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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 / Beat the Devil / 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

Washington Votes for War in Colombia Washington Votes for War in Colombia

The US troop presence is doubled--as Colombia's civil movement says no to more war.

Oct 19, 2004 / Feature / Bill Weinberg

In the Cut In the Cut

Throughout the four decades of his great career--which is the same thing as saying, throughout the history of filmmaking in sub-Saharan Africa--Ousmane Sembene has switched back ...

Oct 14, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

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

Freeze-Out of the Arabists Freeze-Out of the Arabists

Neocons isolate State Department experts, with disastrous results.

Oct 14, 2004 / Feature / Stephen Glain

Rocking the Cuban Vote Rocking the Cuban Vote

Once-Republican Miami takes a left turn.

Oct 14, 2004 / Feature / Roberto Lovato

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 / Editorial / Jonathan Schell and John Maxwell Hamilton

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