Editorial: Media bears responsibility
Inaccuracy in journalism hurts everyone. Falsehoods in the news make us a misinformed and counterproductive society. More>>

Defenders of truth beware, politics is riddled with lies

First a group calling itself "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth" took to the airwaves with a TV ad that disputed Sen. John Kerry's Vietname war record. More>>

CIA owes nation more backbone
Ever since the CIA's bungled coups and assassination plots were exposed by Congress in the early 1970s, critics have seized on each fresh intelligence failure to demand radical reform. More>>