Mutiny in Iraq Mutiny in Iraq
Can we please stop calling it a quagmire? The United States isn't mired in a bog or a marsh in Iraq (quagmire's literal meaning); it is free-falling off a cliff.
Apr 29, 2004 / Column / Naomi Klein
For Their Own Good For Their Own Good
One of my favorite little films is a satirical documentary titled Babakiueria.
Apr 29, 2004 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Not Wounded Enough Not Wounded Enough
Republicans say Kerry might have got
Some wounds, but not the kind that hurt a lot.
Their own man cannot ever be accused
Apr 29, 2004 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Face the Iraq Fiasco, Senator Face the Iraq Fiasco, Senator
"How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake?"
Apr 29, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer
Woodward Returns Woodward Returns
Correction: "The Man" is the term Dick Cheney uses to refer to George W. Bush, not the term used by other officials to refer to Cheney. (6/1/04)
Apr 22, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman
Down and Out in Texas Down and Out in Texas
Did you know that since January 1, women in Texas have not been able to obtain abortions from the sixteenth week of pregnancy on?
Apr 22, 2004 / Column / Katha Pollitt
We Were Ready We Were Ready
CHORUS
We were ready--
Oh, so ready.
Sure, it happened, but those were the breaks.
And remember
That we never, ever make mistakes.
Apr 22, 2004 / Column / Calvin Trillin
With God on His Side… With God on His Side…
So, it was a holy war, a new crusade. No wonder George W. Bush could lie to Congress and the American public with such impunity while keeping the key members of his Cabinet in th...
Apr 21, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer
Unimagined Communities Unimagined Communities
This year is the tenth anniversary of the end of apartheid in South Africa, the fortieth anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the fiftieth anniversary of the Supre...
Apr 15, 2004 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
The Two Parties of Empire The Two Parties of Empire
As one who regards Gerry Ford as our greatest President (least time served, least damage done, husband of Betty, plus Stevens as his contribution to the Supreme Court), I'd a...
Apr 15, 2004 / Column / Alexander Cockburn