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The Wide World of Torture The Wide World of Torture

Current discussions tend to trivialize acts that are not only immoral but illegal according to covenants the United States has signed.

Nov 8, 2001 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn

A Few Words on the Northern Alliance A Few Words on the Northern Alliance

 

Nov 8, 2001 / Column / Calvin Trillin

By Any Means Necessary By Any Means Necessary

We can't allow fear to erode commitment to our constitutional liberties.

Nov 8, 2001 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Requiem for a Liberal Requiem for a Liberal

Mark Green was a worthy candidate for mayor, but for a variety of reasons he could not prevail.

Nov 8, 2001 / Column / Eric Alterman

Two Months Later, It’s ‘Same-Old, Same-Old’ on Airport Security Two Months Later, It’s ‘Same-Old, Same-Old’ on Airport Security

The Bush administration's recalcitrance in establishing an airport security agency is putting the nation at risk.

Nov 6, 2001 / Column / Robert Scheer

Le Pouvoir Est Dans La Rue? Le Pouvoir Est Dans La Rue?

Be wary when pundits talk of 'The Street.'

Nov 1, 2001 / Column / Christopher Hitchens

Victory Gardens?! Victory Gardens?!

War tropes abound once again during our war on terrorism, but this ain't the USA of yesteryear.

Nov 1, 2001 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Running Out of Targets (A Pilot’s Lament) Running Out of Targets (A Pilot’s Lament)

We're running out of targets, guys, There's nothing to destroy. They simply don't have buildings here, Like Baghdad or Hanoi. Today I sent a missile off And said, "That's all she wrote." It turned out that I'd vaporized Two camels and a goat. So let's go back to Serbia. These gunsights have to glom On something that's not rocks or sand. There's nothing here to bomb.

Nov 1, 2001 / Column / Calvin Trillin

With Powers Like These, Can Repression Be Far Behind? With Powers Like These, Can Repression Be Far Behind?

Swept away by the fury of their impotence, huddled in temporary congressional offices, unable to capture anyone responsible for the terrorist assault on the United States, Congress...

Oct 30, 2001 / Column / Robert Scheer

‘Blowback,’ the Prequel ‘Blowback,’ the Prequel

The story of what historians call the second cold war often begins with the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in December 1979, which shocked Americans into their own overreaction i...

Oct 25, 2001 / Column / Eric Alterman

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