Blowback: From Unruh to Muhammad Blowback: From Unruh to Muhammad
America is living in the blowback years.
Oct 31, 2002 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn
Theories of Relativity Theories of Relativity
During one pleasant dinner aboard the Nation cruise, one of my tablemates told an amusing story about Einstein giving a lecture in which he stated that he expected the solar sy...
Oct 31, 2002 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
War Hero McGovern Still Standing War Hero McGovern Still Standing
Call me a McGovern wimp, but it was refreshing to run into the man himself and be reminded by this genuine patriot and war hero of just how thoughtless is the current rush to war...
Oct 29, 2002 / Column / Robert Scheer
Saddam Hussein’s Election Victory Saddam Hussein’s Election Victory
Unanimous is what the vote count was. He didn't miss a voter, to our knowledge. The triumph his, he now remains in charge, Unless he lost in the Electoral College.
Oct 24, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Can You Spell Cannon Fodder? Can You Spell Cannon Fodder?
The New York City public school system doesn't have the money, time or organizational skills to make sure every child has a dictionary--or a desk.
Oct 24, 2002 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Rockin’ in the Free World Rockin’ in the Free World
In a weapons producing nation under Jesus In the fabled crucible of the free world Camera crews search for clues amid the detritus And entertainment shapes the land
Oct 24, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman
Mr. Bush, Heed Carter and Learn Mr. Bush, Heed Carter and Learn
Jimmy Carter won the Nobel Peace Prize for a career of successfully waging peace, beginning with the launching of a historic Mideast peace effort that President Bush is bent on s...
Oct 17, 2002 / Column / Robert Scheer
A Short Summary of the Nobel Peace Prize Announcement A Short Summary of the Nobel Peace Prize Announcement
(Translated From the Norwegian) The Nobel Carter finally got He got 'cause he's what Bush is not.
Oct 17, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Starring Jimmy Carter, in War and Peace Starring Jimmy Carter, in War and Peace
Now they've given Jimmy Carter the Nobel Peace Prize. Looking at the present, wretched incumbent, Democrats feel smug about their paladin of peace.
Oct 17, 2002 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn
Home on the Range Home on the Range
There's a joke circulating on the Internet: A grandmother overhears her 5-year-old granddaughter playing "wedding." The wedding vows go like this: "You have the right to remain...
Oct 17, 2002 / Column / Patricia J. Williams