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Tim Robbins vs. the Baseball Hall of Fame Tim Robbins vs. the Baseball Hall of Fame

"I had been unaware that baseball was a Republican sport."

Apr 11, 2003 / Feature / Tim Robbins

The US vs. the UK The US vs. the UK

A comparison of media coverage of the Iraq war.

Apr 11, 2003 / Feature / Russ Baker

Hour of Media Shame Hour of Media Shame

One casualty of the war on Iraq has been the image of the Western media.

Apr 11, 2003 / Feature / Kanak Mani Dixit

Kommissar Kristol Kommissar Kristol

William Kristol's April 7 editorial in The Weekly Standard denouncing critics of the war on Iraq as "anti-American" is startlingly reminiscent of the menacing directives issued...

Apr 10, 2003 / Editorial / Katrina vanden Heuvel

The Firing of Peter Arnett The Firing of Peter Arnett

On March 19, shortly after Saddam Hussein defied President Bush's deadline to go into exile, Tom Brokaw of NBC broke into Law & Order, airing on the East Coast, to announce...

Apr 10, 2003 / Editorial / Tom Goldstein

Yes, War Really Is Hell Yes, War Really Is Hell

The risks of war? There was the risk of being bombed if you had the misfortune to live in a neighborhood where US targeters thought Saddam Hussein might be located.

Apr 10, 2003 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn

Taking the Cake Taking the Cake

According to a recent Gallup Poll, 78 percent of white Americans supported invading Iraq, but only 29 percent of blacks.

Apr 10, 2003 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Telecom Labor Rising Telecom Labor Rising

Union members are making links between customers' concerns and their own.

Apr 10, 2003 / Feature / Steve Early and Larry Cohen

The New Globetrotters The New Globetrotters

Globalization: Use this word in a sentence, especially as the cause of something bad, and you will get knowing nods all around.

Apr 10, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Susan J. Douglas

A Pox on America A Pox on America

In December, when hospitals in Atlanta and Richmond announced that they were opting out of the federal smallpox vaccination plan, opinion leaders reacted as if the physicians h...

Apr 10, 2003 / Editorial / Madeline Drexler

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