Politicize the CIA? You’ve Got to Be Kidding! Politicize the CIA? You’ve Got to Be Kidding!
No alien penetration or treachery of double agents has ever done nearly as much damage to the CIA as the infighting consequent upon the arrival of each new director, charged by h...
Dec 2, 2004 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
The Party of Moral Values Displays Its Own in the Case of Majority Leader Tom (The Hammer) DeLay The Party of Moral Values Displays Its Own in the Case of Majority Leader Tom (The Hammer) DeLay
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Dec 2, 2004 / Column / Calvin Trillin
The Invisible Hand Holds the Remote The Invisible Hand Holds the Remote
What does it mean that a whopping 70 percent of Americans, according to a recent New York Times-CBS News poll, believe that mass culture is responsible for debasing our moral val...
Nov 30, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Robert Scheer
Kerry and the Gift of Impunity Kerry and the Gift of Impunity
Click here to read Klein's "You Asked for my Evidence, Mr Ambassador. Here It Is. In Iraq, the US Does Eliminate Those Who Dare to Count the Dead," published in the Dec. 4, 2004 Gu...
Nov 24, 2004 / Column / Naomi Klein
Money for Nothing Money for Nothing
To hear conservatives describe it, the only video appearances that hurt John Kerry more than that of Osama bin Laden were those of Hollywood celebrities, who united behind his ca...
Nov 24, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman
From Birmingham to Baghdad From Birmingham to Baghdad
I, Condoleezza Rice, was leaning over the kitchen sink, hacking up a half-dozen or so rotisserie chickens and slinging the parts into a serving dish in time for the first of the ...
Nov 24, 2004 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Farewell, Colin Powell Farewell, Colin Powell
We need to say farewell to Colin Powell,
Who should have long ago tossed in the towel.
Instead he lent his good name to the team
In vouching for its cockamamie scheme.
Nov 24, 2004 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Cultivating Opium, Not Democracy Cultivating Opium, Not Democracy
Afghanistan's crop "has spread like wildfire."
Nov 23, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer
Earthly Rewards for the Christian Voter Earthly Rewards for the Christian Voter
Sitting alone in a classroom at a Catholic all-boys high school this weekend (don't ask), I passed the time by browsing through the health textbooks stacked on the window sill.
Nov 18, 2004 / Column / Katha Pollitt
The Poisoned Chalice The Poisoned Chalice
At least when Duffy's Circus left Youghal there'd be piles of dung from the elephant and the horses.
Nov 18, 2004 / Column / Alexander Cockburn