Our Gang in Venezuela? Our Gang in Venezuela?
The National Endowment for Democracy has been busy--and far from alone.
Jul 18, 2002 / Feature / David Corn
The Road to Nowhere The Road to Nowhere
In reiterating his vision for the Middle East--two states living side by side in peace and security--George W. Bush failed to lay out a viable path for reaching this essential goa...
Jun 27, 2002 / Editorial / The Editors
France: The Film Vote France: The Film Vote
Politics were never far from anyone's mind at this year's fifty-fifth Cannes International Film Festival, which unfolded in a France still reeling from the shock of far-right cand...
Jun 13, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Leslie Camhi
Arafat, by Feeding on Martyrdom, Dooms His People Arafat, by Feeding on Martyrdom, Dooms His People
Yasser Arafat should step aside.
Jun 13, 2002 / Column / Robert Scheer
Oslo or Helsinki? Oslo or Helsinki?
The pervasive assumption among nearly all of Oslo's proponents was that the undemocratic nature of Yasser Arafat's regime, far from being an obstacle to peace, was actually a strat...
Jun 6, 2002 / Column / Christopher Hitchens
Letter From Santiago Letter From Santiago
I arrived here in Chile May 8 as a material witness in a criminal complaint against former dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet for the murder of an American friend just days after the ...
May 16, 2002 / Editorial / Marc Cooper
Milosevic, Still at War Milosevic, Still at War
It is probably safe to say that the war crimes trial in The Hague of the former Serbian dictator Slobodan Milosevic is not going well. At least so far. No credible witnesses ha...
May 9, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Dusko Doder
Le Pen’s People Le Pen’s People
The second round of France's presidential elections was billed as "l'escroc" (the crook) versus "le facho" (the fascist). In the event, incumbent President Jacques Chirac got t...
May 9, 2002 / Editorial / Maria Margaronis and D.D. Guttenplan
When Is a Coup a Coup? When Is a Coup a Coup?
On April 11, 2002, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez was ousted in an ill-fated coup attempt. On April 14 he returned in triumph to the presidential palace. What to call the ...
May 9, 2002 / Editorial / Scott Sherman
A Short History of the French Presidential Election A Short History of the French Presidential Election
In Paris it began to look Like Jacques Chirac was just a crook, But voters voted for him when He ran against Le Pen again. Though graft is certainly a curse, They figured th...
May 9, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin