Beating the Devil: The Incendiary Rants of Alexander Cockburn

This is a "wittiest of" maverick commentator Alexander Cockburn recent talks. Whether he's skewering the fallacies of the drug war or illuminating the dark crevices of secret government, his erudite and extemporaneous style warms the hearts of even the stodgiest cynics of the left.

Alexander Cockburn writes a weekly column for The Nation and is the founding editor of the bi-monthly journal Counterpunch. His books include Whiteout: The CIA Drugs and The Press, Five Days That Shook the World, Corruptions of Empire and Washington Babylon .