Pat Tillman’s Legacy Pat Tillman’s Legacy
As the elections approach, a former soldier, grieving the friendly-fire death of his brother in combat, asks: How has the most respected country in the world become so irrational, ...
Oct 20, 2006 / Kevin Tillman
The War and the Election The War and the Election
Ending the Iraq War is the most pressing issue facing America today. I
Oct 19, 2006 / The Editors
The Killing Fields of Iraq The Killing Fields of Iraq
The carnage the US has visited upon Iraq in the name of fighting terror has taken more than 600,000 lives. We are not building democracy, we are creating mayhem.
Oct 18, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer
A Devil’s Bargain A Devil’s Bargain
The United States may well have its way and exclude Venezuela from the UN Security Council, in retribution for Hugo Chávez's diabolical roast of George W. Bush. But doesn't ...
Oct 18, 2006 / Feature / Ian Williams
Pamuk’s Prize Pamuk’s Prize
If Nobel Prize-winning novelist Orhan Pamuk is a political writer, it is by virtue of his sympathy for what is old and faded, for what no longer matters, or what never did.
Oct 16, 2006 / Maria Margaronis
Who’s Running Afghan Policy? Who’s Running Afghan Policy?
Even if the United States has the will to do the hard work necessary to rebuild Afghanistan, there are few signs that senior Administration officials are engaged.
Oct 16, 2006 / Feature / David Corn
Escape From Iraq Escape From Iraq
Bring back Saddam. Spring him from the slammer and put the old dictator back to work. Otherwise, we're never gonna get out of Iraq.
Oct 14, 2006 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
My Friend, the Enemy My Friend, the Enemy
Sandy Tolan’s The Lemon Tree is a novelistic account of two intertwined lives, one Palestinian and one Jewish, and a house with two histories.
Oct 12, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Roane Carey
Taliban Rising Taliban Rising
If the corruption of Karzai's government is Afghanistan's new cancer, then the Taliban are increasingly seen as chemotherapy: an unpleasant but necessary remedy.
Oct 12, 2006 / Feature / Christian Parenti
Israel’s Cassandra Israel’s Cassandra
If Israel is to fulfill the Zionist vision of being a state like any other, it must take responsibility for the ever-more explosive Middle East.
Oct 12, 2006 / Arno Mayer