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

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24 October 2010
Election guide for election haters
David Swanson
I'll admit it right now. My name is David and I hate elections. (HI, DAVID!) I hate choosing the evil of two lessers. I hate attack ads. I hate endless...
18 October 2010
Rule of law is alive and well outside the United States
David Swanson
The World Justice Project on Thursday published a "Rule of Law Index," and there's no easy way to say this. Let me put it this way: as when rankings on...
02 October 2010
The book the Pentagon burned
David Swanson
The Pentagon spent $50,000 of our money to buy up the first edition of "Operation Dark Heart" by Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer and destroy every copy. The second...
26 September 2010
On voting for bad Democrats: the Perriello predicament
David Swanson
What if you told your local congress critter you'd oppose them if they funded more war, and they funded more war, but their opponent is even worse and a...
14 September 2010
Wall Street's Mercenaries Ride Donkeys
David Swanson
Robert Scheer's new book "The Great American Stickup: How Reagan Republicans and Clinton Democrats Enriched Wall Street While Mugging Main Street," is not yet...
02 September 2010
Let's fact check the AP's fact checking on Obama's speech
David Swanson
FACT CHECK: Is Iraq combat really over for US?
By CALVIN WOODWARD and ROBERT BURNS (AP)
WASHINGTON — Despite President Barack Obama's declaration...

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