‘Dead Man Walking’ ‘Dead Man Walking’
"The unthinkable is becoming thinkable," neoconservative pundit Robert Kagan despaired recently in the Washington Post.
May 13, 2004 / The Editors
Exporting America’s Prison Problems Exporting America’s Prison Problems
In 1997 a 29-year-old schizophrenic inmate named Michael Valent was stripped naked and strapped to a restraining chair by Utah prison staff because he refused to take a pillowc...
May 12, 2004 / Dan Frosch
Thread of Abuse Runs to the Oval Office Thread of Abuse Runs to the Oval Office
Someone's lying--big-time--and neither Congress nor the media have begun to scratch the surface.
May 11, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer
Stonewalling on Wilson Stonewalling on Wilson
The publication of former Ambassador Joseph Wilson's book, The Politics of Truth: Inside the Lies That Led to War and Betrayed My Wife's CIA Identity, affords a fresh opportuni...
May 6, 2004 / Books & the Arts / David Corn
The Horror of Abu Ghraib The Horror of Abu Ghraib
"Abu Ghraib prison was used for torture in Saddam's time.
May 6, 2004 / The Editors
Evidence of Things Not Seen Evidence of Things Not Seen
My father and most of my uncles fought in World War II. I grew up in the shadow of the war.
May 6, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Chris Hedges
On the Selection (and De-Selection) of a Baathist General From the Republican Guard to Pacify the Populace, Using American Weapons, Or, Pick of the Week On the Selection (and De-Selection) of a Baathist General From the Republican Guard to Pacify the Populace, Using American Weapons, Or, Pick of the Week
By smashing evil-doers flat, we've said,
This war has changed Iraq forevermore.
So why is it that Kurds and Shiites start
Imagining they've seen this all before?
May 6, 2004 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Is Koppel a Commie? Is Koppel a Commie?
The Sinclair Broadcast Group, a Maryland-based media company whose holdings include sixty-two TV stations, did the country a favor when it refused to air the April 30 special e...
May 6, 2004 / Column / Eric Alterman
How to Get Out of Iraq How to Get Out of Iraq
Jonathan Schell
May 6, 2004 / Feature / Various Contributors
When We’re the Evildoers in Iraq When We’re the Evildoers in Iraq
President Bush is again refusing to take responsibility for any of the horrors happening on his watch.
May 5, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer