July 7, 2003 Issue

Feature

Ride of the Valkyries

To the myth-makers of war, the Americans in Iraq look like the Russians in Chechnya.
Matt Bivens
Chile’s Strange Justice

Emblematic of Chile's skewed democratic transition was the sight of congressional deputy Juan Pablo Letelier, probably one of the most honest and dedicated politicians in the country, behind bars
Tim Frasca
A New Solidarity Front in Iraq

This fall will see a fact-finding mission to Iraq to evaluate the condition of workers and the status of the labor movement.
Tim Shorrock
Buyer Beware

Speaking at a conference this winter on Internet crime, eBay.com's director of law enforcement and compliance, Joseph Sullivan, offered law-enforcement officials extensive access to personal cust
Jonah Engle
The Long Detour

For all of democratic society, this new (and certainly transitory) stage of history is costly and frightening.
James Weinstein
Labor’s Health Problem

While fighting givebacks, unions can't lose sight of the big healthcare picture.
Steve Early
The Press and Private Lynch

The Pentagon was selling a patriotic tale. It found many eager buyers.
Daphne Eviatar
Probing 9/11

A bipartisan commission is at work, but how tough it will be is still unknown.
David Corn
The Other Japanese Occupation

When Tokyo took over Manchuria, its propagandists spoke of "liberation."
John W. Dower

Editorial

The Case for Public Patents

It seems clear that one of the keys to public health is establishing public patents.
Dennis Kucinich
Letter From Ground Zero

Robert Kaplan is a hugely well-informed, indefatigable journalist who combines firsthand reporting, mostly from poor, badly governed or ungoverned countries, with wide reading on the political,
Jonathan Schell
Privatizing Medicare

The Medicare bills passed by the Senate Finance Committee on June 12 and the House Ways and Means Committee on June 17 move the thirty-eight-year-old social insurance program one step closer to
Trudy Lieberman
Help for Congo

News from the Ituri region of the misnamed Democratic Republic of Congo in recent weeks has been so grim as to make one want to turn the page or flip the TV channel in despair: tens of thousand
Adam Hochschild
More Missing Intelligence

As the Pentagon scours Iraq for weapons of mass destruction and Iraqi links to Al Qaeda, it's increasingly obvious that the Bush Administration either distorted or deliberately exaggerated the
Bob Dreyfuss
The War Is Not Over

George W.
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Column

No, Newt, the Ends Don’t Justify the Means

Whatever happens in Iraq, lying to Americans and the world about the reasons for war is not acceptable.
Robert Scheer
First Chronicles

With street fighting prevailing, Paul Bremer, the American administrator in Iraq, recently trotted out a new "two-sided approach," according to the New York Times.
Patricia J. Williams
My Life as a Rabbi

Inviting me to a recent wedding in Virginia, the proud parents asked if I would do some sort of officiation.
Alexander Cockburn
The Ballad of Private Lynch

Preferring death to getting caught,
She emptied weapons as she fought.
Though shot and stabbed she didn't flinch.
She battled on, did Private Lynch.
Or did she?
Calvin Trillin

Books & the Arts

Candid Camera

I have often been asked the difference between movie reviews and film criticism; and after much thought, I've decided the answer is about one week.
Stuart Klawans
Playing the Field

"In society the homosexual's life must be discreetly concealed. As material for drama, that life must be even more intensely concealed.
David Kaufman
The Empire Strikes Back

A few years in Washington, DC, snake-oil capital of the universe, and you begin to think that anything can be packaged as something else. Well, almost anything.
Anatol Lieven
The Other Japanese Occupation

When Tokyo took over Manchuria, its propagandists spoke of "liberation."
John W. Dower
Letter From Ground Zero

Robert Kaplan is a hugely well-informed, indefatigable journalist who combines firsthand reporting, mostly from poor, badly governed or ungoverned countries, with wide reading on the political,
Jonathan Schell
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July 7, 2003 Issue

Feature

To the myth-makers of war, the Americans in Iraq look like the Russians in Chechnya.

Emblematic of Chile's skewed democratic transition was the sight of congressional deputy Juan Pablo Letelier, probably one of the most honest and dedicated politicians in the country, behind bars

This fall will see a fact-finding mission to Iraq to evaluate the condition of workers and the status of the labor movement.

Speaking at a conference this winter on Internet crime, eBay.com's director of law enforcement and compliance, Joseph Sullivan, offered law-enforcement officials extensive access to personal cust

For all of democratic society, this new (and certainly transitory) stage of history is costly and frightening.

While fighting givebacks, unions can't lose sight of the big healthcare picture.

The Pentagon was selling a patriotic tale. It found many eager buyers.

A bipartisan commission is at work, but how tough it will be is still unknown.

When Tokyo took over Manchuria, its propagandists spoke of "liberation."

Editorial

It seems clear that one of the keys to public health is establishing public patents.

Robert Kaplan is a hugely well-informed, indefatigable journalist who combines firsthand reporting, mostly from poor, badly governed or ungoverned countries, with wide reading on the political,

The Medicare bills passed by the Senate Finance Committee on June 12 and the House Ways and Means Committee on June 17 move the thirty-eight-year-old social insurance program one step closer to

News from the Ituri region of the misnamed Democratic Republic of Congo in recent weeks has been so grim as to make one want to turn the page or flip the TV channel in despair: tens of thousand

As the Pentagon scours Iraq for weapons of mass destruction and Iraqi links to Al Qaeda, it's increasingly obvious that the Bush Administration either distorted or deliberately exaggerated the

George W.

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Column

Whatever happens in Iraq, lying to Americans and the world about the reasons for war is not acceptable.

With street fighting prevailing, Paul Bremer, the American administrator in Iraq, recently trotted out a new "two-sided approach," according to the New York Times.

Inviting me to a recent wedding in Virginia, the proud parents asked if I would do some sort of officiation.

Preferring death to getting caught, She emptied weapons as she fought. Though shot and stabbed she didn't flinch. She battled on, did Private Lynch. Or did she?

Books & the Arts

I have often been asked the difference between movie reviews and film criticism; and after much thought, I've decided the answer is about one week.

"In society the homosexual's life must be discreetly concealed. As material for drama, that life must be even more intensely concealed.

A few years in Washington, DC, snake-oil capital of the universe, and you begin to think that anything can be packaged as something else. Well, almost anything.

When Tokyo took over Manchuria, its propagandists spoke of "liberation."

Robert Kaplan is a hugely well-informed, indefatigable journalist who combines firsthand reporting, mostly from poor, badly governed or ungoverned countries, with wide reading on the political,

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She emptied weapons as she fought.
Though shot and stabbed she didn't flinch.
She battled on, did Private Lynch.
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