"can you believe the Wall Street Journal used to run Alex Cockburn?"
Being as yet a young'un, I can't, or rather couldn't, but there they are, 119 columns, most of them in the 80s, all of two after 1993.
your turing test:
Oil for Nothing:US Holds On Humanitarian SuppliesIraq: 1997-2001
the good book and other cultural artifacts