‘For God And Country’ ‘For God And Country’
Now that he's published a book about his Guantanamo ordeal, it's time to revisit the story of former Army chaplain James Yee. (I published a column about Yee in 2004 but much has ...
Oct 25, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Scare Scenario Scare Scenario
It has all the makings of a horror flick, but panic over a possible bird flu pandemic is following a time-honored script: sensational media reports, profit-hungry drug manufacturer...
Oct 24, 2005 / Feature / Dr. Marc Siegel
Web Letters Web Letters
Our readers write back on Darwin, New Orleans, and Bill Bennett.
Oct 24, 2005 / Our Readers
Seeing Through the Smokescreen Seeing Through the Smokescreen
You may have missed it, but the first week of October was Lawsuit Abuse Awareness Week. Was this catchy concept created to raise awareness of people abused by negligence or malpra...
Oct 24, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Deadline for Saddam Deadline for Saddam
Saddam Hussein went to trial on Wednesday declaring he was still the president of Iraq. A series of odes a decade ago to Hussein's dictatorial days show the tyrant was always out ...
Oct 24, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Calvin Trillin
The Hidden History of Slavery in New York The Hidden History of Slavery in New York
Those who believe that slavery in America was strictly a "Southern thing" will discover an eye-opening historical record on display at the New-York Historical Society's current exh...
Oct 24, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Adele Oltman
Fitzgerald Must Broaden Investigation Fitzgerald Must Broaden Investigation
"The CIA leak issue is only the tip of the iceberg," Congressman Jerry Nadler told me when I ran into him on the street near our offices on Friday afternoon. He was quick to tell ...
Oct 22, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
CIA Leak Scandal: Times Making Progress on Miller Mess? CIA Leak Scandal: Times Making Progress on Miller Mess?
Even on the weekend, our obsession with the Plame/CIA leak scandal--and the Judy Miller sideshow--doesn't end. Here's a piece I posted on my blog at
Oct 22, 2005
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David Corn
A (True) Conservative Case for Exiting Iraq A (True) Conservative Case for Exiting Iraq
George Bush, who once criticized Ronald Reagan's approach to terrorism, is now making a desperate grab for the former president's coattails. In August, Bush said that, because of...
Oct 22, 2005 / John Nichols
Empty Boots, Ravished Hearts Empty Boots, Ravished Hearts
Rows of plain black boots and empty pairs of baby shoes and dancing slippers are a mute testament to the American soldiers and Iraqi civilians who have perished in Iraq, as shown i...
Oct 21, 2005 / Feature / Shreema Mehta