A Short History of Someone Who Failed to Get Into the Champagne Unit of the Texas Air National Guard in 1968 A Short History of Someone Who Failed to Get Into the Champagne Unit of the Texas Air National Guard in 1968
I wasn't really for the war. But all my kin, in wars before, Had gone when called. I couldn't flee. No, Canada was not for me. Another thing that I was not
Sep 16, 2004 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Election Matters Election Matters
The presidential pageant has now risen full in the sky and is blocking out the sun.
Sep 16, 2004 / Editorial / William Greider
2004: Vote for Bush or Die 2004: Vote for Bush or Die
In an election strategy spawned from the events of 9/11, the Republicans challenged John Kerry by politicizing terror.
Sep 9, 2004 / Feature / Judd Legum and David Sirota
Still Sliming Away Still Sliming Away
(Karl Rove & Co. knock off Paul Simon's "Slip Slidin' Away")
Sep 9, 2004 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Putin’s War Putin’s War
The bloody end to the hostage crisis in Beslan resulted in unfathomable human suffering.
Sep 9, 2004 / Editorial / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Iraq and 1,000 Deaths Iraq and 1,000 Deaths
The price we are paying for George W. Bush's unnecessary and illegal war in Iraq keeps rising: The number of Americans killed in the war has now passed the 1,000 mark.
Sep 9, 2004 / Editorial / The Editors
The Burden of Memory The Burden of Memory
Perhaps you noticed them in the main square of your town this year--or last year, or any year you've been alive, in any town where you've ever lived: a group of people solemnly a...
Sep 2, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Meline Toumani
The Bush Crusade The Bush Crusade
Sacred violence, again unleashed in 2001, could prove as destructive as in 1096.
Sep 2, 2004 / Books & the Arts / James Carroll
The GOP Hijacks 9/11 The GOP Hijacks 9/11
More than a thousand days have passed since September 11, 2001, yet the wounds are still raw.
Sep 2, 2004 / Editorial / The Editors
Bring Najaf to New York Bring Najaf to New York
I've been in New York a week now, watching the city prepare for the Republican National Convention and the accompanying protests.
Aug 26, 2004 / Column / Naomi Klein