I Can’t Appear Without My Nanny Dick I Can’t Appear Without My Nanny Dick
(George W. Bush explains the interview arrangements he's made with the 9/11 Commission)
Apr 8, 2004 / Column / Calvin Trillin
The Cruelest Month The Cruelest Month
Like mushrooms after a spring rain, signs pop up at this time of year in hardscrabble urban neighborhoods across the country, promising quick and easy money.
Apr 8, 2004 / Editorial / Bobbi Murray
Bush, AIDS, Big Pharma Bush, AIDS, Big Pharma
When George W. Bush announced a $15 billion Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief in his 2003 State of the Union address, he compared the fight against AIDS to the war on terrorism.
Apr 8, 2004 / Editorial / The Editors
Election Matters Election Matters
John Kerry is borne aloft by party unity and the overriding imperative of defeating Bush, but the senator has entered a perilous zone where the outcome may depend more on the con...
Apr 8, 2004 / Editorial / William Greider
The More We Try, the Worse Iraq Gets The More We Try, the Worse Iraq Gets
It is the beginning of the end for the United States in Iraq. No amount of glib optimism from Bush Administration soothsayers can conceal that reality.
Apr 6, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer
In Praise of Secularism In Praise of Secularism
To arms, freethinkers! Religious zealots have hijacked your government!
Apr 1, 2004 / Feature / Susan Jacoby
Bush To City: Drop Dead Bush To City: Drop Dead
The President vows to exploit New York City, not aid it.
Apr 1, 2004 / Feature / Jack Newfield
Antidepressants a Problem? We’re Shocked! Antidepressants a Problem? We’re Shocked!
Six years after Kip Kinkel, dosed up with Prozac, killed his parents and two students at Thurston High, in Oregon; five years after Eric Harris, dosed with Luvox, embarked on his...
Apr 1, 2004 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn
The 9/11 Commission Hears From Richard Clarke The 9/11 Commission Hears From Richard Clarke
When testimony came from Richard Clarke, he Inspired White House spokesmen to get snarky, Because, with words combining bite and bark, he
Apr 1, 2004 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Scalia’s Flawed Judgment Scalia’s Flawed Judgment
After weeks of critical editorials, embarrassing cartoons and late-night talk-show jokes, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia issued a twenty-one-page memorandum on March 18 to ...
Apr 1, 2004 / Editorial / Stephen Gillers