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About Sidney Blumenthal

Sidney Blumenthal is an author and journalist. He is former assistant and senior adviser to President Bill Clinton.

Articles by Sidney Blumenthal

Tuesday 4th November

The strange death of Republican America

Sidney Blumenthal, 4 November 2008
The United States election is a referendum on the record of the country's near-invisible president
Wednesday 21st November

The choice

Sidney Blumenthal, 21 November 2007

Two models of the US presidency are at stake, says Sidney Blumenthal's - for now - last column

Wednesday 31st October

Walter Lippmann and American journalism today

Sidney Blumenthal, 31 October 2007

An age of media collusion and deceit needs Walter Lippmann's voice

Wednesday 17th October

Taxi to the Dark Side: an open letter

Sidney Blumenthal, 17 October 2007

A new film tracks the Bushites' torture policy. Will America's leading public diplomat see it?

Wednesday 3rd October

Dan Rather, CBS, and George W Bush

Sidney Blumenthal, 3 October 2007
How the US president's Vietnam-war record drove a famous journalist to the edge
Monday 17th September

The American politics of Iraqi war

Sidney Blumenthal, 17 September 2007

The US "surge" is the military means to George W Bush's domestic ends

 

Wednesday 29th August

After the White House: discordant tunes, fading glory

Sidney Blumenthal, 29 August 2007
The White House withers, and the war of memory begins
Wednesday 15th August

Colin Powell’s responsibility

Sidney Blumenthal, 15 August 2007

He played a key role in the Iraq war. Will he now speak out against neocon manipulation?

Wednesday 1st August

The politics of protection

Sidney Blumenthal, 1 August 2007
The Bush-Cheney team has made manipulative partisanship into a political art
Monday 16th July

Lady Bird Johnson: a political journey

Sidney Blumenthal, 16 July 2007
The wife of Lyndon B Johnson made her own contribution to her husband's pioneering civil-rights agenda
Wednesday 27th June

A legal noose around Bush

Sidney Blumenthal, 27 June 2007
A devastating ruling from a conservative court has demolished George W Bush's "war paradigm"
Wednesday 13th June

The Libby cabal

Sidney Blumenthal, 13 June 2007
The letters of support for a disgraced White House aide reveal the shrinking of the neo-conservative mind
Tuesday 15th May

Bush's royal crush

Sidney Blumenthal, 15 May 2007
The White House welcome to Britain’s queen was in keeping with the character of his presidency, says Sidney Blumenthal.
Tuesday 1st May

Bush's soft-focus hard-edge

Sidney Blumenthal, 1 May 2007
George W Bush’s infatuation with the kitsch landscape of the American west lit the path to Abu Ghraib, says Sidney Blumenthal.
Tuesday 17th April

The Republicans' grand experiment

Sidney Blumenthal, 17 April 2007
George W Bush's agenda has been to turn the entire federal government into the instrument of a one-party state, says Sidney Blumenthal.
Tuesday 3rd April

Bush besieged

Sidney Blumenthal, 3 April 2007
The United States president's response to scrutiny of his administration's behaviour confirms his imperiousness, says Sidney Blumenthal.
Tuesday 20th March

The Republican subversion of law

Sidney Blumenthal, 20 March 2007
The Bush administration's treatment of United States attorneys is the logical outcome of a long Republican effort to distort the constitutional framework in the interest of partisan consolidation of power, says Sidney Blumenthal.
Wednesday 7th March

Dick Cheney in Afghanistan: close to home

Sidney Blumenthal, 7 March 2007
The United States mission in Afghanistan has been undermined by the Bush administration’s diversion to Iraq, says Sidney Blumenthal.
Tuesday 20th February

The United States vs I Lewis Libby

Sidney Blumenthal, 20 February 2007
The I Lewis Libby trial shines a remorseless spotlight on the United States vice-president, reports Sidney Blumenthal.
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