Toggle Menu

On the Abuse of Prisoners in Iraq

We're told that the few rotten apples Who brought on this sordid affair'll Be punished. But what if those apples Are right at the top of the barrel?

Calvin Trillin

May 13, 2004

We’re told that the few rotten apples Who brought on this sordid affair’ll Be punished. But what if those apples Are right at the top of the barrel?

Calvin TrillinCalvin Trillin is The Nation’s “deadline poet.”


Latest from the nation