Ban’s First Challenge? Ban’s First Challenge?
South Korea's quiet-spoken and principled Ban Ki-moon, who has just been nominated to replace Kofi Annan as the UN Secretary General, may find it difficult to confront US unilatera...
Oct 12, 2006 / Ian Williams
Bush Busts Unions Bush Busts Unions
Bush's NLRB has redefined what it means to be a supervisor, and as a result some 8 million healthcare, construction and manufacturing workers no longer have the right to organize. ...
Oct 12, 2006 / The Editors
Shock Waves From Kilju Shock Waves From Kilju
A forgetful world was reminded this week that Kim Jong Il now holds in his hand the same pitiless weapon possessed by a growing number of nations.
Oct 11, 2006 / Jonathan Schell
Nuremberg: Past, Present and Future Nuremberg: Past, Present and Future
Let us follow the example set by the judges and prosecutors who pursued justice in the Nuremberg Trials to lead America back to a reverence for the rule of law and the common good.
Oct 10, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Sen. Christopher Dodd
Woodward, Revised Woodward, Revised
Bob Woodward is late to the party: His new book, State of Denial, catches up to the story of the Iraq debacle that other journalists have been reporting for years.
Oct 9, 2006 / David Corn
Sanctioning Lawlessness Sanctioning Lawlessness
What's more important to Congress: America's standing in the world and the rule of law, or partisan advantage in the midterm elections?
Oct 8, 2006 / David Cole
Cultural Famine: A Cycle Cultural Famine: A Cycle
Famine is at its worst when people waste away and die. But there is another kind of famine: the death of the human soul--the emptiness and senseless cynicism in this country that h...
Oct 8, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Walter Mosley
The 5 Worst 2006 Candidates Seek Redemption The 5 Worst 2006 Candidates Seek Redemption
Oct 5, 2006 / Steve Brodner
Death Trip Death Trip
Philip Roth and Joan Didion have each written compellingly about death, but their insights about dying and mourning signify a retreat from the world rather than an embrace of the f...
Oct 5, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Richard Goldstein