Rumsfeld’s Untidy World Rumsfeld’s Untidy World
On April 11th--the day of the most widespread and uncontrolled looting in Iraq--Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld produced one of the more sour notes of the nascent postwar perio...
Apr 25, 2003 / Feature / Jonathan Miller
Statement on Cuba Statement on Cuba
If you'd like to add your name to this statement, e-mail [email protected].
Apr 24, 2003 / The Nation
Militants at the Crossroads Militants at the Crossroads
When Ayatollah Abdel Majid al-Khoei was stabbed to death earlier this month by a mob in Shiite Islam's holiest mosque, the bloody event was widely described as a blow to the forc...
Apr 24, 2003 / Feature / Ari Z. Weisbard
The Revell Variations The Revell Variations
How much, in just twenty years, Donald Revell has changed! From the Abandoned Cities (1983), his debut volume, included a villanelle, a sestina, rhymed sonnets and meditative t...
Apr 24, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Burt
Minority Report Minority Report
Ever since Clark Kent first donned a pair of oversized glasses and, somewhat improbably, hid his Superman persona from Lois Lane, questions of identity have been a staple of th...
Apr 24, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Alan Jenkins
Fear Eats the Soul Fear Eats the Soul
Baghdad has fallen. The city has been taken by the troops who were bringing it freedom.
Apr 24, 2003 / Books & the Arts / John Berger
Letter From Zimbabwe Letter From Zimbabwe
The ravages of drought are evident to anyone traveling through Zimbabwe. The carcass of a dead donkey lies on the road, while skeletal dogs tear at its intestines.
Apr 24, 2003 / Feature / Gabrielle Menezes
Hammering Down I-25 Hammering Down I-25
It's a great country. Don't let the hucksters and charlatans take it away.
Apr 24, 2003 / Feature / James Lee Burke
Screened Out Screened Out
How 'fighting terrorism' became a bludgeon in Bush's assault on labor.
Apr 24, 2003 / Feature / David Bacon
The Republican Party’s Goal Is to Destroy the Federal Government The Republican Party’s Goal Is to Destroy the Federal Government
Apr 24, 2003 / Feature / William Greider