Guernica, Again Guernica, Again
The targeting of civilians in Gaza and Lebanon summons the image of Picasso's wrenching mural that memorialized innocents caught in the crossfire.
Jul 20, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Nicholas von Hoffman
Lamont Over Lieberman Lamont Over Lieberman
Joe is down. And for the first time in his eighteen year Senate career, he may be going down. A new Quinnipiac University poll released today finds Ned Lamont holding a 51 to 47 ...
Jul 20, 2006 / The Nation
The UN’s Mideast Mission The UN’s Mideast Mission
The United Nations can be a useful tool in settling the current crisis in Lebanon and Gaza, but only with US support. It is up to President Bush to get on the phone to Ehud Olmert ...
Jul 20, 2006 / Feature / Ian Williams
Lebanon In Crisis; Bush, Most Democrats In Denial Lebanon In Crisis; Bush, Most Democrats In Denial
A little more than a week of Israeli bombing and American neglect has created a humanitarian crisis in Lebanon. In a country that just months ago was being written up in travel ma...
Jul 20, 2006 / John Nichols
Iran and Gay Rights Iran and Gay Rights
Last year I wrote a long article on the execution of two teenage boys in Mashhad and the firestorm that erupted when they were identified by some gay activists and bloggers as &quo...
Jul 19, 2006 / Richard Kim
Iraqi Oil Theft Drives Up Reconstruction Costs Iraqi Oil Theft Drives Up Reconstruction Costs
According to James Jeffrey of the State Department's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, at $21.9 billion the Iraqi reconstruction program is "the largest since the Marshall Plan." I...
Jul 19, 2006 / The Nation
Mumbai’s Other Casualty Mumbai’s Other Casualty
One week after bombs ripped through commuter trains in India's financial capital of Mumbai, the carnage has finally been tallied: 182 people killed and 900 injured.
Jul 19, 2006 / Feature / Graham Usher
Condi’s Charade Condi’s Charade
After a week of dithering, the Bush Administration has finally decided to send Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to the Middle East. But when Condi arrives on Friday, ten days a...
Jul 19, 2006 / The Nation
Putin’s Foes Fall Flat at Summit Putin’s Foes Fall Flat at Summit
As Vladimir Putin played host to the G-8 summit, opposition groups from the right and left staged events that challenged Putin's authority and paraded their grievances to Western m...
Jul 19, 2006 / Feature / Anna G. Arutunyan
Open Mike, Closed Mind Open Mike, Closed Mind
Bush's boorish comments at the G-8 summit revealed more than his ignorance of the Mideast: His policies have made the US a helpless bystander as the entire region burns.
Jul 19, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer