges on the Challenge of Temporal Succession

The Bubble Bursts

Bulletins from the Ministry for Torture

Vaughan’s ‘The World’

The Temptation of Christ

How Bush’s Fiscal Mismanagement Produced a Recession

Juvenal – Remembering Why We Fight

Note to Obama: Stop whining and fight back

A Political Prosecution Goes Under the Microscope

Dehmel’s ‘Transfigured Night’

Novalis’s Weltschmerz

Twofer: How Congressman Kline helped UPS and raised money for his new PAC

The Illustrated President

Six Questions for Mark Crispin Miller, Author of Fooled Again

935 Lies on the Way to a War

Adorno – When Questions of Truth Become Questions of Power

Here It Comes: The National Surveillance State

Deconstructing John Yoo

Lorca’s Old Lizard

Emerson’s Transcendentalist

The New Keynesians

Debug