By David Swanson

By David Swanson

Congressman Henry Waxman, Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, together with his staff, produces incredibly valuable research and analysis, with infinite patience and futility.

"Dear Secretary, As requested eight times previous...."

By David Swanson

Not everybody agrees on every detail of Constitutional interpretation, but James Madison and George Mason have opinions that ought to carry a little weight, since they wrote the thing. And they both thought impeachment would be applicable if a president were ever to pardon someone for a crime that he himself had something to do with.

By David Swanson

Yes, bases have replaced taxes as one of life's two certainties. For plenty of corporations and even privileged individuals in the United States and elsewhere, taxes are no more. But U.S. military bases are everywhere. And you can call them enduring. You can call them lasting. You can call them substantial. You can even call them humanitarian aid missions. But the damn things are permanent, and there aren't too many corners of the globe in which you can hide from them.

By David Swanson

By David Swanson

An editorial cartoon in newspapers today shows a Democratic donkey shouting before the war that it's just about cheap oil, and complaining now that there's no cheap oil. So, donkeys are stupid. Q.E.D.

Or, could it be that the positions prior to and during the war, of various groups have been as follows:

Peace activists and Dennis Kucinich: The war is for control of the oil, plus profits for oil companies, as well as permanent bases, profit from "reconstruction," and political advantage at home.

By David Swanson

Once upon a time, the United States House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary passed the following article of impeachment (one of three) against President Richard M. Nixon:

By David Swanson

By David Swanson

By David Swanson

If George W. Bush and Dick Cheney are ever impeached, they will certainly be prosecuted and convicted for war (and other) crimes. If they are not impeached, they may still be eventually convicted, but it won't be as easy. Court rooms are not scientific laboratories sealed in a vacuum. What happens in a criminal's society matters, and "My people never impeached me" is a defense that has to be taken seriously.