Lying, Distortions and Profit Lying, Distortions and Profit
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Dec 18, 2003 / Ask Dr. Marc / Dr. Marc Siegel
Money, Money, Money Money, Money, Money
It really is extraordinary. Bechtel is awarded the biggest reconstruction contract in Iraq without having to compete for it.
Dec 18, 2003 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
How to Kill Saddam How to Kill Saddam
The last time I saw pictures of a man in need of a haircut being displayed as a trophy of the American Empire it was Che Guevara, stretched out dead on a table in Vallegrande, a ...
Dec 18, 2003 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn
Memo Memo
To: Commander, Coalition Forces From: Karl Rove, Supreme Commander
Dec 18, 2003 / Column / Calvin Trillin
We Got Him…Now What? We Got Him…Now What?
The capture of Saddam Hussein is being treated as a celebratory occasion, but it is one that the Bush Administration might come to regret.
Dec 17, 2003 / Column / Robert Scheer
Target: George Soros Target: George Soros
To declare oneself an unapologetic liberal in mainstream political debate these days is to invite abuse.
Dec 11, 2003 / Column / Eric Alterman
Who Needs Christmas? They Do! Who Needs Christmas? They Do!
When did Christmas shopping become a patriotic duty, the contemporary equivalent of collecting tin cans in World War II?
Dec 11, 2003 / Column / Katha Pollitt
What Tom DeLay Might Have Had in Mind When He Hatched the Cockamamie and Short-Lived Scheme to Use a Cruise Ship During the Republican Convention What Tom DeLay Might Have Had in Mind When He Hatched the Cockamamie and Short-Lived Scheme to Use a Cruise Ship During the Republican Convention
"A cruise ship in the harbor," thought DeLay, "Could be a place where decent folks would stay, Avoiding all that mob that we detest--
Dec 11, 2003 / Column / Calvin Trillin
GOP Must Get Off the Dime GOP Must Get Off the Dime
Nancy Reagan is right-on for blasting proposal to replace FDR with her Ronnie.
Dec 10, 2003 / Column / Robert Scheer
Death and Discourse Death and Discourse
"They got whacked and won't try that again," said an unnamed Pentagon official in the wake of the recent deadly confrontation in the Iraqi town of Samarra.
Dec 4, 2003 / Column / Patricia J. Williams