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  Sunday, July 27, 2003

The Conceited Empire

July 26, 2003

A historian credited with predicting the downfall of the Soviet Union in the 1970s now says that the US has been on its way out for the last decade.     by Martin A. Senn and Felix Lautenschlager, translated by Andreas Artz


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Articles Index
9-11 Panel: Hijack Scenario Downplayed
Education Chief Defends Policy and Past
Deficit forecast collides with Bush's plans
Bush Appears to Back Down on Arms Claim Against Iraq
Goss Tells AP He Approves Kay Disclosure
O'Neill Stands by Bush Criticism in Book
Schwarzenegger Loans Called Illegal
WILL BUSH DESTROY CAPITALISM?
DESERTION
9/11 Panel Faults U.S. For Letting Hijackers In
1 in 4 Schools Fall Short Under Bush Law
Cheney Unusually Visible as He Mends Fences in Europe
The Jobless Recovery
Why Is Health & Human Sevrices Obscuring a Health Care Gap?
45-minute claim untrue, says Iraqi
Less Certainty in White House on Iraq's Arms
Chief Justice Balks at Ethical Questions
From Iraq to Libya, US knew little on weapons
Bush Pushes Malpractice Award Cap
Cheney's grim vision: decades of war
Green Party's act coming together!
What the Democrats Lack on Iraq
State of Gay Unions
Bush, Congress Face Historic Deficits
Bush Seeking to Limit Malpractice Awards
DEMOCRATS AND WMD
California's New Standard of Law and Order
Unhealthy
Bush undercuts September 11 commission
States trying to undo No Child Left Behind
Powell: Possible Iraq May Have Had No WMD
Cheney: We Must 'Be Willing to Use Force'
BUSH SPENDS AS IF THERE'S NO TOMORROW
Outgoing Inspector Says Iraq Likely Had No Banned Arms
Abstinence only sex education
Corruption in Nigeria Reaches Washington
They'll stop at nothing
Bush's $5 trillion problem: Rising deficit troubles GOP
The Other America
CALL FOR CHENEY IMPEACHMENT
This land is their land
John Kerry Assails Bush Administration
GOP downplays reading of memos
CBS CENSORS AD
Federal Judge Scolds Justice Dept. Lawyers
F.D.A. Begins Push to End Drug Imports
Jury Said to Hear Evidence in C.I.A. Leak
Panel Notes Safety Lapses at Texas Plant
CIA Picks New Iraq Weapons Inspector
The Unmentioned AIDS Policy
Republican Governor Mortgaging Maryland
Mortgage Regulator Nominee Withdraws
Norton Wants Wy. Gas-Drill Permits Tripled
Ex-C.I.A. Aides Ask Inquiry by Congress Over Leak of Name
Conservative Republicans Push for Slowdown in U.S. Spending
Kennedy Proposes Health Care Expansion
Yes, It Is a Shame
N.M. Gov. Responds to Bush in Spanish
Iraq as One Milestone In Global War on Terror
Kerry Calls for Cheaper Drug Prices
State of the union
Bush Promotes Job Training, Education
2004 State of the Union Text - President Bush's speech to Congress
Dems Say Bush Speech Belies Dark Reality
Bush Says He Sees Stronger U.S. Economy
Astronomical Profits
What Does Al Franken Have to Say About the State of the Union?
Live blog coverage of the State of the Union
Japan Deems Beef Standards Lax in Canada and U.S.
Insurers to Get 10.6% Increase From Medicare
Broader Health Coverage May Depend on Less
Bush's place in the pantheon
Should government be trying to promote good marriages?
After Depicting 'Axis of Evil': Gains and Problems
Clark, Sharpton: Remove Confederate Flag
King's Widow Calls for Civility, Even on Trail
Oregon Becomes Battleground in Tax Debate
Groups See Conflict With Cheney, Scalia
9/11 Investigation - Conflicts of Interest
Carolina holds key to the White House
A Dishonest War
O'Neill Says Bush Was Set on Cutting Taxes, Too
Sens. Daschle, Pelosi Deliver 'Prebuttal'
AARP, Eye on Drug Costs, Urges Change in New Law
NASA Cancels Trip to Supply Hubble, Sealing Early Doom
Bush Seats Judge, Bypassing Senate Democrats
Despite Probe, Halliburton Gets Contract
Top Democrats Assail Bush Ahead of State of Union Address
Bush Admin Rewrites Data to Paint Better Picture
Manufacturers Are Optimistic, Though Not on Job Creation
U.S. Insurer of Pensions Says Its Deficit Has Soared
White House Meeting on Plan to Restore Self-Rule in Iraq
Clinton Gets Five Companies to Reduce the Cost of AIDS Tests
History Offers Reasons to Be Cautious on Bush's Space Plan
Military Cites Elevated Rate of Suicides in Iraq
Kennedy Hits Bush On War
Karl Rove's Nightmare
Struggling With the Falling Dollar
Space vision: Americans divided
Bush Calls for a Return to Space Exploration
Kennedy Says Iraq War a Political Product
Starved for Reform
Study Disputes View of Costly Surge in Class-Action Suits
Bush Plans $1.5 Billion Drive for Promotion of Marriage
Democrats See a New Urgency in Health Care
Army War College report blasts war on terrorism
O'NEILL ON CBS
BUSH IN 30 SECS
White House Wants to Restrict Some Corporate Tax Shelters
Report Faults Charter Schools In New York
Do citizens really want these jobs?
