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Award-winning investigative reporter Dave Lindorff has been working as a journalist for 33 years. A regular columnist for CounterPunch (www.counterpunch.org), he also writes frequently for Extra! (www.fair.org) and Salon magazine (www.salon.com), as well as for Businessweek, The Nation and Treasury&Risk Management Magazine. In the late 1970s, he ran the Daily News bureau covering Los Angeles County government, and in the mid-'90s, spent several years as a correspondent in Hong Kong and China for Businessweek. Over the years he has written for such publications as Rolling Stone, Mother Jones, Village Voice, Forbes, The London Observer and the Australian National Times.
Author, with Barbara Olshansky, of The Case for Impeachment: Legal Arguments for Removing President George W. Bush from Office (St. Martin's Press, June 2006), he is also the author of three earlier books--This Can't Be Happening! Resisting the Disintegration of American Democracy (Common Courage Press, 2004), Marketplace Medicine: The Rise of the For Profit Hospital Chains (Bantam, 1992), an investigative report on the for-profit hospital industry, and Killing Time: An Investigation into the Death Row Case of Mumia Abu-Jamal (Common Courage Press, 2003), the only independent examination of this important capital case.
A two-time Fulbright Scholar (Shanghai, China and Kaohsiung, Taiwan), he is a 1975 graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, and received a B.A. in Chinese in 1972 from Wesleyan University. In October 2004, he was awarded a coveted "Most Censored Story of 2003" award by Project Censored (for his Oct. 16, 2003 story in Salon about the Pentagon's quiet efforts to gear up the machinery for a return to the draft). A founding member of the National Writers Union, and a member of the steering committee of the NWU Philadelphia local, for the past nine years, he has lived with his family just outside Philadelphia.
In addition to writing, Lindorff is an accomplished folk musician (guitar, vocals and saw).
Articles
Friday, 09 May 2008 The Democratic Presidential Race: A View from Pennsylvania 72 / 0
Saturday, 03 May 2008 The Bush Family's Bad Latin Real Estate Investment 146 / 0
Wednesday, 30 April 2008 The Clock is Ticking for A US Attack on Iran 147 / 0
Friday, 25 April 2008 Hillary Clinton's Monstrous Threat 195 / 0
Tuesday, 22 April 2008 In Praise of Bill Ayers and the Weather Underground 199 / 0
Tuesday, 22 April 2008 Notes from the "Bitter and Frustrated" Heartland 181 / 0
Monday, 14 April 2008 On Waking Sleeping Giants 175 / 0
Monday, 31 March 2008 Third Circuit Court Rejects Abu-Jamal Appeal: The "Mumia Exception" 378 / 0
Friday, 14 March 2008 It's the "Oh Shit!" Moment on Iran 415 / 0
Friday, 14 March 2008 Spitzer Bust Provides a Warning Regarding NSA Spying 313 / 0
Wednesday, 27 February 2008 The Welch Whitewash: We Still Don't Know What That Aug. 30 Nuclear Incident Was About 461 / 0
Friday, 22 February 2008 McCain and the Lobbyist - Missing the Story of the Miss 598 / 0
Thursday, 21 February 2008 Just when you think the media couldn't get any worse... 422 / 0
Wednesday, 20 February 2008 Obama and a Chance for Progressive Change 410 / 0
Monday, 18 February 2008 I'm Going to Make a Prediction Here: Hillary's Toast 431 / 0
Monday, 18 February 2008 To Hell With the Chief! 377 / 0
