by Dave McGowan | May 1, 2000 | Essays
In February of this year, a story that had appeared in the European press was reported by Alexander Cockburn – co-editor of Counterpunch – concerning the employment by CNN of military psychological warfare specialists. Other than Cockburn’s piece,... by Dave McGowan | Apr 2, 2000 | Essays
As most readers are no doubt aware, the anti-Castro Cuban community in Miami – as well as certain ultra-reactionary elements of the American government – denounced one of the pictures taken of Elian Gonzalez on the day of his rescue as a fraud. And they... by Dave McGowan | Mar 3, 2000 | Essays
(The following article first appeared on the World Socialist Web Site) A very interesting pair of stories appeared in the Los Angeles Times on March 23. The articles, both very brief Associated Press releases, did not appear on the same page and no indication was... by Dave McGowan | Nov 4, 2000 | Essays, Notes
October 16th is not, as it turns out, a good day to travel by air if you happen to be a politician who has become, shall we say, troublesome. Missouri Governor Mel Carnahan found that out the hard way this year when he hopped aboard a chartered plane to get to a...