9/11 Questions

"...for destroying the World Trade Center and attacking the Pentagon? If they wanted an excuse to invade Iraq, there..."

May 18, 2007 Postmarks

Naked City

"..."anti-terrorist threat database." One such protest chronicled by the Pentagon apparently occurred here in Austin, at the Dobie Mall..."

Feb. 2, 2007 News Feature

The Hightower Report

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

"...survey finds that the top dogs at 34 big Pentagon contractors have helped themselves to nearly a trillion dollars..."

Oct. 27, 2006 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report

The "New" FEMA; and Subsidizing Boeing's Criminality

"...blatant burglary public, and, in 2002, Congress stopped Bush's Pentagon from going along with it...."

July 28, 2006 News Column by Jim Hightower

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...the payout is as follows: $66 billion to the Pentagon, $3.7 billion to domestic flood-control projects (leaving the Gulf..."

June 23, 2006 News Feature

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

"...2005): "In a Bush administration revision of plans for Pentagon succession in a doomsday scenario, three of Defense Secretary..."

April 28, 2006 Column by Michael Ventura

The Hightower Report

Turning Cookies Into Armor; and A Regime of Injustice

"...Bush's Pentagon has not been nice about Tammara's group, assailing them..."

March 31, 2006 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Iraqi Toll

Truth Is the First Casualty

"...the two numbers: the IBC's roughly 30,000 to the Pentagon's 26,000, for a very rough total of 56,000 Iraqi..."

Dec. 30, 2005 News Feature by Michael King

The Hightower Report

Standing up for working families, the middle class, and the poor; and National Guard preying on the desperate

"...– the public's judgment is clearly reflected in the Pentagon's continuing failure to meet its monthly quotas for getting..."

Sept. 2, 2005 News Column by Jim Hightower

Letters at 3AM

The sapping of America's economic and technological dominance is a boon for the world. Many are gaining from the decline of a few.

"...of The New York Times' Arts section (Aug. 4): "Pentagon's New Goal – Put Science Into Scripts." The military..."

Aug. 19, 2005 Column by Michael Ventura

War Made Easy

New echoes of Vietnam: 'Withdrawal would cripple U.S. credibility'

"...the horrors that continued to result from unleashing the Pentagon's violence, the rationales were inexhaustible. "There are thugs and..."

July 15, 2005 News Feature by Norman Solomon

The Hightower Report

Uncle Sam says 'tough break' to regular taxpaying citizens, 'anything for you, Lockheed'; and working stiffs sponge up the stress of globalization

"...The Pentagon has already bought 50 of these things for $2.6..."

April 29, 2005 News Column by Jim Hightower

Letters at 3AM

All the economic numbers point one way: Hard times are about to get harder

"...REGIONS OF IRAQ – U.S. DEATHS PASS 1,000 – PENTAGON IS NOT CERTAIN WHEN AREAS CAN BE SECURED –..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Column by Michael Ventura

Naked City

Anti-war activist – and National Guardsman – goes AWOL rather than to Iraq

"...Webb was a victim of the Pentagon's stop-loss program, which forces National Guardsmen to extend their..."

Sept. 10, 2004 News Feature by Lee Nichols

'It All Leads Back to Texas'

Robert Bryce on the Texas-Washington-international crony network

"...a global showdown, and it's going to require the Pentagon – which is already the world's biggest energy consumer..."

June 18, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

The Military-Petroleum Complex

The Second Iraq War and the cronies of state capitalism

"...of Iraq's oil wealth, other pro-Israel hawks inside the Pentagon began talking to the Israelis about building a pipeline..."

June 18, 2004 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Letters at 3AM

Americans and Iraqis are dying for Bush's pride and his hopes of re-election

"...liberators." But as I write, C-SPAN is replaying a Pentagon news conference, taped earlier today, in which Defense Secretary..."

April 16, 2004 Column by Michael Ventura

The Hightower Report

Bush wants to militarize space; the FBI guards against the danger of … almanacs?

"...This speech reflected the zealous determination of Pentagon chief Donnie Rumsfeld to expand U.S. military domination into..."

Feb. 13, 2004 News Column by Jim Hightower

Nukes Are Back!

The Bush administration plans for the next (little) nuclear wars

"...The Pentagon reorganization signifies more than a promotion for the StratCom..."

Jan. 16, 2004 News Feature by William M. Adler

Naked City

Bush's military-intelligence expert -- at war with Satan!

"...called for his resignation or reassignment. Last Friday the Pentagon issued a statement in which Boykin said, "I am..."

Oct. 24, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

Letters at 3AM

Americans are paying the price for lies about Iraq told by their leaders.

"...July 20, 2002 -- "Pentagon Pursues Leak of Anti-Iraq Plan." As early as last..."

Sept. 5, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

The Hightower Report

Flag-waving hucksters have no shame; and, Jim digs into his mailbag.

"...shares of stock in Halliburton, Bechtel, and the other Pentagon contractors and oil companies that are making a financial..."

Aug. 22, 2003 News Column by Jim Hightower

Braying for Plutonium

The U.S. Dept. of Energy visits Amarillo in search of friendly site for manufacturing nuclear warheads.

"...proposed Modern Pit Facility is kick-up-your-heels music to the Pentagon's plutonium cowboys, who have not mass-produced nukes since the..."

July 11, 2003 News Feature by William M. Adler

The Hightower Report

Your tax dollars pay for Bush's nonpropaganda, and Congress cuts Bush's budget robbery down to simple theft.

"...Speaking for the Pentagon, Maj. Joe LaMarca said not long ago: "We don't..."

May 9, 2003 News Column by Jim Hightower

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Qaeda, I will take them more seriously. "Impeach the Pentagon" and "No Blood for Oil" are not solutions but..."

March 28, 2003 Column

Page Two

Al Qaeda could not have hoped for a more perfect response to 9 / 11 than the American invasion of Iraq.

"...into the World Trade Center and one into the Pentagon and crash-landed one in Pennsylvania on its way to..."

Jan. 31, 2003 Column by Louis Black

Letters at 3AM

You don't think that this whole thing with Iraq could have anything to do with the fact that Iraq sits on 10% of the world's oil reserves? Naw. It's gotta be them weapons of mass destruction.

"...And that wasn't the only Gulf War lie. The Pentagon leaked a gripping tale of 'a top-secret satellite image'..."

Dec. 13, 2002 Column by Michael Ventura

The Hightower Report

HealthSouth's ethics need rehabilitation.

"...The Pentagon already is on the march into our schools and..."

Nov. 22, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

Weed Watch

An overview of the latest developments on drug policy across the nation

"...the Dept. of Downright Scary, DRCNet reports that the Pentagon has been exploring the possibility of using sedative drugs..."

Oct. 18, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Letters at 3AM

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

"...in Cuba to feeding American troops in Uzbekistan, the Pentagon is increasingly relying on a unit of Halliburton ......"

Sept. 20, 2002 Column by Michael Ventura

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