Yet another installment of pieces providing some history and context for present horrors.
Welcome to Bushworld:
Masked and Anonymous: The Age of Abu Ghraib
Ring of Fire: The Fallujah Inferno
The Republic's been dead for a long time now:
Death Wish: The Presidential Prerogative of Murder (2001)
Render Unto Caesar: The End of Law (2002)
A brief history of that great Bushist "moderate":
Colin Powell, Bagman
A statement of principles:
Moment by Moment
Previous installments:
Past Imperfect I
Past Imperfect II
Past Imperfect III