US Wars and Military Action

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

Chickenhawk Politics Chickenhawk Politics

The war debate is not over.

Oct 17, 2002 / The Editors

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

Blood for Oil Blood for Oil

In May 2001, the White House issued a National Energy Policy report, known as the Cheney Report: the state of our national oil reserves. In 2000, half the oil we consumed was impor...

Oct 10, 2002 / Gore Vidal

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