Saturday, 02 February 2008 Capitol Crime of the Century: Time for Congress to Stand Up 515 / 0
Thursday, 31 January 2008 This Campaign's a B-Movie with a B List of Characters 554 / 0
Wednesday, 23 January 2008 The Bush Dollar Trap 494 / 0
Thursday, 10 January 2008 Bad News from New Hampshire, Good News from Maine 525 / 0
Wednesday, 09 January 2008 What is This "Iranian Provocation" BS? 487 / 0
Tuesday, 08 January 2008 9-11 Cover-Up, Treason and The Bomb 566 / 0
Friday, 04 January 2008 Clinton's Embarrassing Flop in Iowa Exposes Dem Leaders' Folly 527 / 0
Friday, 04 January 2008 Tipping Point on Impeachment is ApproachingTipping Point on Impeachment is Approaching 607 / 0
Thursday, 03 January 2008 One-Man March on Washington Stops in Philly, Meets Local Activists...and Cops 454 / 0
Monday, 31 December 2007 Breaking: Corporate Media Actually Report Some Real News! 491 / 0
Sunday, 23 December 2007 Global Warming Will Save America from the Right...Eventually 545 / 0
Saturday, 22 December 2007 Power of the People Forces Corporate Media to Do the Right Thing 508 / 0
Friday, 21 December 2007 Ya Gotta Love Those Tough Democrats in Congress 490 / 0
Wednesday, 19 December 2007 Impeachment Advocates Crush Server, But Still No Reports in the Corporate Media 520 / 0
Wednesday, 19 December 2007 Corporate Media Means No Real News 527 / 0
Sunday, 16 December 2007 Three House Judiciary Members Call for Impeachment of Cheney NOW 737 / 0
Sunday, 16 December 2007 Imagine a Campaign that Called for Slashing Military Spending by 75% 523 / 0
Sunday, 09 December 2007 Just Give Us Some Truth! 496 / 0
Friday, 07 December 2007 Black is White. And (for Bush at Least) No Nukes is Bad News 604 / 0
Monday, 03 December 2007 Maureen Faulkner and Mumia: Vengeance Isn't Sweet 1126 / 0
Friday, 30 November 2007 News Not Fit to Print: US Coup Planned for Venezuela? 627 / 0
Thursday, 22 November 2007 Impeachment on the Thanksgiving Table: McClellan's Dish 615 / 0
Thursday, 22 November 2007 The Mystery of Minot: Loose nukes and a cluster of dead airmen raise troubling questions 839 / 0
Wednesday, 21 November 2007 Rumors of (More) War: US Attack on Iran Gains Credence 631 / 0
Wednesday, 21 November 2007 Democrats Face a Shock in November '08: They Could Lose 643 / 0
Saturday, 17 November 2007 Two Brothers and Two Scandals 986 / 0
Wednesday, 14 November 2007 This Revolution Could Be Televised on Fox 602 / 0
Wednesday, 14 November 2007 I Saw a UFO, Too 677 / 0
Monday, 05 November 2007 More Questions About the Minot Nukes 571 / 0
Sunday, 04 November 2007 Growing Fears of a US Attack on Iran, and an Easy Way to Stop It 619 / 0
Sunday, 04 November 2007 The Air Force Cover-Up of That Minot-Barksdale Nuke Missile Flight 672 / 0
Sunday, 28 October 2007 Home of the Brave? 616 / 0
Sunday, 28 October 2007 About Those Destroyed Houses in California 691 / 0
Thursday, 25 October 2007 Were Those Cruise Missiles Targeted? Did Anybody Check? 624 / 0
Monday, 22 October 2007 This is Sen. Chris Dodd's Make-or-Break Moment 750 / 0
Saturday, 20 October 2007 Nukes Over America: All a Stupid Mistake. Sure It Was 694 / 0
Saturday, 20 October 2007 The difference between the Republicans in Congress and the Democrats in Congress is striking. 667 / 0
Wednesday, 17 October 2007 An Iraqi Point of View on American Tactics in Iraq 638 / 0
Monday, 15 October 2007 Something's Rotten in Iraq and the Pentagon 724 / 0
