To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable
Monthly Archives: February 2011
Enough Is Enough!
The Budget Has Two Parts
BP: Fines And Jail?
BY ALEXANDER COCKBURN For its huge oil spill last summer in the Gulf of Mexico, BP is facing “the largest criminal fine ever paid in the United States,” according to the man who worked for 17 years in the Environmental Crimes Section at the Justice Department and ran the Crimes Section for seven. These days, […]
Endangered Women
BY SUSAN ESTRICH Yes, Lara Logan was sexually assaulted and badly beaten. Yes, that is a terrible thing. She is, however, reported to be in “remarkably good spirits.” Indeed. She is alive, not beheaded, not held hostage, not any number of terrible things. Being raped is bad, but it isn’t the worst thing. Not getting […]