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
Lula’s Back in Town Lula’s Back in Town
On October 6 Brazilian voters propelled Workers' Party candidate Luiz Inácio da Silva, or "Lula," as he is known, one step closer to the presidency of the second-most-po...
Oct 10, 2002 / Editorial / Mark Weisbrot
Palestine Activism Spammed Palestine Activism Spammed
Within days of the April incursion of the Israel Defense Forces into Jenin, pro-Palestine activist Thomas Olson received first a trickle, then thousands, of e-mails with menacing...
Oct 10, 2002 / Feature / Abby Aguirre
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 / Editorial / The Editors
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 / Editorial / Liza Featherstone
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 / Editorial / Gore Vidal
The Dangerous Restaurant The Dangerous Restaurant
I was having dinner at a rather expensive restaurant the other night when a man I'd never met before threatened to kill me. He was a distinguished-looking fellow, dressed in a ...
Oct 10, 2002 / Editorial / Wallace Shawn
Ashcroft, Unabashed Ashcroft, Unabashed
There you go again, Mr. Ashcroft.
Oct 10, 2002 / Editorial / David Cole
Dems Roll Over, Film at 11 Dems Roll Over, Film at 11
As in a paranoid novel by Don DeLillo, it all comes together in the end. The Democrats can't stand up to Bush on Iraq because they're afraid of looking soft on terrorism and Sa...
Oct 10, 2002 / Column / Katha Pollitt
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