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May 13, 2004
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May 13, 2004
Conditions of Atrocity
Even before the Congressional hearings on the criminal abuse of Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib prison, Colin Powell brought up My Lai, the Vietnamese village where, in 1968, American troops slau
Robert Jay Lifton
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May 13, 2004
‘Dead Man Walking’
“The unthinkable is becoming thinkable,” neoconservative pundit Robert Kagan despaired recently in the Washington Post.
The Editors
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May 6, 2004
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May 6, 2004
Show & Tell in Abu Ghraib
What are the thousand words, I wonder, that are worth the pictures of grinning US soldiers sexually humiliating Iraqi prisoners in Abu Ghraib prison?
Katha Pollitt
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May 6, 2004
Is Koppel a Commie?
The Sinclair Broadcast Group, a Maryland-based media company whose holdings include sixty-two TV stations, did the country a favor when it refused to air the April 30 special edition of Nigh
Eric Alterman
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April 22, 2004
Taking Liberties
On April 20, Solicitor General Ted Olson told the Supreme Court that the federal courts could not question the indefinite detention of “enemy combatants” held at Guantánamo Bay because as
David Cole
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April 15, 2004
Educating Senator Frist
George W. Bush has declared that tort reform will be a major part of his forthcoming campaign.
Paul Brodeur
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April 15, 2004
Taking Liberties
When the Supreme Court hears oral argument April 20 on the cases challenging the legality of the detentions at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, it will confront the most dramatic conflict betwe
David Cole
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April 15, 2004
Why Brown Still Matters
Fifty years ago, African-Americans and fellow progressives hailed Brown v. Board of Education as a conclusive turning point in the struggle for racial equality.
David J. Garrow