Did the CIA Blow the Call? Did the CIA Blow the Call?
Shortly after Ronald Reagan became President of the United States, the nation's capital got a second morning newspaper. Eventually, Dr. Ronald Goodwin, formerly the Rev.
Oct 17, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Dusko Doder
Legal Jeopardy Legal Jeopardy
The military needs more lawyers. More accurately, the Defense Department wants military recruiters to recruit law students on campus and through official channels.
Oct 17, 2002 / Kristin Eliasberg
The Fear Factor The Fear Factor
George Bush's speech from Cincinnati was calm, composed, reasonable--a studied performance calculated to win plaudits from the punditry and the consent of Congress to an Iraq r...
Oct 10, 2002 / The Editors
A Chickenhawk Cheer A Chickenhawk Cheer
Bomb 'em now, kill 'em now, zim, boom, bah
Chickenhawks, chickenhawks, rah, rah, rah.
Vietnam reverberates.
(We were rooting from the States.)
Oct 10, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Peace Gets a Chance Peace Gets a Chance
"You look beautiful," shouted more than one speaker to the crowd that gathered in New York's Central Park on Sunday, October 6, to protest George W.
Oct 10, 2002 / Liza Featherstone
Letter to America Letter to America
We must contain terror and protect its victims through extending human rights law.
Oct 10, 2002 / Feature / Mary Kaldor
US Double Standards US Double Standards
The effort by the Bush Administration and Congress to portray the planned invasion of Iraq as simply an effort to enforce United Nations Security Council resolutions reaches a ...
Oct 10, 2002 / Stephen Zunes
Blood for Oil Blood for Oil
In May 2001, the White House issued a National Energy Policy report, known as the Cheney Report: the state of our national oil reserves. In 2000, half the oil we consumed was impor...
Oct 10, 2002 / Gore Vidal