Congress and War Congress and War
In January, when George W. Bush's pollster warned that "Enron is a much bigger story than anyone in Washington realizes," White House political director Karl Rove informed the ...
Sep 12, 2002 / John Nichols
The UN Gambit The UN Gambit
George W. Bush's decision to "involve" the United Nations in his plans to attack Iraq does not indicate a conversion to multilateralism on the road to Baghdad. Washington's con...
Sep 12, 2002 / Ian Williams
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
In Fact… In Fact…
POTENTATE'S PERKS It's been known that Jack Welch is worth $900 million and that he draws a $9 million annual pension from General Electric. But it turns out that GE als...
Sep 12, 2002 / The Editors
Letters Letters
LE PEN IN FRANCE... San Francisco Far-right populist Jean-Marie Le Pen's upset in the first round of French presidential voting was variously ascribed to r...
Sep 11, 2002 / Our Readers
Letters Letters
A LAUGH, A CRY... Pittsboro, NC To Tony Kushner: Thank you so much for your words, for the heart and soul behind them, for your humor and for bringing tears...
Sep 11, 2002 / Our Readers
The Terrorism Trap The Terrorism Trap
The war on terrorism was a linchpin of Bill Clinton's foreign policy rhetoric during his re-election campaign, and at his first post-election press conference the President has...
Sep 11, 2002 / Feature / Richard J. Barnett
Talks With Osama bin Laden Talks With Osama bin Laden
The last time I saw Osama bin Laden was in a tent on a mountaintop camp in Afghanistan last year.
Sep 11, 2002 / Feature / Robert Fisk
The Coup That Wasn’t The Coup That Wasn’t
During the two-day opera buffa that was the on-again, off-again military coup against Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice played a ...
Sep 11, 2002 / Marc Cooper
A Cancer Grows A Cancer Grows
Medical treatment in women's prisons ranges from brutal to nonexistent.
Sep 11, 2002 / Feature / Cynthia Cooper