Calls For Rumsfeld’s Resignation Calls For Rumsfeld’s Resignation
The Pentagon chief has been too wrong for too long.
Apr 20, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Bush Blunders Go Nuclear Bush Blunders Go Nuclear
Bush's nutty nuclear braggadocio on Iran is a sign of weakness, not strength, proof that his five-year Administration is an abysmal failure.
Apr 19, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer
Talking Points for a Nuclear Strike Talking Points for a Nuclear Strike
If the Bush Administration is serious about dropping an atomic bomb on Iran, it's really going to have to work on selling the concept.
Apr 19, 2006 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
AIPAC’s Complaint AIPAC’s Complaint
Analytical weaknesses in a controversial academic paper on the impact of the "Israel lobby" on US Mideast policy hinder its authors' attempt to pierce the wall of ignorance and int...
Apr 13, 2006 / Column / Eric Alterman
A Short History of the Pads of Brillo A Short History of the Pads of Brillo
Martians visiting planet Earth are mystified by the racist ruckus over Representative Cynthia McKinney's hair.
Apr 13, 2006 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
If This Isn’t War If This Isn’t War
A musical answer to a bellicose question, with apologies to Yip Harburg and Burton Lane.
Apr 13, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Now Powell Tells Us Now Powell Tells Us
The former Secretary of State says he and his department's top experts never believed that Iraq posed an imminent nuclear threat, but this made little difference to President Bush.
Apr 12, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer
Rabbit’s Revenge Rabbit’s Revenge
Time-honored traditions of Christianity are being challenged by scientists and scholars questioning the motives of Jesus, Judas and the power of prayer.
Apr 10, 2006 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
They Should Have Hissed Barack Obama They Should Have Hissed Barack Obama
The war is coming home, in the form of people dreadfully wounded in body and spirit. Yet Democratic candidates aren't too worried about their hawkish stance, because the peace move...
Apr 6, 2006 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
A Considered Jurisprudential Analysis of the Guilty Plea by Yet Another Former Aide to Tom DeLay and DeLay’s Resignation Announcement Three Days Later A Considered Jurisprudential Analysis of the Guilty Plea by Yet Another Former Aide to Tom DeLay and DeLay’s Resignation Announcement Three Days Later
DeLay cut his losses when they were cut for him.
Apr 6, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin