Ashcroft, Unabashed Ashcroft, Unabashed
There you go again, Mr. Ashcroft.
Oct 10, 2002 / Editorial / David Cole
Truth on Iraq Seeps Through Truth on Iraq Seeps Through
In a speech intended to frighten the American people into supporting a war, the President Monday again trotted out his grim depiction of Saddam Hussein as a terrifying boogeyman ...
Oct 8, 2002 / Column / Robert Scheer
Pemberly Pemberly
The park was very large. We drove for some time through a beautiful wood until the wood ceased, and the house came into view.
Oct 3, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Rachel Wetzsteon
What Are They Reading? What Are They Reading?
After I saw In the Bedroom, Todd Field's moving film based on Andre Dubus's short story "Killings," I was delighted when a slim volume of Dubus's stories arrived here at The Nati...
Oct 3, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Hillary Frey
The Sun Can’t Set on This Empire Too Soon The Sun Can’t Set on This Empire Too Soon
It sure smells like imperialism. That's the word historians use when powerful nations grab control of desired resources, be it the gold of the New World or the oil of the Middle ...
Oct 3, 2002 / Column / Robert Scheer
Exit Robert (The Torch) Torricelli Exit Robert (The Torch) Torricelli
The Torch could not make folks forget The graft for which he's cited. The only slogan left to use Was "Never been indicted."
Oct 3, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Al Gore, democrat Al Gore, democrat
Something about Al Gore brings out the worst in people, and nowhere is this truer than in the so-called "liberal media." Journalists' "default" position on Gore, Joe Klein note...
Oct 3, 2002 / Column / Eric Alterman