Sham Plan for Iraq Sham Plan for Iraq
The "new" Bush plan to "help Iraq achieve democracy and freedom," far from laying out the definite steps needed to resolve the Iraq crisis, instead sets the stage for continuing ...
May 27, 2004 / Editorial / The Editors
On the Rupture of Relations Between Ahmad Chalabi and the United States of America On the Rupture of Relations Between Ahmad Chalabi and the United States of America
The learned Wolfowitz and Perle, it seems, Made Chalabi the hero of their dreams. Yes, all the Sissy Hawks were glad to sup On cockamamie tales that he served up.
May 27, 2004 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Chalabi’s Long, Costly Charade Chalabi’s Long, Costly Charade
Can it get any more bizarre?
May 25, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer
The Metaphysical Couple The Metaphysical Couple
This book has a past, which begins at least in 1995, when Elzbieta Ettinger brought out a controversial account of the unpublished correspondence between Hannah Arendt and Martin...
May 20, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Carol Brightman
The North Korean Conundrum The North Korean Conundrum
In the prevailing American stereotype, North Korea is a failing Stalinist dictatorship held together only by the ruthless repression of a mad ruler who dreams of firing nuclear w...
May 20, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Selig S. Harrison
The Rebirth of the NYRB The Rebirth of the NYRB
The highbrow literary magazine has re-emerged as a combative political actor.
May 20, 2004 / Feature / Scott Sherman
Hawks Eating Crow Hawks Eating Crow
The Bush Administration has not made it easy on its supporters. David Brooks now admits that he was gripped with a "childish fantasy" about Iraq.
May 20, 2004 / Column / Eric Alterman
Do You Feel a Draft? Do You Feel a Draft?
The main effect of bringing back the draft would be to further militarize the nation.
May 20, 2004 / Column / Katha Pollitt
The Coalition Authority Explains Democracy to the Iraqi People The Coalition Authority Explains Democracy to the Iraqi People
We'll give you back the country soon. Your leaders at the end of June Will be there democratically. We'll let you know soon who they'll be.
May 20, 2004 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Outsourcing Is Hell Outsourcing Is Hell
The war on Iraq has made us all painfully aware of the Pentagon's growing reliance on private companies.
May 20, 2004 / Editorial / William D. Hartung