War and Peace

Faith and Fraud Faith and Fraud

The fictional world created by the Bush Administration over its five years in power is falling to pieces, with the blood-soaked folly in Iraq, a ruined environment, massive corrupt...

Nov 3, 2005 / Editorial / Jonathan Schell

Intolerable Cruelty Intolerable Cruelty

If the US is to prevail in the war on terror, we must do it by distinguishing ourselves from the enemy. Torture and degrading treatment are as morally evil as terrorism, because th...

Nov 3, 2005 / Editorial / David Cole

After the Libby Indictment After the Libby Indictment

The CIA leak scandal has revealed the Bush crew's dishonesty and hypocrisy. But don't expect the Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald or Bush to ever explain what really happened.

Nov 3, 2005 / Editorial / David Corn

Senate Democrats Show Some Spine Senate Democrats Show Some Spine

Senate minority leader Harry Reid forced Republicans into a closed-door session Tuesday to examine the Administration's use and misuse of intelligence on Iraq. Could Democrats fina...

Nov 1, 2005 / Feature / John Nichols

How Reporters Helped Lead Us to War How Reporters Helped Lead Us to War

Reporters like Judith Miller who fought to avoid testifying in the CIA leak case were knowing accomplices in the White House's attempt to punish a whistle-blower. By failing to rep...

Nov 1, 2005 / Column / Robert Scheer

Did Cheney Know Plame Was Undercover? Did Cheney Know Plame Was Undercover?

The indictment of I. Lewis Libby indictment casts Vice President Dick Cheney in a key role in the CIA leak investigation: It suggests Cheney had reason to suspect Valerie Wilson wa...

Oct 31, 2005 / Feature / David Corn

Scott Ritter and Seymour Hersh: Iraq Confidential Scott Ritter and Seymour Hersh: Iraq Confidential

Iraq is a nation on fire, a conflagration of America's making that threatens to consume everything the nation stands for. How did we get there? How do we get out? Can we get out?

Oct 26, 2005 / Feature / The Nation

Salvador Memories Salvador Memories

An exhibit at the International Center of Photography showcasing the brutal images of the civil war in El Salvador should remind the Pentagon and the public that the "Salvador Opt...

Oct 26, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Scott Sherman

The Question of Kurdistan The Question of Kurdistan

The Kurds have almost no natural resources and suffer from a culture of corruption. But their call for autonomy is a serious threat to the building of a united Iraq.

Oct 26, 2005 / Feature / Christian Parenti

Empty Boots, Ravished Hearts Empty Boots, Ravished Hearts

Rows of plain black boots and empty pairs of baby shoes and dancing slippers are a mute testament to the American soldiers and Iraqi civilians who have perished in Iraq, as shown i...

Oct 21, 2005 / Feature / Shreema Mehta

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