Saddam as a Gathering Threat Saddam as a Gathering Threat

So the weapons weren't there--so what, Bush says,
Saddam was a "gathering threat."
We were certainly right to start a war.
This threat simply had to be met.

Feb 12, 2004 / Column / Calvin Trillin

War As An Excuse For Everything War As An Excuse For Everything

Is it just me, or is President Bush's demeanor a bit Napoleonic these days?

Feb 10, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer

Hold Bush to His Lie Hold Bush to His Lie

True democracy could still come to Iraq.

Feb 5, 2004 / Column / Naomi Klein

Animal Farm: The Republican Version Animal Farm: The Republican Version

My Dear Napoleon,

Feb 5, 2004 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

McNamara: The Sequel McNamara: The Sequel

Apparently to McNamara's mortification, Errol Morris, whose film The Fog of War I discussed in my last column here, passes over his subject's thirteen-year stint running the Worl...

Feb 5, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Alexander Cockburn

Explaining in His State of the Union Address… Explaining in His State of the Union Address…

...Why the United States Invaded and Occupied Another Country Without Provocation, George W. Bush Offers History His Version of 'Remember the Maine!'

Feb 5, 2004 / Column / Calvin Trillin

The Lies That Bind Us to Iraq The Lies That Bind Us to Iraq

Using the ends to justify the means repeats the folly of Vietnam.

Feb 4, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer

Baghdad Is Bush’s Blue Dress Baghdad Is Bush’s Blue Dress

Now, can we talk of impeachment?

Jan 29, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer

‘Sorry’ Seems to Be the Hardest Word ‘Sorry’ Seems to Be the Hardest Word

Read Slate's symposium of "liberal hawks" reassessing their support for the Iraq war.

Jan 29, 2004 / Column / Eric Alterman

Judy, Judy, Judy Judy, Judy, Judy

I used to think we should get rid of First Ladies.

Jan 29, 2004 / Column / Katha Pollitt