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The Constitution and Torture - Research Project One

Government Websites and Reports (Supporting)
Torture and the Constitution � Washington Post
Holder V. Bush: Torture and the Attorney General's Moment of Truth � Klaidman
Adminstration Won't Seek New Detention System � Finn
Scalia Enters Debate on the Constitution and Torture � NPR
Waterboarding and Torture � McCarthy
Torture Logic: Where to Draw the Line � Schoenfeld
The Truth About Torture � Krauthammer
The New Spanish Inquisition � Rabkin & Loyola
Torture and the US Intelligence Failure � Friedman

Critical Websites and Reports (Opposing)
Under U.S. Law Torture is Always Illegal � Cohn

Torture: An American Legacy - Boggs

Restricting Rights at Guantanamo � Boldin

Redefining torture, or "The Constitution is just a piece of paper" � Seven Generational Ruminations

Documents Released Under FOIA � American Civil Liberties Union

Department of Justice to Guantanamo Bay � Cohn

Sanctioning Torture � Glennon

A Truly Shocking Gitmo Story � Worthington

Bush Advisor on Torture � Watts

Capitalism and Democracy - Research Project Two

Book Excerpts (Traditional Analyses)
Interest Group Politics - Loomis and Cigler
Free Speech Requires Campaign Money - Smith
The Road to Serfdom - Hayek

Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis - Von Mises

Capitalism and Freedom - Friedman

American Democracy in Peril - Hudson

The Case for Congress - Hamilton

Book Excerpts (Critical Analyses)
The Divine Right of Capital - Kelly

Democracy for the Few - Parenti

America Beyond Capitalism - Alperovitz

Myth America: Democracy vs. Capitalism - Boyer

Who Rules America? - Domhoff

The Power of the Rich - Tabb

"This Land is Your Land" - Hightower

Is That A Politician In Your Pocket? - Sifry and Watzman

Magazine and Journal Articles
Are You Working For A Psycho? - Bakan

Capitalism and Democracy "Don't Mix Very Well" - Street

Internet Websites on Corporate Power and Democracy
Program on Corporations, Law, and Democracy

Multinational Monitor

Center for Public Integrity

United for a Fair Economy

Public Citizen

Public Campaign

The Future of American Power - Research Project Three

Readings from the Declinist School
The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers � AbsoluteAstronomy.com
The Decline and Fall of Almost Everything � Kurth
Paul Kennedy�s Imperial Overstretch Revisited � PeoplesGeography
Why All Empires Come to Dust � Gray
The Perils of Empire � Kennedy
America�s Turbulent Decline � Rihani
The Eagle Has Crash Landed � Wallerstein
Capitalism�s Demise? � Interview with Jae-Jung Suh

Readings from the American Exceptionalist School
Three Centuries of American Declinism � Dowd
The Pessimist Persuasion � Herman
Falling Upwards: Declinism, the Box Set � Lieber
The End of History � Fukuyama

Readings from the Neo-Imperialist School
Triumphing Toward International Disaster - Gowan
Global Depression and Regional Wars � Lendman
Decline of America�s Empire � Lendman
Who Rules America? - Petras
Economic Empire Building: The Centrality of Corruption - Petras
World Depression: The Decline of US Empire - Petras

US Government Advanced Placement - Final Thesis Project

Recent Articles and Websites of Interest for US Government Students:

Addicted To War - Andreas
"Was the Ohio Election Stolen?" - Kennedy Jr.
"Blood and Oil: How the West Will Profit from Iraq's Most Precious Commodity" - The Independent (Britain)