A Diplomat’s Undiplomatic Truth: They Lied A Diplomat’s Undiplomatic Truth: They Lied
A former US ambassador says Cheney and others knew the alleged Iraq uranium purchase was baseless long before Bush used it in his State of the Union speech
Jul 9, 2003 / Column / Robert Scheer
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