A warning from history for Israel
Israeli hawks should learn from the fate of the Crusaders, writes Alexander CockburnFirst Posted May 16, 2008
Alexander Cockburn
coedits the political newsletter and website www.counterpunch.org and is a regular columnist for the Nation, also for many newspapers and magazines. Among his books he has coauthored (with Jeffrey St Clair) Whiteout, the CIA, Drugs and the Press, also Corruptions of Empire and The Golden Age is In Us (about the Reagan, Bush and Clinton years). End Times - the Decline and Fall of the Fourth Estate is published by CounterPunch. He lives in northern California.
It's all but over for Hillary Clinton
But will Obama make her his running-mate? Not if he can help it, says Alexander CockburnFirst Posted May 7, 2008
Rev Wright’s jeremiads could help Obama
Reviling the preacher enhances Obama’s moderate credentials, says Alexander CockburnFirst Posted May 1, 2008
Nothing will get Hillary out of the race
While she soldiers on, McCain’s past catches up with him, says Alexander CockburnFirst Posted April 23, 2008
How Bill is dragging Hillary down
The former president was supposed to be an asset for his candidate wifeFirst Posted April 17, 2008
Olympic torch toasts US candidates
Protests have turned a Beijing boycott into an election issue, and McCain is feeling the heatFirst Posted April 11, 2008
Martin Luther King's lesson for Obama
Forty years after King's death, white America is still terrified of angry blacksFirst Posted April 4, 2008
Three blind mice vie for the presidency
None of the major candidates have an answer to America's economic woesFirst Posted March 28, 2008
