David Swanson

David Swanson is the author of "When the World Outlawed War," "War Is A Lie" and "Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union." He blogs at http://davidswanson.org and http://warisacrime.org and works for the online activist organization http://rootsaction.org

Articles by Author

01 January 2006
Can Cheney save Bush's presidency?
David Swanson
Talk of censure and impeachment has begun swirling around President Bush.  Can Vice President Cheney come to the rescue?  He will do so if enough of Bush's...
30 December 2005
Rumsfeld admits to "ghosting" detainee
David Swanson
U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has admitted that he "ghosted" a detainee, meaning that he made the decision to hold a prisoner without keeping any...
28 December 2005
A man without a country
David Swanson
Kurt Vonnegut, at age 82, has published over two dozen books.  His latest is called "A Man Without a Country."  It's a book that is brutally honest in its...
28 December 2005
White phosphorous: the U.S. used it; the U.S. says it's illegal
David Swanson
The U.S. military used white phosphorous as a weapon in Fallujah, and the U.S. military says such use is illegal.  That's one heck of a fog fact (Larry...
26 December 2005
Fog Facts
David Swanson
Larry Beinhart, author of "Wag the Dog" and "The Librarian," has done us a remarkable service with the publication of a new small nonfiction book titled "Fog...
19 December 2005
The solution we aren't considering
David Swanson
There is a solution that most of us are not seriously considering but should be.  We are all increasingly aware of the problem: a world that lacks peace,...

Pages