Taking Sides Taking Sides
I suppose I can just about bear to watch the "inspections" pantomime a second time.
Sep 26, 2002 / Column / Christopher Hitchens
Beyond Good and Evil Beyond Good and Evil
So now it's official.
Sep 26, 2002 / Column / Katha Pollitt
A Scholarly Analysis of Developments (Including Satellite Photos, A Scholarly Analysis of Developments (Including Satellite Photos,
Osama's split and Wall Street's sagging. It's time to get that puppy wagging.
Sep 19, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin
An Entire Class of Thieves An Entire Class of Thieves
When Len Bias died of a cocaine overdose back in 1986 Tip O'Neill and Ronald Reagan raced each other to show the world who could punish the poor quickest and hardest.
Sep 19, 2002 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn
Infallible Justice Infallible Justice
I saw a puzzling banner on the door of a restaurant the other day. It was a flag flanked by two aphorisms: God bless America and America bless God.
Sep 19, 2002 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Just Asking… Just Asking…
Shortly after September 11, Dan Rather--or "El Diablo" as he is known to conservatives--appeared on Letterman and announced, "George Bush is the President, he makes the decisio...
Sep 19, 2002 / Column / Eric Alterman
Slut Patrol Slut Patrol
In some parts of China, local officials keep track of women's menstrual periods. We haven't come to that, but anyone who thinks women's reproductive and sexual privacy is secure in...
Sep 12, 2002 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Appointment in Samarra? Appointment in Samarra?
How would people be discussing the issue of "regime change" in Iraq if the question were not being forced upon them by the Administration?
Sep 12, 2002 / Column / Christopher Hitchens
Building a Coalition, W.-Style Building a Coalition, W.-Style
We'll talk to Germany and France, Brief Russians and Chinese, Consult with Turkey and Japan, Then do just as we please.
Sep 12, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Devil in a Blue Dress Devil in a Blue Dress
"My only regret with Osama bin Laden is that he did not manage to kill every member of the Wall Street Journal editorial staff." "In this recurring nightmare of a presid...
Sep 5, 2002 / Column / Eric Alterman