War and Peace

Iraq’s Civilian Casualties Iraq’s Civilian Casualties

The civilians of Falluja are negotiating to stave off a threatened US-led military incursion.

Oct 28, 2004 / Jefferson Morley

Because We Could Because We Could

When George H.W.

Oct 21, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Andrew Cockburn

You Can’t Blame Nader for This You Can’t Blame Nader for This

Let's hedge this with all the usual qualifiers. Kerry could pull it out. The spread's within the margin of error. Respondents to polls are lying out of fear of John Ashcroft.

Oct 21, 2004 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

The 9/11 Secret in the CIA’s Back Pocket The 9/11 Secret in the CIA’s Back Pocket

The agency is withholding a damning report that points at senior officials.

Oct 19, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer

Learning to Love the Bomb Learning to Love the Bomb

While I saw Edward Teller at several scientific conferences and heard him lecture, I met him only once. It left an indelible memory. It was at the end of April 1954.

Oct 14, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Jeremy Bernstein

A White House Spokesman Explains… A White House Spokesman Explains…

Why the Duelfer Report's Finding That Iraq Had No Weapons of Mass Destruction Provides Justification for Having Attacked Iraq in Order to Rid It of Weapons of Mass Destruction

Oct 14, 2004 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Tarantara! Tarantara!

Twenty months ago, when the Bush Administration was steering the country toward war in Iraq, we noted a parallel with another military misadventure, the Spanish-American War, in ...

Oct 14, 2004 / Jonathan Schell and John Maxwell Hamilton

James Baker’s Double Life James Baker’s Double Life

Bush's special envoy has a private interest in Iraqi debt, documents reveal.

Oct 12, 2004 / Feature / Naomi Klein

Liberal Hawk Down Liberal Hawk Down

This essay is adapted from Anatol Lieven's next book, America Right or Wrong: An Anatomy of American Nationalism, to be published this month by Oxford University Press.

Oct 7, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Anatol Lieven

On the President’s Boast That He Knew Osama Bin Laden Rather Than Saddam Hussein Was Behind 9/1 On the President’s Boast That He Knew Osama Bin Laden Rather Than Saddam Hussein Was Behind 9/1

That's excellent. So tell us: Why did you
For months imply the opposite was true?
And why does Cheney (Nanny Dick) still flog

Oct 7, 2004 / Column / Calvin Trillin

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