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 / Column / 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
De-Saddamization, Not Disarmament De-Saddamization, Not Disarmament
"No sensible person wants to go to war if war can be avoided." So said Secretary of State Colin Powell on September 15. Next time he is at the White House,...
Sep 18, 2002 / David Corn
Curtain Call for the Puppet Show Curtain Call for the Puppet Show
On August 1, 2000, Philadelphia police rounded up seventy-five activists inside a West Philadelphia warehouse. It was the second day of the Republican National Convention, and th...
Sep 17, 2002 / Feature / Gwen Shaffer
US Rep. Rahall Speaks in Iraq US Rep. Rahall Speaks in Iraq
US Rep. Nick Rahall's policy pronouncements tend toward announcements about extending water and sewer service in southern West Virginia, or the erection of safety barriers on dang...
Sep 17, 2002 / John Nichols
Gujarat’s Gendered Violence Gujarat’s Gendered Violence
Women's bodies were central battlegrounds in the worst bout of Hindu-Muslim bloodletting to grip India in over ten years, in the western Indian state of Gujarat beginning on Fe...
Sep 16, 2002 / Feature / Ruth Baldwin
Bush Tells UN, Make War or I Will Bush Tells UN, Make War or I Will
Let us stipulate that Saddam Hussein is a scumbag. He has run a brutal and murderous dictatorship, repressed significant numbers of his people, sought to de...
Sep 12, 2002 / David Corn
Is There ‘A Different Israel’? Is There ‘A Different Israel’?
Durham, NC In "A Different Israel" [August 5/12] Martha C. Nussbaum wrote that she became relaxed in her "moralistic heart" while accepting an honorary degree from...
Sep 12, 2002 / Our Readers
The Great Airport Fire-Off The Great Airport Fire-Off
Admiral James Loy, the nation's top aviation security official, confirmed at an August 22 press conference what thousands of immigrant airport screeners have dreaded for nearly a...
Sep 12, 2002 / Feature / Michael Flaherty
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