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Canada: Hippie Nation? Canada: Hippie Nation?

Canadians can't quite believe it. Suddenly, we're interesting.

Jul 2, 2003 / Column / Naomi Klein

The Enemy Within The Enemy Within

Snoozing guards at Los Alamos, missing vials of plutonium oxide... Yes, the headlines in late June were announcing "security lapses" again at national labs and nuclear weapons ...

Jul 2, 2003 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

A Summary of Justice Antonin Scalia’s Dissent In Lawrence v. Texas A Summary of Justice Antonin Scalia’s Dissent In Lawrence v. Texas

So what if it's private, in their hacienda?
It's sodomy still, and enough to offend a
Respectable man, and we must never lend a
Leg up to that vile homosexual agenda!

Jul 2, 2003 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Blame Bush for California’s Budget Woes Blame Bush for California’s Budget Woes

His daddy, his appointees at FERC and his old buddies at Enron screwed the state, but good.

Jul 1, 2003 / Column / Robert Scheer

Liberal Signs of Life Liberal Signs of Life

If you want to date the beginning of conservative domination of the opinion media, you could do worse than to pick Election Day 1964.

Jun 26, 2003 / Column / Eric Alterman

Lost Innocents Lost Innocents

Every day, DNA testing overturns another man's rape or murder conviction.

Jun 26, 2003 / Column / Katha Pollitt

A Photo, With Caption, in the New York Times A Photo, With Caption, in the New York Times

Dejectedly, a man sits on the ground.
The man has been detained. His hands are bound.
His crime is truly simple to explain:
Possessing pictures of Saddam Hussein.

Jun 26, 2003 / Column / Calvin Trillin

No, Newt, the Ends Don’t Justify the Means No, Newt, the Ends Don’t Justify the Means

Whatever happens in Iraq, lying to Americans and the world about the reasons for war is not acceptable.

Jun 25, 2003 / Column / Robert Scheer

First Chronicles First Chronicles

With street fighting prevailing, Paul Bremer, the American administrator in Iraq, recently trotted out a new "two-sided approach," according to the New York Times.

Jun 19, 2003 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

My Life as a Rabbi My Life as a Rabbi

Inviting me to a recent wedding in Virginia, the proud parents asked if I would do some sort of officiation.

Jun 19, 2003 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

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