Fighting the Global Gag Rule Fighting the Global Gag Rule
Despite statements to the contrary, the rule is resulting in tragic circumstances for women abroad.
Aug 23, 2001 / Feature / Isabelle Lindenmayer
Dead Reckoning Dead Reckoning
A world effort to force an end to the US death penalty is gaining strength.
Jul 27, 2001 / Feature / Bruce Shapiro
Elliott Abrams: It’s Back! Elliott Abrams: It’s Back!
"How would you feel if your wife and children were brutally raped before being hacked to death by soldiers during a military massacre of 800 civilians, and then two governments tr...
Jun 14, 2001 / Editorial / David Corn
Europe Talks Back Europe Talks Back
George W. Bush's European trip came at a time when American policy-makers, who once dismissed the European Union for its weakness and indecision on the world stage, are worrying a...
Jun 14, 2001 / Editorial / The Editors
Rogue Nation Rogue Nation
News that the United States has been voted off the UN Human Rights Commission and the UN international drug monitoring board has elicited vows of revenge from conservatives in Con...
May 10, 2001 / Editorial / The Editors
Time to Bring the Troops Home Time to Bring the Troops Home
America's provocative military posture in Asia makes war with China more likely.
Apr 26, 2001 / Feature / Chalmers Johnson
Bush’s Contra Buddies Bush’s Contra Buddies
The current President George Bush, whose very name evokes a dark era many would prefer to forget, seems determined to resurrect the ghosts of America's scandal-ridden past. A numb...
Apr 19, 2001 / Editorial / Peter Kornbluh
The Kiss of Henry The Kiss of Henry
It was touching to see Zbigniew Brzezinski and Henry Kissinger back on the tube again during the Hainan confrontation, with Brzezinski recommending to Jim Lehrer's audience that Ki...
Apr 12, 2001 / Column / Christopher Hitchens
Back to the Bay of Pigs Back to the Bay of Pigs
Two senior citizens of the cold war are chatting amiably over small cups of thick, sweet Cuban coffee in a Havana hotel. Bob Reynolds, tall and erect in his mid-70s, made cland...
Apr 5, 2001 / Editorial / John Dinges
The Emperor’s Old Clothes The Emperor’s Old Clothes
Bush's national security advisers aren't up to the tasks before them.
Feb 1, 2001 / Feature / Bruce Cumings