March 29, 2004 Issue

Feature

‘Deanie Babies’ Grow Up

There may be an overlooked Dean legacy brewing.
Anya Kamenetz
Al Jazeera Goes to Jail

In Iraq's media war, US troops are imprisoning and abusing Arab journalists.
Christian Parenti
The Goldwater Parallel

The Democrats can make a persuasive case that Bush is outside the mainstream.
Frances FitzGerald
Bush’s Lies About Iraq

Click here for more info on Five Lies, including how to order copies online.
Robert Scheer , Christopher Scheer and Lakshmi Chaudhry
The Empire Backfires

The first anniversary of the American invasion of Iraq has arrived.
Jonathan Schell

Editorial

Turn the Paige

The dismissal of Bush's Education Secretary is a necessary step to make the reforms work in the classroom.
Robert L. Borosage and Earl Hadley
Remembering Marshall Frady

I first met Marshall Frady in the Sinai desert during the 1973 Yom Kippur War, when we shared the back seat of a Russian-made Egyptian Army jeep.
Marc Cooper
Letter From Juárez

Mariana Katzarova has been involved with V-Day since 2001, when she brought it to her home country, Bulgaria.
Mariana Katzarova
In Fact…

BUSH'S BRAINS
the Editors
Iraq and US Leadership

Click here to read Katrina vanden Heuvel's "Kennedy's Other Speech."
Edward M. Kennedy
What Have We Done?

In the weeks leading up to the Iraq war, neoconservatives in and around the Bush Administration counseled the President against seeking a second United Nations Security Council resolution, arguin
the Editors
Klayman Watch

A conservative provocateur turned Senate candidate may have tried to skirt campaign finance rules.
David Corn
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Column

Dear W., Your Father Knew Best

So now that the Spanish people have spoken, voting out of office the party that led them to war in Iraq, will President Bush give the back of the hand to Spain, as he did last year to our democra
Robert Scheer
The (Not So) Gay Old Times

AMPLIFICATION: Because of space constraints and incautious wording in my column last week, I referred to the Times's "Jayson Blair/Gerald Boyd problem." I intended to refer to those attacks on the Times that had asserted or implied that Boyd had in some way been responsible for overlooking Blair's shortcomings and that this pattern somehow reflected on the Times's affirmative-action policies. I did not mean to imply that there was any truth to these accusations. Indeed, there is none on the record as far as I am aware. I apologize to Mr. Boyd for any misimpressions I may have created. --Eric Alterman
Eric Alterman
The Protocols of Mel Gibson

My friends had one question for me after I saw Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ: Is it anti-Semitic?
Katha Pollitt
On Whether the Martha Stewart Guilty Verdict Carries Implications for Those Involved in Prewar Intelligence Gathering

When federal authorities come by,
It's criminal if you concoct a lie.
The Feds don't think that lies are okey-dokey.
Will Chalabi, then, soon be in the pokey?
Calvin Trillin

Books & the Arts

Adaptation

So Mel Gibson has been persecuted all the way to the bank.
Stuart Klawans
I Confess (Sort of)

A confession is, by definition, a declaration of guilt.
Kate Levin
Labor Pains

When I took childbirth classes six years ago, the word "pressure" was bandied about an awful lot: We heard about the pressure on our bladders, the pressure applied to our backs to ease contractio
Jennifer Niesslein
The Three-State Solution?

All nations are modern inventions, but those fashioned in the Middle East show their scaffolding more than most.
Juan Cole
The Deciding Vote

According to the Constitution, the President, with the consent of the Senate, selects the members of the Supreme Court.
Eric Foner
The Protocols of Mel Gibson

My friends had one question for me after I saw Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ: Is it anti-Semitic?
Katha Pollitt
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