Stupid Leaders, Useless Spies, Angry World Stupid Leaders, Useless Spies, Angry World
The stark fact that significant portions of our planet are under the supervision of exceptionally stupid and ill-informed people is provoking unwonted expressions of anger and ...
Apr 29, 2004 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Mutiny in Iraq Mutiny in Iraq
Can we please stop calling it a quagmire? The United States isn't mired in a bog or a marsh in Iraq (quagmire's literal meaning); it is free-falling off a cliff.
Apr 29, 2004 / Column / Naomi Klein
For Their Own Good For Their Own Good
One of my favorite little films is a satirical documentary titled Babakiueria.
Apr 29, 2004 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Dick’s Vietnam Hypocrisy Dick’s Vietnam Hypocrisy
Dick Cheney has positioned himself as the Bush Administration's point man in the ongoing work of questioning the national security credentials of presumptive Democratic preside...
Apr 29, 2004 / John Nichols
Not Wounded Enough Not Wounded Enough
Republicans say Kerry might have got
Some wounds, but not the kind that hurt a lot.
Their own man cannot ever be accused
Apr 29, 2004 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Face the Iraq Fiasco, Senator Face the Iraq Fiasco, Senator
"How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake?"
Apr 29, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer
Rumsfeld’s Police Secret Rumsfeld’s Police Secret
In his April 13 press conference, Bush lamented the poor showing of Iraqi security forces in recent clashes with insurgents.
Apr 26, 2004 / David Corn and Kristin V. Jones
Woodward Returns Woodward Returns
Correction: "The Man" is the term Dick Cheney uses to refer to George W. Bush, not the term used by other officials to refer to Cheney. (6/1/04)
Apr 22, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman
Taking Liberties Taking Liberties
On April 20, Solicitor General Ted Olson told the Supreme Court that the federal courts could not question the indefinite detention of "enemy combatants" held at Guantánam...
Apr 22, 2004 / David Cole