Friday, 12 October 2007 Can the Democratic Party be Saved? 733 / 0
Tuesday, 09 October 2007 What are Progressives Waiting For? 791 / 0
Sunday, 07 October 2007 October 5: A Good Day for Liberty and the Constitution 592 / 0
Saturday, 06 October 2007 Bush and Torture 641 / 0
Thursday, 04 October 2007 Making Iraq into Vietnam 650 / 0
Thursday, 27 September 2007 Why Quitting the Party Makes Sense 751 / 0
Wednesday, 26 September 2007 Senators Kyl and Lieberman and their Stealth War Authorization 750 / 0
Tuesday, 25 September 2007 Send the Democrats a Message: Join Cynthia McKinney and Me and Be a Quitter! 870 / 0
Monday, 24 September 2007 Why Aren't We Banning Blackwater Here? 677 / 0
Saturday, 15 September 2007 How Stupid Does Bush Think We Are? Answer: Very 887 / 0
Monday, 10 September 2007 This was No Accident: Nuclear Weapons are Different 958 / 0
Monday, 10 September 2007 Was That Nuclear-Armed B-52 Flight Destined for Iran? 1913 / 0
Wednesday, 05 September 2007 Beware the Wounded Beast: Bush Has Lost the Iraq War 837 / 0
Thursday, 30 August 2007 Keeping a Lid on a Hot Story? NASA Scientists Challenge Security Rules 898 / 0
Wednesday, 29 August 2007 Attacking Iran Would be Madness, and a Capital Crime 866 / 0
Tuesday, 28 August 2007 Gonzo's Gone. Now Let's Go After Cheney 1025 / 0
Wednesday, 22 August 2007 Class Struggle and Revolution Take Wing in America 803 / 0
Monday, 20 August 2007 Pelosi's Stand on Impeachment is Killing the Democratic Party 986 / 0
Monday, 20 August 2007 Tossing Fuel on a Fire: US Military Aid to Israel Tops $30 Billion 847 / 0
Thursday, 16 August 2007 Conviction of Padilla is Bad News for All Americans — Including Journalists 1055 / 0
Wednesday, 15 August 2007 Terrorist Nation? It Takes One to Know One 1094 / 0
Monday, 13 August 2007 Dennis Kucinich: Desapparacido! 1451 / 0
Tuesday, 07 August 2007 Gelding Congress: House Censure Would be the Final Cut of the Knife 1608 / 0
Monday, 06 August 2007 Tomasky on Impeachment: The Dumbest Advice the Democrats Ever Got 1230 / 0
Sunday, 05 August 2007 A Sad Day? How About a Sad Six-and-a-Half Years? 924 / 0
Friday, 03 August 2007 Democrats are Reverting to Form 849 / 0
Wednesday, 01 August 2007 Lindorff Silenced? 1102 / 0
Saturday, 28 July 2007 Office Arrests: The Shame of John Conyers 1058 / 0
Friday, 27 July 2007 Martial Law Threat is Real 1291 / 0
Monday, 23 July 2007 Democrats are their Own Worst Enemies 965 / 0
Friday, 20 July 2007 America at War: Killing Cabbies in Iraq 968 / 0
Wednesday, 18 July 2007 Feingold Turns to Dross 1660 / 0
Sunday, 15 July 2007 Bill Moyers Puts Impeachment On the Media Table 1353 / 0
Thursday, 12 July 2007 Impeachment Countdown: Are Bush and Cheney Starting to Lose Sleep? 917 / 0
Tuesday, 10 July 2007 On the Road for Impeachment 897 / 0
Thursday, 05 July 2007 Pelosi's Sinking Fortunes 1669 / 0
Friday, 29 June 2007 Congress Needs to Stop Playing in Bush's Court 1382 / 0
Wednesday, 27 June 2007 Nancy & Harry: Bringing Down the House (and Senate) 1381 / 0
Saturday, 23 June 2007 Bush's Incredible Shrinking "Coalition" 1214 / 1
Friday, 22 June 2007 Iraqi Labor Leaders Blame US for the Bloodshed in Iraq and say Get Out! 1211 / 1
Tuesday, 19 June 2007 Democrats in Congress: The Wheels are Coming Off 1169 / 0
Thursday, 14 June 2007 Cheney Impeachment Watch: Now There Are Eight 1603 / 0
