Letter From Ground Zero Letter From Ground Zero
Is the United States--as so many have said, in celebration or dismay--a planet-mastering empire or not? The question presses upon us as George W.
Aug 26, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Jonathan Schell
The Vietnam Confessions of George W. Bush The Vietnam Confessions of George W. Bush
"I am angry that so many sons of the powerful and well placed...managed to wangle slots in Reserve and National Guard units." --Colin Powell on the Vietnam War, in My American J...
Aug 26, 2004 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Iraqi Olympic Soccer Players Kick the Stuffing Out of Bush’s Fantasy Iraqi Olympic Soccer Players Kick the Stuffing Out of Bush’s Fantasy
Team members do not want to be used as an ad for the presidential campaign.
Aug 24, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer
Kerry Made a Bush League Error on Iraq Kerry Made a Bush League Error on Iraq
His refusal to recant his war vote plays into the President's hands.
Aug 17, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer
Fables of the Reconstruction Fables of the Reconstruction
The effort to rebuild Iraq looks less like an aid mission than a criminal racket.
Aug 12, 2004 / Feature / Christian Parenti
Press Watch Press Watch
A silver lining amid the dismal outpouring of news from Iraq has been the unbroken parade of conservative (and liberal hawk) commentators who now admit--with mea culpas, half-apo...
Aug 12, 2004 / Editorial / Scott Sherman
Trust and Terror Trust and Terror
The color of emergency alerts does not matter if the people producing the alerts cannot be trusted.
Aug 12, 2004 / Editorial / The Editors
One More Chalabi Black Eye One More Chalabi Black Eye
A close alliance between Iraq and the fanatical ayatollahs of Iran is the most likely accomplishment of the US invasion.
Aug 10, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer
Letter From Ground Zero Letter From Ground Zero
"During the Vietnam War, many young men, including the current President, the Vice President and me, could have gone to Vietnam and didn't. John Kerry came from a privileged back...
Jul 29, 2004 / Editorial / Jonathan Schell
A White House Response To the 9/11 Commission’s Finding That Iran Had More Contact With the Hijackers Than Iraq Did A White House Response To the 9/11 Commission’s Finding That Iran Had More Contact With the Hijackers Than Iraq Did
The little error that we may have made In picking out a country to invade Was understandable. The names, of course, Are close, and when you make a show of force
Jul 29, 2004 / Column / Calvin Trillin