Letter From Ground Zero Letter From Ground Zero
For some time now, American political discussion has seemed to revolve around little stock phrases, such as "defining moment" (at the time of the first Gulf War), "the end of his...
Nov 18, 2004 / Jonathan Schell
UN Oil for Food ‘Scandal’ UN Oil for Food ‘Scandal’
The CIA's Duelfer report may have confirmed the gross falsity of the WMD claims invoked by the Bush Administration to justify its war against Iraq, but it has also triggered a fe...
Nov 18, 2004 / Joy Gordon
No Victory in Falluja No Victory in Falluja
After a week of fighting, US military commanders have proclaimed victory in the battle for Falluja.
Nov 18, 2004 / The Editors
Taking the Hospital Taking the Hospital
In the postelection world, holding evangelical Protestantism up to the light has become all the rage, which does seem somewhat like shutting the barn door after the horse has lef...
Nov 11, 2004 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Pin the Terrorist on the Donkey Pin the Terrorist on the Donkey
It's impossible to pinpoint any single factor that determined the Democrats' defeat on election day, but a significant disadvantage that is going unremarked in the discussion of ...
Nov 11, 2004 / Column / Eric Alterman
The Costs of War The Costs of War
TERI WILLS ALLISON
Teri Wills Allison, a massage therapist and a member of Military Families Speak Out, lives near Austin, Texas.
Nov 4, 2004 / Feature / Various Contributors
War Games War Games
In the players' handbooks that once circulated among commedia dell'arte troupes, the wandering actors of early modern Italy used to set down inventories of the lazzi, or comic tu...
Oct 28, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Carlyle Covers Up Carlyle Covers Up
Less than twenty-four hours after The Nation disclosed that former Secretary of State James Baker and the Carlyle Group were involved in a secret deal to profit from Iraq's debt ...
Oct 28, 2004 / Column / Naomi Klein
Letter From Ground Zero Letter From Ground Zero
As the final week of the campaign season expires (this column goes to press on October 27), George W.
Oct 28, 2004 / Jonathan Schell
Antifeminists Hit Iraq Antifeminists Hit Iraq
As the right wing's antifeminist front, the sisters of the Independent Women's Forum have been such a hit in this country that they're now getting taxpayer money to take their ac...
Oct 28, 2004 / Laura Flanders and Laura Ross