Wednesday, 13 June 2007 Congressional Failure and the Democrats' Last Chance 1034 / 0
Tuesday, 12 June 2007 Things Your Media Mama Didn't Tell You 1297 / 0
Friday, 08 June 2007 Impeachment on a Roll 997 / 0
Tuesday, 05 June 2007 Conyers is my Constitutional Hero 859 / 0
Wednesday, 30 May 2007 Whatever Happened to Signing Statements? 1110 / 0
Tuesday, 29 May 2007 Democratic Blood Money 857 / 0
Tuesday, 22 May 2007 A Widening Chasm Between House Democrats and the Voters on Impeachment 1066 / 0
Sunday, 20 May 2007 Mumia Case on Hold as Appellate Judges Deliberate 1403 / 0
Wednesday, 16 May 2007 Justice System on Trial as Mumia Case Reaches Climax 1221 / 0
Tuesday, 15 May 2007 Impeach this President, or Remove the Impeachment Clause 1283 / 0
Thursday, 10 May 2007 Pelosi's Toothless Threat to Sue Bush Imperils the Constitution 1152 / 0
Thursday, 10 May 2007 Bush Falling Fortunes, Rising Oil Futures, and Lame Democrats 1381 / 0
Wednesday, 09 May 2007 Time for MoveOn to Make a MoveOn Impeachment! 1440 / 0
Tuesday, 08 May 2007 The Great Oil Robbery 1365 / 0
Friday, 04 May 2007 The Impeachment Train is Starting to Roll. 1558 / 0
Wednesday, 02 May 2007 Four Years After May 1, 2003: Are We Winning Yet? 1134 / 0
Monday, 30 April 2007 Mainstream American Journalism: An Obituary 1292 / 0
Thursday, 26 April 2007 Dropping the First Shoe: Kucinich submits impeachment bill against Cheney 1593 / 0
Friday, 20 April 2007 Huge Win for Impeachment in Vermont 1496 / 0
Thursday, 19 April 2007 Impeaching Cheney First. Finally! 1452 / 0
Thursday, 19 April 2007 Betraying Thomas Jefferson 1211 / 0
Thursday, 19 April 2007 Impeachment Talk: Doonesbury, Dennis and Dick 1210 / 0
Monday, 16 April 2007 Bush's Gravest Impeachable Crime 1347 / 0
Thursday, 12 April 2007 A Terrifying Truth 1630 / 0
Thursday, 12 April 2007 Rep. Davis to Constituents: Make Me Impeach Bush 1446 / 0
Wednesday, 11 April 2007 Torture Blowback and Selective Outrage 1219 / 0
Wednesday, 11 April 2007 158 Democrats Gone, and Counting (Take That You Weasels)!
1187 / 0
Saturday, 31 March 2007 I Quit! A Movement of One, Or Maybe a Million 1201 / 0
Thursday, 29 March 2007 Oil Traders Fear US Attack on Iran: Maybe We Should Too 1072 / 0
Tuesday, 27 March 2007 Why Dick and Nancy Will Never be President via Impeachment 1120 / 0
Saturday, 24 March 2007 Abu-Jamal Hearing Date Set by Third Circuit Court of Appeals 1221 / 0
Saturday, 17 March 2007 Democrats' Calls for Resignations are Pointless Diversions 1295 / 0
Tuesday, 13 March 2007 What's Good for Halliburton (and Cheney) is Good for...Dubai 1672 / 0
Friday, 09 March 2007 Bush Dodges a Constitutional Bullet in New Mexico 1543 / 0
Friday, 09 March 2007 Through the Looking Glass in Iraq 1844 / 0
Tuesday, 06 March 2007 Libbygate: Now to the Real Story 1783 / 0
Tuesday, 27 February 2007 A Message to Washington State Legislators (and to those in VT, NM and elsewhere) 1451 / 0
Tuesday, 27 February 2007 Bush is Funding al-Qaeda, Making Him an Unlawful Combatant 1391 / 0
Thursday, 15 February 2007 Co-Dependent Congress Must Wake Up: The President Needs a Straight-Jacket and a Padded Cell 1736 / 0
Tuesday, 13 February 2007 A word of caution on US claims of Iranian weapons killing GIs 1404 / 0
Thursday, 08 February 2007 Truth or Consequences: Some Questions for President Bush 1310 / 0
Tuesday, 06 February 2007 Borat Goes to Washington: Don't Experiment with the US Economy 1382 / 0