O'Neill Denies Charge Over Book Documents
Justices Refuse to Review Case on Secrecy and 9/11 Detentions
Blanco Takes Oath As Governor in La.
Ralph Nader's Media Wishlist
Dean Hits Corporate Abuses
Democrats Put Tax Proposals In Context of Systemic Change
Fox Supports Bush Proposal on Immigration
Even as Calls Mount to Resign, Rowland Sees Reasons to Stay
Bush Sought to Oust Hussein From Start, Ex-Official Says
Two Holes in the Medicare Drug Law
Baker Backed Loans That Added to Iraq Debt
Attacks on Education Law Leave Democrats in a Bind
Shooting for the moon and beyond
Gary Younge: US wakes up to politics
Camp Delta Briton claims abuse
Sowing the Seeds of GOP Domination
Democrats' New Role In Debate On Taxes
Internet Said to Gain as Source for News
O'Neill: Iraq Planning Came Before 9/11
MoveOn.org Becomes Anti-Bush Powerhouse
In the General's Black Hawk, Flying Over a Divided Iraq
Schwarzenegger to Target Social Programs
Wesley Clark Calls 9-11 Assertions 'Lies'
Gov. Schwarzenegger Unveils $99.1B Budget
A Partner in Shaping an Assertive Foreign Policy
Bush education law transforming schools
GIs in Iraq Scoff at Re-Enlistment Bonus
U.S. Awards Tenet Whistle-Blowers $8.1 Million
Results and Lessons of America's War on Poverty
Border Politics as Bush Woos 2 Key Groups With Proposal
White House Wants U.N. to Return to Iraq
Powell Admits No Hard Proof in Linking Iraq to Al Qaeda
U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq Approach 500
Powell Refutes Think-Tank Report on Iraq
In Shift, Dean Starts Watching His Words
Reaction to Bush Immigration Plan Mixed
Conn. Gov. Rowland Appeals for 2nd Chance
I.M.F. Report Says U.S. Deficits Threaten World Economy
Missteps Seen in Muslim Chaplain's Spy Case
District Tries to Force Overhaul School
Dean Was Warned on Lax Vt. Security
U.S. to Begin New Approach on Foreign Aid
Judge Dismisses Sen. Clinton From Lawsuit
Bush Decries Critics of New Education Law
Clinton Relishing Role as Democrats' Adviser in Chief
Dean Cites Terror Alert As Vindication
In One Suburb, Local Politics With Asian Roots
An Arsenal of Evidence on Weapons Sales
Extended Enlistments: Not New and No Surprise
Texas Rep. Hall to Switch to Republicans
Third Cow Herd Is Quarantined in U.S. on Fears of Mad Cow Disease
Republican Power Means Less for States
The Year in Quotes
THE ACCOMPLISHED LIES OF 2003
Some School Districts Challenge Bush's Signature Education Law
DICK CHENEY, HALLIBURTON AND OIL
President Bush Sent Plan for US Domination
Subpoena Served in Conn. Governor's Case
Bush Plans On Global Warming Alter Little
U.S. Considered Using Force During Oil Embargo, Documents Show
Powell Outlines Goals for 2004
Senators Question Terror Money Block
Rehnquist Scolds Congress on Sentencing
Women Find a New Arena for Equality: Prison
Halliburton Contracts in Iraq: The Struggle to Manage Costs
Army Stops Many Soldiers From Quitting
Worried Pain Doctors Decry Prosecutions
Agency Accused of Mishandling Contract
Bush's man rejects Blair weapons claim
In Iraq, Pace of U.S. Casualties Has Accelerated
Deans Remark May Be Defensible.
Tough Pill For the Democrats
From Patrician Roots, Dean Set Path of Prickly Independence
We Hate Spam, Congress Says. Except From Us
Bush Bypasses Senate, Makes 12 Appointments
Free Trade Accord at Age 10: The Growing Pains Are Clear
Gov. Asks Bush to Extend Jobless Benefits
RUMSFELD'S BLATANT HYPOCRISY
Leaks Probe Is Gathering Momentum
Mad Cow Is Tough for Bush Administration
U.S. Enhances Air Monitors in 30 Cities
GOP's Pressing Question on Medicare Vote
Powell Defends Diplomatic Role
Democrats Question Terror-Readiness Funds
Rumsfeld Made Iraq Overture in '84 Despite Chemical Raids
White House Plans Change in Regulations on Fuel Use
What is public threshold for politicians' lies?
