“A lost war?” The Hindu, December 19, 2004.
"The upside to losing Iraq? An empire falls," Austin American-Statesman, December 3, 2004, p. A-17. Also ran as "Defeat for an empire," Fort Worth Star-Telegram, December 8, 2004; and posted on Common Dreams.
"Symposium: Four more years," FrontPageMagazine.com, December 3, 2004.
"Their quest for justice won't die with Arafat," co-authored with Sylvia Shihadeh, Austin American-Statesman, November 12, 2004. Also posted on Counterpunch, ZNet, OutlookIndia, and Dissident Voice.
"Your rich men are full of violence," posted on Common Dreams, Counterpunch and ZNet, November 4, 2004.
"Election day fears," co-authored with Pat Youngblood, posted at Working for Change, Counterpunch, and ZNet, October 15, 2004.
"Symposium: The left's hatred of Bush," FrontPageMagazine.com, October 15, 2004.
"Large dams in India: Temples or burial grounds? An interview with Angana Chatterji," posted on Alternet, Counterpunch, and ZNet, September 21, 2004.
"Both sides in debate about Kerry's Vietnam service ignore the truth of the war," ZNet Commentary, September 19, 2004.
"'Hijacking Catastrophe' fills a void left by journalists' failures," posted TomPaine.com, Alternet, and Working for Change, September 17, 2004.
"Attempts to oust Venezuela's leader show 'expanding democracy' is just rhetoric," Austin American-Statesman, August 14, 2004, p. A-15; and Houston Chronicle, August 15, 2004, p. D-1. Also distributed as a ZNet Commentary, August 11, 2004; and posted on web sites, including Counterpunch and Common Dreams.
"Kerry's hypocrisy on Vietnam War," posted on Counterpunch, August 2, 2004.
"'Fahrenheit 9/11' is a stupid white movie: What Michael Moore misses about the empire," posted on Counterpunch, ZNet, Common Dreams, OutlookIndia.com, July 5, 2004.
"The United States has lost the Iraq War, and that's a good thing," Dallas Morning News, June 6, 2004, p. H-4; also posted on Counterpunch, June 2, 2004.
"America, look into the mirror," The Hindu, June 6, 2004. Also distributed as a ZNet Commentary, May 30, 2004, and posted on Common Dreams, Global Policy Forum, Dissident Voice, May 24, 2004.
"Illusions of superiority," posted on INTHEFRAY and Alternet, May 3, 2004.
"Hunger strike remembers the victims of World Bank policies," ZNet Commentary, April 23, 2004. Also posted on Alternet, Common Dreams, and Counterpunch.
"U.S. still adrift in Mideast," Dallas Morning News, April 12, 2004, p. A-15.
"Pornography and sexual violence," VAWnet, July 2004.
"Rice wouldn't admit mistakes," Philadelphia Inquirer, April 11, 2004, p. C-7.
"Damn the dams: An interview with Medha Patkar" , Z Magazine, April 2004, pp. 21-23. Also posted on Alternet, February 26, 2004.
"Former President Bush involved with donation to group with terrorist connections," (satire), ZNet Commentary, March 26, 2004. Also posted on Common Dreams, Counterpunch, Dissident Voice and Progressive Trail, March 8, 2004.
"The failure of U.S. journalism," Aljazeera English (special report on "Changing Face of Iraq"), March 15, 2004.
"Getting away with murder (literally): Presidential lying, journalistic malfeasance, and the manipulation of public opinion," talk to “The Prospect of Presidential Rhetoric” conference, George Bush Presidential Library Center, Texas A&M University, March 6, 2004.
"A cruel edge: The painful truth about today's pornography -- and what men can do about it," MS magazine, Spring 2004, pp. 54-58.
"Bush's nuclear hypocrisy," ZNet Commentary, March 9, 2004. Also posted on OutlookIndia.com, Common Dreams, Counterpunch, Dissident Voice and Progressive Trail.
"Intelligence failure?" co-authored with Rahul Mahajan, OutlookIndia.com, Nth Position, Dissident Voice and Progressive Trail, February 3, 2004.