The Consequences of Killing Saddam The Consequences of Killing Saddam
More violence, waning chances for reconciliation and a trove of secrets taken to the grave.
Dec 31, 2006 / Feature / Bob Dreyfuss
Rule of Noose Rule of Noose
Justice and reconciliation for the victims of Saddam Hussein will not be found at the end of a hangman's rope.
Dec 31, 2006 / Editorial / Bruce Shapiro
Lt. Ehren Watada: Resister Lt. Ehren Watada: Resister
Facing a showdown court-martial for refusing to serve in an illegal and unjust war, Lieut. Ehren Watada has become a flashpoint for the antiwar movement.
Dec 28, 2006 / Feature / Marc Cooper
Annan’s Principled Pragmatism Annan’s Principled Pragmatism
Although Kofi Annan's tenure was shadowed by political catfights, he leaves the United Nations as one of its most successful secretary generals.
Dec 28, 2006 / Feature / Ian Williams
Get Carter Get Carter
The flap over Jimmy Carter's new book underscores that the Israel lobby in the United States exists to serve only the interests of the Israeli right wing.
Dec 28, 2006 / Editorial / Chris Hedges
The Urge to Surge The Urge to Surge
Democrats in Congress must remember that their midterm victory was a clear mandate to reverse Bush's war policy.
Dec 28, 2006 / Editorial / The Editors
Faraway, So Close Faraway, So Close
In Five Germanys I Have Known--part memoir, part extended rumination on German-Jewish identity--Fritz Stern revisits his family's past and finds that he has never been quite at hom...
Dec 20, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Omer Bartov
Parasites of Plunder? Parasites of Plunder?
Hitler's Beneficiaries advances a controversial, deeply flawed argument that Germans failed to revolt against the Nazis because Hitler established a welfare state built on plunder.
Dec 20, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Richard J. Evans
People’s Revolt in Lebanon People’s Revolt in Lebanon
By empowering the dispossessed, Hezbollah has become a formidable force that is threatening the US-backed Lebanese government.
Dec 20, 2006 / Feature / Mohamad Bazzi
About Face About Face
In the most significant movement of dissident soldiers since Vietnam, nearly 1,000 active-duty officers and enlisted personnel have petitioned the government to withdraw from Iraq.
Dec 20, 2006 / Feature / Marc Cooper