Critics Take Issue With Dean Complaints
Lawmakers Pushing Campaign Finance Reform
Dean Attacks Bush on Jobless Benefits
Illinois to Seek Exemption to Buy Drugs From Canada
U.S. Rarely Seeks Charges for Deaths in Workplace
School Choice, Limited Options
The Poverty Quagmire
Military Medals and Pentagon Meddlers
ALBRIGHT JOKE
Fears of Retaliation for U.S. Limits on Iraq Work
Medicare Chief Joins Firm With Health Clients
Pentagon Inquiry: Halliburton Says It Saved U.S. Oil Money
BUSH TWICE OVERRULED
Conn. GOP Worried About Rowland's Future
Alaska Senator Defends Public Record
Tapes Show Abuse of 9/11 Detainees
In Small Town Scarred by 9/11, Voters Debate Bush's Iraq Strategy
Test scores improve in city schools
Attorney General John Ashcroft didn't have the best day yesterday.
FEC Fines Ashcroft's Senate Bid For Breach
Conn. Governor (R) Faces Talk of Impeachment
Feds Outline Plan on Enemy Combatants
Florida audit reveals gross mismanagement in voucher programs
Haliburton - More Black Eyes
Bush's Yellowstone Snowmobile Plan Stalls
Dean vs. Bush: Would it be close?
Single Women Gaining Political Clout
Lieberman Wants Halliburton Barred
New Democratic Group Finances a Republican-like Attack on Dean
Edwards Proposes New Flu Tracking System
Dean Comments on Capture of Saddam
Democrats' Anger at Bush Still Fueling Dean's Effort
Dean Says America Not Safer After Capture
Louisiana Sen. Breaux Won't Run Next Year
Civil Rights Charges Dog Citizen Patrols on Border
Thousands Attend Sen. Paul Simon Memorial
Capture to Give Big Lift to Bush, Analysts Say
Many Undecided in Iowa, New Hampshire
At AARP, Pushing for Change
And You Thought Pension Funds Were Scary
A Miranda Loophole
Boomerang Diplomacy
When DNA Meets Death Row, It's the System That's Tested
Senators Want Action on Gitmo Detainees
Expert: Plan Harms Texas Minority Vote
HUMAN RIGHTS NETWORK
N.R.A.'s New Ad Idea
Arrests at Yale Protest
Trial on Texas Redistricting Plan Begins
Anti-Bush Drawing Called 'Hate Speech'
FEC Target of Campaign Finance Reformers
Democrats protect overtime
The difficulties of coordination
Kucinich Wins Endorsement, Kiss From Date
Mich. Affirmative Action Petitions OK'd
Bush Defends Policy on Awarding Contracts to Rebuild Iraq
Official Blasts U.S. on Iraqi Contracts
Gephardt to Air Ad Featuring Clyburn
Baker to Seek Iraq Relief Among Allies
West Texans Sizzle Over a Plan to Sell Their Water
Bush's Advisers Focus on Dean as Likely Opponent Next Year
Gore's Puzzling Intervention
Upheld
McCain-Feingold Ruling Angers Activists on Both Left and Right
Federal Warning On Tuna Planned
Bush Seeks Help of Allies Barred From Iraq Deals
Labor Rallies for Rights to Form Unions
Pentagon Rules on Iraq Contracts Draw Criticism Abroad
Iraq war opponents barred from contract bids
U.S. Senators Tour Guantanamo Bay Prison
A strike that's struck a chord nationwide
Dean's Band of Outsiders
Rivals Gang Up on Dean, Gore in Debate
Anti-Dean Wing Is Scrambling -- And Shrinking
Muzzled for Honesty
Speeding Isn't Funny
Report Cites 10 States' Mercury Pollution
Dean's Rivals Ponder Gore Endorsement
HUD Sec. Resigns, May Run for Senate
Out of the margins, into the mainstream
Gore Urges Democrats to Unite Behind Dean
Gore Backs Dean in '04 Race
Pollution citations plummet under Bush
Ex-Sen. Kerrey Joins Sept. 11 Commission
Citing 'Best Chance,' Gore Endorses Dean in '04 Race
How Dean Could Win . . .
Insurers Ready to Sell Medical Savings Accounts
Jury Finds Janklow Guilty
Ashcroft vs. Greenpeace Overview
Medicare Law's Costs and Benefits Are Elusive
U.S. Gone 'Off a Cliff' In Iraq, Gingrich Says
Lieberman Surprised by Gore Backing Dean
Seniors Face Choices in New Medicare Law
In Silicon Valley, Kerry Touts Technology
'Dirty Bomb' Missiles Reported Missing
Gore to Endorse Dean, Remaking Democratic Race
Poets and yogis: San Francisco politics
Electoral Commission rules out e-voting
Dean Adviser Blends Technology, Strategy
Panel Weighs Security, Civil Liberties
Ky. Governor Leaving Office After Affair
A fish out of water
US spending surges to historic level