Why We Fight

Jarecki’s canny and somewhat overwhelming documentary paints a grim historical picture of war profiteering run amok.

"...and military support companies such as Lockheed Martin and Halliburton), Jarecki paints a grim picture of war profiteering run..."

March 10, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Candidate From Brown & Root

As Halliburton CEO, Dick Cheney and his employer made millions on government projects.

"...Brown & Root is a subsidiary of the Halliburton Company, the Dallas-based oil services conglomerate that until July..."

Aug. 25, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

The Military-Petroleum Complex

The Second Iraq War and the cronies of state capitalism

"...windows."The Costs of Empire By early June of 2003, Halliburton's technicians were clambering all over Iraq's oil facilities, assessing..."

June 18, 2004 News Feature by Robert Bryce

The Hightower Report

The war on drugs attacks poor Bolivian farmers, not drug kingpins; and Halliburton still has its snout in the war trough.

"...THE CHARGE OF HALLIBURTON..."

Nov. 14, 2003 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Lowdown

Bush's Little Helpers; The Drug War's Dr. Strangelove

"...Cheney Does Burma How 'bout that Halliburton?..."

May 25, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report

Who Is to Be Detained?; and Constricting High School Education

"...IS TO BE DETAINED? Look out – here comes Halliburton again! With its own personal sugar daddy occupying the..."

May 5, 2006 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report

You don't have to be a gabillionaire to maximize your philanthropic impact; and White House's favorite government contractor mistreating foreign workers in Iraq.

"...giving forum with tips and examples. Go to www.givingforum.org. HALLIBURTON'S "TCNs' Is any low too low for Halliburton?..."

Dec. 9, 2005 News Column by Jim Hightower

Naked City

The Screwed Can't Sue

"...construction company owned by Houston product and service provider Halliburton. In November 1997 Halliburton (then still under the corporate..."

June 7, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Hightower Report

'If an ordinary American did to a 7-Eleven what Halliburton routinely does to taxpayers, that poor soul would be doing 25-to-life in state prison'; Domestic oppression in the air?

"...STOP HALLIBURTON'S THIEVERY To Barbara Lee, Lynn Woolsey, and 17 other..."

Nov. 4, 2005 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report

The horrors of war just keep unfolding

"...news coming out of Iraq about contract workers for Halliburton and other war corporations being brutally killed and their..."

June 11, 2004 News Column by Jim Hightower

Letters at 3AM

The White House is intent on totalitarian measures and war; it employs incoherence because it cannot speak plainly of its machinations.

"...cronies in the defense industry are profiting handily -- Halliburton, for instance, whose former CEO was Dick Cheney. The..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Column by Michael Ventura

The Hightower Lowdown

Republicans and Democrats march off to the money wars; Dick Cheney does business with Iraq; and baseball speeds up -- to its own detriment.

"...the Sunday morning yakkity-yak shows, the vice-president, formerly of Halliburton Inc., practically growls when he squints his eyes, curls..."

March 22, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

What Is the Texas Energy Center?

Is it a taxpayer-financed boondoggle for the oil and gas industry, or an economic development driver of new jobs and cutting-edge technology?

"...Partnership to Secure Energy for America, whose members include Halliburton and Fluor Corp. Former U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay is..."

Sept. 8, 2006 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...• In response to Halliburton's ongoing war profiteering in Iraq, members of local groups..."

May 27, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

The Hightower Report

One Mother Makes a Difference; and What We Could Do With $700 Billion

"...the biggest powers: the Pentagon and its favorite corporation, Halliburton. "I'm not going to sit around quietly," she said..."

Nov. 7, 2008 News Column by Jim Hightower

Letters at 3AM

Three fronts of transformative change in U.S. society: the allowance of Christian proselytizing in the U.S. Air Force Academy, Halliburton's receipt of government contracts to build detention centers for Homeland Security, and the rise of the Latino electorate

"...No. 2: Jack of Spades. "The Army just awarded Halliburton a $385 million contract to build detention centers for..."

April 28, 2006 Column by Michael Ventura

Naked City

"...of an amendment to the professional services agreement with Halliburton KBR, formerly Brown and Root Services, Austin, TX, for..."

Oct. 24, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Johnny Manziel Blah Blah Blah

Just read this

"...Johnny Manziel won the Heisman, Austin American-Statesman staffer Suzanne Halliburton dashed off a piece for the Sunday edition, betting..."

Jan. 3, 2013 Sports Post by Emily Bevan

The Hightower Report

A Morally Untenable Corporate System; and Signing Off on Less Political Corruption

"...were corruption experts! Perhaps you've forgotten that we remember Halliburton, the Cheney-run corporation that helped put Bush in office..."

June 3, 2011 News Column by Jim Hightower

A Conversation With John Dean

"...of the Republican leadership, as secretary of defense, then Halliburton, figuring out whether he could mount a presidential campaign..."

July 25, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Impeachment a Good Thing

"...should be Cheney’s profiteering from the war as a Halliburton stockholder. New Jersey Sen. Frank Lautenberg estimated Cheney’s Halliburton..."

Nov. 7, 2007 Postmarks

Howard Hunt Proves Kennedy Conspiracy

"...like Iran Contra; the savings and loan scams; WMDs; Halliburton's no-bid contracts in Iraq, New Orleans, etc; and on..."

May 4, 2007 Postmarks

The Hightower Report

It’s 2006, George, Not 1706; and War Profiteers

"...General Dynamics ($65 million); Lockheed Martin ($50 million); and Halliburton ($49 million)...."

Oct. 27, 2006 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report

Too many leaks or too much secrecy?; and old friends

"...prisons? What's up with all the no-bid contracts with Halliburton? And the list goes on ... and on ......"

March 3, 2006 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report

Take Cheney away; and IBM's plans for the middle class

"...omnipotence (manifested in his blatant acts of cronyism with Halliburton) and to his frequent bouts of psychotic delusion (such..."

Dec. 30, 2005 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report

The Pentagon spends more than a billion in tax dollars every day; and commercial soul, not corporate logos, is what counts

"...waste and gross fraud by such military contractors as Halliburton, and for a bloated military hierarchy that has 225,000..."

Nov. 11, 2005 News Column by Jim Hightower

Stand-up's Best Medicine Show

The Comedians of Comedy provide stand-up's best medicine show

"...PO: Netflix, Halliburton, and this white power group called "You Can't Spell..."

March 11, 2005 Arts Feature by Steve Birmingham

The Hightower Report

All is not lost: Grassroots activists win court battles; and the Pentagon revolving door is profitable for Bush buddies

"...feather their nests with top jobs at Lockheed, Boeing, Halliburton, and other corporations that pocket billions in bloated Pentagon..."

Aug. 13, 2004 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Manchurian Candidate

Is it Gulf War syndrome or justified paranoia? The Manchurian Candidate thrills again.

"...private equity fund called Manchurian Global functions as a Halliburton-like company, providing "services" to military and political operations. The..."

July 30, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way From the War

"...it), I noticed an article by Jim Hightower on Halliburton employees getting paid six figures for driving trucks in..."

June 24, 2004 Postmarks

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