A Con Job by Pakistan’s Pal, George Bush A Con Job by Pakistan’s Pal, George Bush
Trying to follow the US policy on the proliferation of nuclear weapons is like watching a three-card monte game on a city street corner. Except the stakes are higher.
Mar 29, 2005 / Column / Robert Scheer
In Re Rather: The Target Is Journalism In Re Rather: The Target Is Journalism
That the resignation of Dan Rather from his CBS News anchor job is a humiliation for the so-called liberal media (SCLM) is taken as a given across the conservative and mainstream...
Mar 24, 2005 / Column / Eric Alterman
Habeas Corpus Habeas Corpus
There was an article in The New York Times Magazine not long ago about people who collect hyperrealistic "reborn" dolls.
Mar 24, 2005 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Orange Alerts Orange Alerts
You know the things I miss so much it hurts?
Those orange alerts.
Routines, our leaders said--and this was strange--
Should not be changed:
Mar 24, 2005 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Life, Death and Cynical Grandstanding Life, Death and Cynical Grandstanding
Thankfully, Americans see right through the exploitation of Terri Schiavo.
Mar 23, 2005 / Column / Robert Scheer
Invisible Women Invisible Women
Women don't shout. Women don't like politics. Women shrink from intellectual debate. Women don't try.
Mar 17, 2005 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Three-Card Monte and the One-Party State Three-Card Monte and the One-Party State
How lionlike the Democrats sound as they circle around Social Security, roaring their defiance!
Mar 17, 2005 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
George W. Bush, the Lion of Baghdad, Demands That Syria Withdraw From Lebanon George W. Bush, the Lion of Baghdad, Demands That Syria Withdraw From Lebanon
You must withdraw, since nations can't
Install their troops in other places
To change regimes that they don't like.
Except, of course, in certain cases.
Mar 17, 2005 / Column / Calvin Trillin
The Bankruptcy Bill: A Tutorial in Greed The Bankruptcy Bill: A Tutorial in Greed
Lesson No. 1: Campaign cash is worth more than family values.
Mar 15, 2005 / Column / Robert Scheer
On the Secret ‘Rendition’ of Terror Suspects to Countries Known to Use Torture On the Secret ‘Rendition’ of Terror Suspects to Countries Known to Use Torture
As Jesus said to render unto Caesar
A portion of thy grain or of thy stock,
Our policy's to render unto Caesar
In hopes that he'll apply electric shock.
Mar 10, 2005 / Column / Calvin Trillin