Neocon Dreams, American Nightmares Neocon Dreams, American Nightmares
Four wars at once? Led by this crew? Are the people who run this country, enabled by neo-con pundits, dangerously out of their minds?
Aug 10, 2006 / Column / Eric Alterman
The Hydra of Jim Crow The Hydra of Jim Crow
Teaching children to speak across boundaries is the essence of what integration is all about. It carries all the urgency of global peace.
Aug 10, 2006 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
‘Mushroom Cloud’ Rice, The Icy Spinmeister, Tries Again ‘Mushroom Cloud’ Rice, The Icy Spinmeister, Tries Again
Condi takes her "birth pangs" mantra on the road.
Aug 10, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Why We Don’t Know Our Enemy Why We Don’t Know Our Enemy
Hysteria over the barbarians at the gate has destroyed republics from Rome to Germany. A new book explains why Bush's post-September 11 America may meet a similar fate.
Aug 9, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer
Israel’s Dependency on the Drug of Militarism Israel’s Dependency on the Drug of Militarism
The Jewish state's diehard supporters in the White House, Congress and the media seem unable to understand Israel can't bomb its way to security.
Aug 2, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer
You Can Keep the Faith You Can Keep the Faith
Major League Baseball's new "Faith Days" campaign is about more than family-friendly Christian entertainment with a twist of commerce.
Jul 28, 2006 / Column / Dave Zirin
No Presents, Please No Presents, Please
The only thing more absurd than the wedding gift the British government just gave
Jul 27, 2006 / Column / Katha Pollitt
The Triumph of Crackpot Realism The Triumph of Crackpot Realism
The American government has lost its grasp on reality in Iraq and Lebanon. They seek out the bright, clear problems of war, leaving rubble and corpses in their wake.
Jul 27, 2006 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Reading Less Bad News From Iraq Reading Less Bad News From Iraq
The papers simply cannot find the space.
Jul 27, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Labor Pains of a Stillborn Foreign Policy Labor Pains of a Stillborn Foreign Policy
By saying that the Israel-Lebanon crisis simply represents the "birth pangs of a new Middle East," Condoleezza Rice underscored the Bush Administration's blindness to the disastrou...
Jul 26, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer