Mandela neither demanded nor received an entirely unconditional devotion; in power he expected his compatriots to behave as assertive citizens not genuflecting disciples
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america inside outSidney Blumenthal, former senior advisor to Bill Clinton, trains an expert eye on the twists and turns of power in Washington, and tracks the health of US democracy.
Two models of the US presidency are at stake, says Sidney Blumenthal's - for now - last column
An age of media collusion and deceit needs
Walter Lippmann's voice
A
new film tracks the Bushites' torture policy. Will America's leading public diplomat see it?
How the US
president's Vietnam-war record drove a famous journalist to the edge
The US "surge" is the military means to George W Bush's domestic ends
He played a key role in the Iraq war. Will he now speak out against neocon manipulation?
The Bush-Cheney team has made manipulative partisanship into a political art
The wife of Lyndon B Johnson made her own contribution to her husband's pioneering civil-rights agenda
A devastating ruling from a conservative court has demolished George W Bush's "war paradigm"
The letters of support for a disgraced White House aide reveal the shrinking of the neo-conservative mind
A career built on dogma and power-fixation finds the end it merits, says Sidney Blumenthal
A career built on dogma and power-fixation finds the end it merits, says Sidney Blumenthal
The White House welcome to Britain’s queen was in keeping with the character of his presidency, says Sidney Blumenthal.
George W Bush’s infatuation with the kitsch landscape of the American west lit the path to Abu Ghraib, says Sidney Blumenthal. Read the rest of this post...
George W Bush's agenda has been to turn the entire federal government into the instrument of a one-party state, says Sidney Blumenthal. Read the rest of this post...
The United States president's response to scrutiny of his administration's behaviour confirms his imperiousness, says Sidney Blumenthal. Read the rest of this post...
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. Read the rest of this post...
The United States mission in Afghanistan has been undermined by the Bush administration’s diversion to Iraq, says Sidney Blumenthal. Read the rest of this post...
The I Lewis Libby trial shines a remorseless spotlight on the United States vice-president, reports Sidney Blumenthal. Read the rest of this post...
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