The GOP Hijacks 9/11 The GOP Hijacks 9/11
More than a thousand days have passed since September 11, 2001, yet the wounds are still raw.
Sep 2, 2004 / Editorial / The Editors
Israel’s Albatross: US Neocons Israel’s Albatross: US Neocons
With friends like these, Israel doesn't need enemies.
Aug 31, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer
Lewis of Arabia Lewis of Arabia
I have witnessed what Bernard Lewis, and later Samuel Huntington, designated the "clash of civilizations" between Christendom and Islam up close in at least two wars.
Aug 26, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Charles Glass
Bring Najaf to New York Bring Najaf to New York
I've been in New York a week now, watching the city prepare for the Republican National Convention and the accompanying protests.
Aug 26, 2004 / Column / Naomi Klein
Letter From Ground Zero Letter From Ground Zero
Is the United States--as so many have said, in celebration or dismay--a planet-mastering empire or not? The question presses upon us as George W.
Aug 26, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Jonathan Schell
The Vietnam Confessions of George W. Bush The Vietnam Confessions of George W. Bush
"I am angry that so many sons of the powerful and well placed...managed to wangle slots in Reserve and National Guard units." --Colin Powell on the Vietnam War, in My American J...
Aug 26, 2004 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Iraqi Olympic Soccer Players Kick the Stuffing Out of Bush’s Fantasy Iraqi Olympic Soccer Players Kick the Stuffing Out of Bush’s Fantasy
Team members do not want to be used as an ad for the presidential campaign.
Aug 24, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer
Kerry Made a Bush League Error on Iraq Kerry Made a Bush League Error on Iraq
His refusal to recant his war vote plays into the President's hands.
Aug 17, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer
The Middle Man The Middle Man
Over the century that followed the Napoleonic wars, the Ottoman Empire contracted and eventually disappeared from the map.
Aug 12, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Mark Mazower
The Lost Steps The Lost Steps
American policy-makers may be divided into two schools of thought on the Arab-Israeli conflict: the evenhanded and the Israel-first.
Aug 12, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Avi Shlaim