Bush’s New Iraq Viceroy Bush’s New Iraq Viceroy
Like dirty money, tainted reputations can be laundered, as the Administration fervently hopes in the case of John Negroponte. Now UN ambassador, Negroponte has been chosen by G...
Apr 22, 2004 / Editorial / David Corn
Pastrami & Champagne Pastrami & Champagne
Three decades ago Winston Churchill's grandson asked Ariel Sharon how Israel should deal with the Palestinians. "We'll make a pastrami sandwich out of them," he replied.
Apr 22, 2004 / Editorial / Adam Shatz and Roane Carey
Buyer’s Remorse on Iraq Buyer’s Remorse on Iraq
In cautioning George W.
Apr 22, 2004 / Editorial / The Editors
Letter From Ground Zero Letter From Ground Zero
Halfway through Tim Russert's hourlong interview with Demo- cratic presidential nominee Senator John Kerry on April 18, there was an exchange that revealed in microcosm some of...
Apr 22, 2004 / Editorial / Jonathan Schell
We Were Ready We Were Ready
CHORUS We were ready-- Oh, so ready. Sure, it happened, but those were the breaks. And remember That we never, ever make mistakes.
Apr 22, 2004 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Unimagined Communities Unimagined Communities
This year is the tenth anniversary of the end of apartheid in South Africa, the fortieth anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the fiftieth anniversary of the Supre...
Apr 15, 2004 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Taking Liberties Taking Liberties
When the Supreme Court hears oral argument April 20 on the cases challenging the legality of the detentions at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, it will confront the most dramat...
Apr 15, 2004 / Editorial / David Cole
The UN Oil ‘Scandal’ The UN Oil ‘Scandal’
The same political figures who engineered the current debacle in Iraq are now trying to blame the United Nations for more than $10.1 billion worth of oil revenue they claim...
Apr 15, 2004 / Editorial / Ian Williams
Ashcroft Attacks Ashcroft Attacks
When faced with criticism, accuse. That seems to be Attorney General John Ashcroft's rule of political survival.
Apr 15, 2004 / Editorial / David Corn
Iraq as Vietnam Iraq as Vietnam
It is a pity the major news media have not convened a commission of inquiry to examine their own mistakes and derelictions concerning the war in Iraq.
Apr 15, 2004 / Editorial / William Greider