Send in the Clowns Send in the Clowns
I was a child who, when taken to the circus, spent all her time trying to see past the greasepaint and illusion.
Sep 11, 2003 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
‘Behold, the Head of a Neocon!’ ‘Behold, the Head of a Neocon!’
Beating up on neocons used to be a specialize sport without wide appeal. With all due false modesty I offer myself as an early practitioner.
Sep 11, 2003 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
To Old Europe From the Last Remaining Superpower: A Polite Request for Help in Iraq To Old Europe From the Last Remaining Superpower: A Polite Request for Help in Iraq
Well, yes, we may have used the word "appease."
We may have called you weenies who munch cheese.
But now we're asking nicely for your aid--
Sep 11, 2003 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Dean, Healthcare and Medical Marijuana Dean, Healthcare and Medical Marijuana
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Sep 9, 2003 / Column / Dr. Marc Siegel
Bush Must Admit the Error of His Ways Bush Must Admit the Error of His Ways
Or at least change his cockamamie foreign policies.
Sep 9, 2003 / Column / Robert Scheer
Stacked Decalogue Stacked Decalogue
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Sep 4, 2003 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Colin Powell and ‘The Power of Audacity’ Colin Powell and ‘The Power of Audacity’
One of the problems with the media coverage of this Administration is that it requires bad manners.
Sep 4, 2003 / Column / Eric Alterman
A Short Conversation With a Sissy-Hawk on the Possibility of a Quagmire A Short Conversation With a Sissy-Hawk on the Possibility of a Quagmire
"The nerve! Not so! That word still rankles."
"You're sinking. I can't see your ankles."
"The thugs are here; we now just squeeze."
Sep 4, 2003 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Bush Was All Too Willing to Use Émigrés’ Lies Bush Was All Too Willing to Use Émigrés’ Lies
American experts urged the White House to be skeptical, but they hit a stone wall.
Sep 2, 2003 / Column / Robert Scheer
Handmaid in Babylon: The UN’s Decline and Fall Handmaid in Babylon: The UN’s Decline and Fall
"One has to be careful," said United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan in late August, "not to confuse the UN with the US." If the Secretary General had taken his own advice...
Aug 28, 2003 / Column / Alexander Cockburn