Schröder’s Kulturkampf Schröder’s Kulturkampf
Coming as it did in the final weeks of a precarious re-election campaign, incumbent German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder's resolute "No" to German participation in any US-le...
Oct 24, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Hugh Eakin
Mr. Feiffer Regrets Mr. Feiffer Regrets
Cartoonist Jules Feiffer dropped a pinpoint protest on First Lady Laura Bush's National Book Festival on October 12 in Washington.
Oct 24, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Jules Feiffer
The UN, the US and Iraq The UN, the US and Iraq
As the United Nations Security Council neared approval of a resolution on Iraq, it appeared that Council resistance was giving way to rising US pressure.
Oct 24, 2002 / Phyllis Bennis
Can You Spell Cannon Fodder? Can You Spell Cannon Fodder?
The New York City public school system doesn't have the money, time or organizational skills to make sure every child has a dictionary--or a desk.
Oct 24, 2002 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Against Fundamentalism Against Fundamentalism
Like most New Yorkers, like most Americans, the attacks of September 11 made me very angry.
Oct 18, 2002 / Tim Robbins
Legal Jeopardy Legal Jeopardy
The military needs more lawyers. More accurately, the Defense Department wants military recruiters to recruit law students on campus and through official channels.
Oct 17, 2002 / Kristin Eliasberg
Starring Jimmy Carter, in War and Peace Starring Jimmy Carter, in War and Peace
Now they've given Jimmy Carter the Nobel Peace Prize. Looking at the present, wretched incumbent, Democrats feel smug about their paladin of peace.
Oct 17, 2002 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Peace Gets a Chance Peace Gets a Chance
"You look beautiful," shouted more than one speaker to the crowd that gathered in New York's Central Park on Sunday, October 6, to protest George W.
Oct 10, 2002 / Liza Featherstone
US Double Standards US Double Standards
The effort by the Bush Administration and Congress to portray the planned invasion of Iraq as simply an effort to enforce United Nations Security Council resolutions reaches a ...
Oct 10, 2002 / Stephen Zunes