Watergate and the Downing of Nixon, Part 4
In Part 4, we see more and more tantalizing evidence of how much our perception of events, and of people, can be manipulated.
He Shaped US History — But Not How You Think
With tomorrow being America’s birthday, we thought it a good time to look at an underrated figure who shaped the country’s destiny, albeit not in the ways you heard.
Watergate and the Downing of Nixon, Part 3
More revealing details on the intricate ways in which President Richard Nixon clearly seems to have been set up. And the role of Big Oil behind some of the machinations — but who else was involved, and why?
Watergate and the Downing of Nixon, Part 2
In Part 2, we look at the remarkable fact that Richard Nixon was present in Dallas on November 22, 1963 when his 1960 vanquisher, John F. Kennedy, was violently removed from office. Is it preposterous to wonder if Nixon’s presence there was engineered? Was it to teach him a lesson?
Watergate and the Downing of Nixon, Part 1
Is there a “Deep State”? And did it do Nixon in? A timely look at a precursor event for Trump Times. Part 1 of a series.
Classic Who: What They Don’t Tell You About Oil Industry Tax Breaks
President Donald Trump’s tax reform outline calls for eliminating breaks for special interests, while dramatically lowering the overall corporate tax rate. But certain tax loopholes for Big Oil have proven especially difficult, even dangerous, to remove.
Logic Check: Be Wary of New Trump Comey Tapes Threat Story
The big story as I write is that President Donald Trump has, via tweet, implicitly threatened former Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey, suggesting that he has tapes of Comey stating that Trump was not under investigation by the FBI. It strikes me that this is typical of Trump tactics designed to keep his Read More
Cries From Syria, a Scorching Documentary
Review of Cries from Syria, an HBO film by a Russian-born director that offers an uncensored look at the carnage on the ground in Syria, while leaving Western blame unexamined.
Food for Thought: Trump, Mexicans, and an Underappreciated Heroine
Review of a documentary on the remarkable, colorful, sometimes tragic, heroic life of Dolores Huerta who, along with César Chávez, founded the United Farmworkers of America.
Diving for Disaster: When the Coral is Gone
As this powerful, colorful documentary makes clear, coral is not just an exoticism: it is part of the cycle of life on earth. When it’s gone, so, eventually, will we be. And it’s going fast.
Russ Baker on the Media’s Deep State Conversion Moment
Deep State analysis is at the core of what we do at WhoWhatWhy. With that genre apparently no longer simply dismissed as “conspiracy theory,” the corporate media seem to be playing catch up to a game that is already well into overtime.