Bush’s War in Afghanistan: A Case of Big Mission Creep? Bush’s War in Afghanistan: A Case of Big Mission Creep?
Did the United States recently engage in an illegal act of war?
On February 19, "The New York Times" placed on its front page a story headlined, "In...
Feb 20, 2002 / David Corn
Making Money, the Bush Way Making Money, the Bush Way
You have to hand it to George Bush the senior for hustle. Back in 1998, he took at least $80,000 in stock from Global Crossing in return for speaking for the company in Tokyo.
Feb 19, 2002 / Column / Robert Scheer
From Muckraker to Mayor From Muckraker to Mayor
As a take-no-prisoners political columnist for an alternative newspaper in Dallas, Laura Miller made mayors miserable. She declared city officials "brain dead" and portrayed them ...
Feb 18, 2002 / John Nichols
Real Reform Post-Enron Real Reform Post-Enron
As the House of Representatives was about to begin debating a modest campaign finance reform bill, former Enron CEO Kenneth Lay was taking the Fifth before the Senate commerce co...
Feb 14, 2002 / The Editors
Following Doctors’ Orders Following Doctors’ Orders
It's the largest profession in healthcare. It's the largest female profession in America. But despite its tremendous importance and impact, most people know very little about con...
Feb 14, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Suzanne Gordon
Listening In on the WEF Listening In on the WEF
As January turned into February, the most important people in the world gathered themselves together in midtown Manhattan for the annual World Economic Forum. Normally held in Da...
Feb 14, 2002 / Doug Henwood
Black Mischief Black Mischief
On East Capitol Street a few years ago, I was in a taxi when a car pulled suddenly and dangerously across our bow. My driver was white, with a hunter's cap and earmuffs and an inde...
Feb 14, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Christopher Hitchens
NYC Campaign Reform NYC Campaign Reform
The success of Michael Bloomberg's $69 million race for Mayor of New York against Mark Green was widely seen as a setback for campaign finance reform. But the Bloomberg campaign de...
Feb 14, 2002 / Richard Kirsch
A Crowbar to the Face A Crowbar to the Face
Frederick Wiseman has spent a lifetime piecing together sounds and images captured from the daily flow.
Feb 14, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans