The Chastening of the Times The Chastening of the Times
On March 9, 2003, a distinguished group of high-ranking politicians and journalists descended on the Bryant Park Hotel to attend a wedding reception for the then-executive editor...
Sep 23, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Scott Sherman
Press Watch Press Watch
A silver lining amid the dismal outpouring of news from Iraq has been the unbroken parade of conservative (and liberal hawk) commentators who now admit--with mea culpas, half-apo...
Aug 12, 2004 / Editorial / Scott Sherman
The Maxwell Affair The Maxwell Affair
Last November Foreign Affairs, the prestigious journal of the Council on Foreign Relations, published a review of The Pinochet File: A Declassified Dossier on Atrocity and Accoun...
Jun 3, 2004 / Editorial / Scott Sherman
The Rebirth of the NYRB The Rebirth of the NYRB
The highbrow literary magazine has re-emerged as a combative political actor.
May 20, 2004 / Feature / Scott Sherman
Press Watch Press Watch
The conduct of our major newspapers in the run-up to the Iraq war calls to mind William Hazlitt's famous appraisal of the Times of London.
Feb 26, 2004 / Editorial / Scott Sherman
Press Watch Press Watch
In July 2002 a retired US Army colonel who would be dead within months unburdened himself of twenty-two classified documents concerning war crimes in Vietnam.
Feb 12, 2004 / Editorial / Scott Sherman
When Is a Coup a Coup? When Is a Coup a Coup?
On April 11, 2002, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez was ousted in an ill-fated coup attempt. On April 14 he returned in triumph to the presidential palace. What to call the ...
May 9, 2002 / Editorial / Scott Sherman
He Has a Dream He Has a Dream
The grand ambition of the Rev. Al Sharpton.
Mar 30, 2001 / Feature / Scott Sherman
David Horowitz’s Long March David Horowitz’s Long March
Research assistance was provided by the Investigative Fund of the Nation Institute.
Jun 15, 2000 / Feature / Scott Sherman