Too Late for Empire Too Late for Empire
Thirty years after Watergate, we again face a constitutional crisis at home and a misconceived war abroad. The United States will remain a helpless giant until we finally learn tha...
Jul 27, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Jonathan Schell
No Presents, Please No Presents, Please
The only thing more absurd than the wedding gift the British government just gave
Jul 27, 2006 / Column / Katha Pollitt
The Triumph of Crackpot Realism The Triumph of Crackpot Realism
The American government has lost its grasp on reality in Iraq and Lebanon. They seek out the bright, clear problems of war, leaving rubble and corpses in their wake.
Jul 27, 2006 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Reading Less Bad News From Iraq Reading Less Bad News From Iraq
The papers simply cannot find the space.
Jul 27, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Reading the Reed Rout Reading the Reed Rout
Two Republican primaries in the Deep South expose potentially serious cracks in the party's religious-right foundation.
Jul 27, 2006 / Bob Moser
Mumbai’s Casualties Mumbai’s Casualties
The grisly commuter train bombings in Mumbai on July 11 both endangered the India/Pakistan peace process and underscored its fragility.
Jul 27, 2006 / Graham Usher
The View From Israel The View From Israel
The crisis in the Middle East reveals the dangers of religious fundamentalism and leaving political decisions to the military.
Jul 27, 2006 / Hillel Schenker
Anger in the Arab World Anger in the Arab World
At best, war in Gaza and Lebanon will weaken pro-American regimes without destroying Hezbollah, Hamas, Iran or Syria. At worst, it will plunge the region into catastrophe.
Jul 27, 2006 / Rashid Khalidi
The Fractured Mideast The Fractured Mideast
Bush's Mideast strategy of inaction is a dangerous failure. He must act diplomatically to achieve a cease-fire, prisoner exchange and Israeli withdrawal from Arab lands.
Jul 27, 2006 / The Editors