The Cheese Stands Alone The Cheese Stands Alone
Beijing Plus 10, the follow-up on the momentous 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, is opening at the United Nations as I write, and like other UN gatherings since ...
Mar 3, 2005 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Dr. Arnold’s Diet: Take a Steroid, Kick a Woman Dr. Arnold’s Diet: Take a Steroid, Kick a Woman
Back in the early 1990s, the right-wing taste of the year was Newt Gingrich. He led the Republican sweep into Congress in the 1994 midterm elections.
Mar 3, 2005 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
On the Risk of Having a Notoriously Foul-Mouthed Comedian Host the Oscars On the Risk of Having a Notoriously Foul-Mouthed Comedian Host the Oscars
Though having Rock, some said, was plain insane, he
Eschewed the sort of language used by Cheney.
Mar 3, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Calvin Trillin
The Force Bush Won’t Use on Iran The Force Bush Won’t Use on Iran
Bush's policies have left the leaders of Iran defending a more logical position than that of our own government.
Mar 2, 2005 / Column / Robert Scheer
The Pajama Game The Pajama Game
It's hard to know who to root against in the bloggers vs. CNN controversy that led to the resignation of CNN's Eason Jordan, a twenty-three-year veteran of the network.
Feb 24, 2005 / Column / Eric Alterman
Playing by the Numbers Playing by the Numbers
My friend L., a magistrate in Britain, is appalled by American-style sentencing, which has taken hold there recently.
Feb 24, 2005 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Ambassador John Negroponte’s Intelligence on the Subject of Torture and Murder Squads Ambassador John Negroponte’s Intelligence on the Subject of Torture and Murder Squads
The man who's just been put in charge
Of knowing all will now assure us
That he knew nothing--nada, zip--
When he was stationed in Honduras.
Feb 24, 2005 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Back to Salem Back to Salem
Off goes former Father Paul Shanley to state prison in Massachusetts for twelve to fifteen years, convicted of digitally raping and otherwise sexually abusing Paul Busa two decad...
Feb 17, 2005 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Condoleezza Rice Condoleezza Rice
Condoleezza Rice, who is cold as ice, is precise with her advice. Yes, she is quite precise, and, yes, she's cold as ice.
Feb 17, 2005 / Column / Calvin Trillin
What We Don’t Know About 9/11 Hurts Us What We Don’t Know About 9/11 Hurts Us
Would George W. Bush have been re-elected President if the public understood how much responsibility his Administration bears for allowing the 9/11 attacks to succeed?
Feb 16, 2005 / Column / Robert Scheer