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The conduct of our major newspapers in the run-up to the Iraq war calls to mind William Hazlitt's famous appraisal of the Times of London.
Feb 26, 2004 / Editorial / Scott Sherman
Dean’s Rough Ride Dean’s Rough Ride
In forty years of observing presidential contests, I cannot remember another major candidate brutalized so intensely by the media, with the possible exception of George Wallace.
Feb 19, 2004 / Editorial / William Greider
Trade Wins Trade Wins
Paul Wellstone would have loved the turn the race for the Democratic presidential nomination has taken.
Feb 19, 2004 / Editorial / John Nichols
What Are They Reading? What Are They Reading?
John Hess, who, it should be said, is one of The Nation's oldest friends and severest critics, once complained to me about an "editor's choice" blurb I'd written, which containe...
Feb 18, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Richard Lingeman
Tripping on Internet Populism Tripping on Internet Populism
There was a contagious optimism in the air about the potential of the Internet to effect political change.
Feb 16, 2004 / Feature / Micah L. Sifry
Al, We Hardly Know Ye Al, We Hardly Know Ye
The evolution of the character invented by the media to play the role "Al Gore" will one day make a remarkable doctoral dissertation.
Feb 12, 2004 / Column / Eric Alterman
Kristof to the Rescue? Kristof to the Rescue?
This morning I got an e-mail from Feminist Majority asking me to e-mail the President protesting the Iraqi Governing Council's approval of Resolution 137, which would abolish cur...
Feb 12, 2004 / Column / Katha Pollitt
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In July 2002 a retired US Army colonel who would be dead within months unburdened himself of twenty-two classified documents concerning war crimes in Vietnam.
Feb 12, 2004 / Editorial / Scott Sherman
A Spectacular Success? A Spectacular Success?
On the tenth anniversary of the NAFTA accord, mainstream media accounts have voiced muted disappointment with its relatively meager effects.
Jan 15, 2004 / Column / Eric Alterman
And the Winner Is… And the Winner Is…
Despite the frigid weather, the line to get into Hammerstein Ballroom snaked all the way down Manhattan's 34th Street the night of January 12. Vendors hawked shirts with slogans ...
Jan 14, 2004 / Feature / Elana Berkowitz