Accidental Friends Accidental Friends
"One does not jail Voltaire." So responded the president of France to calls that Jean-Paul Sartre be arrested for backing an independent Algeria.
Mar 18, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Russell Jacoby
Trying Saddam Trying Saddam
The capture of Saddam Hussein has raised the question of how best to hold him accountable for the horrendous human rights violations committed by his regime.
Mar 18, 2004 / Editorial / Balakrishnan Rajagopal
Blix Not Bombs Blix Not Bombs
Before he left New York, Hans Blix had a poster on his apartment wall from the big antiwar demonstration in New York City a year ago on the eve of the attack on Iraq.
Mar 18, 2004 / Editorial / Ian Williams
A Vote for Honesty A Vote for Honesty
Click here to read Lowenberg's dispatch from the March 20 peace march in Madrid.
Mar 18, 2004 / Editorial / Samuel Loewenberg
Terror & Truth in Spain Terror & Truth in Spain
The horrific bombings in Spain, which claimed more than 200 lives, were sad proof that terrorists can achieve success when their target is a government that has distanced itself ...
Mar 18, 2004 / Editorial / The Editors
Dear W., Your Father Knew Best Dear W., Your Father Knew Best
So now that the Spanish people have spoken, voting out of office the party that led them to war in Iraq, will President Bush give the back of the hand to Spain, as he did last ye...
Mar 16, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer
Adaptation Adaptation
So Mel Gibson has been persecuted all the way to the bank.
Mar 11, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
I Confess (Sort of) I Confess (Sort of)
A confession is, by definition, a declaration of guilt.
Mar 11, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Kate Levin
The Three-State Solution? The Three-State Solution?
All nations are modern inventions, but those fashioned in the Middle East show their scaffolding more than most.
Mar 11, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Juan Cole
Al Jazeera Goes to Jail Al Jazeera Goes to Jail
In Iraq's media war, US troops are imprisoning and abusing Arab journalists.
Mar 11, 2004 / Feature / Christian Parenti