Outsourcing Is Hell Outsourcing Is Hell
The war on Iraq has made us all painfully aware of the Pentagon's growing reliance on private companies.
May 20, 2004 / Editorial / William D. Hartung
Election Matters Election Matters
By identifying himself as an antiwar candidate seeking the rapid withdrawal of US troops from Iraq, and by using his still considerable media skills to spread the word about his ...
May 20, 2004 / Editorial / John Nichols
Orders to Torture Orders to Torture
The Abu Ghraib prison scandal now implicates the highest levels of the Bush Administration in violating federal law and in war crimes.
May 20, 2004 / Editorial / The Editors
Implausible Denial II Implausible Denial II
Seymour Hersh has been much more right than not in his reporting on the current Administration.
May 17, 2004 / Editorial / Jason Vest
Implausible Denial Implausible Denial
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May 14, 2004 / Editorial / Jason Vest
The Moral Case Against the Iraq War The Moral Case Against the Iraq War
The crimes at Abu Ghraib are a direct expression of the kind of war we are waging in Iraq.
May 13, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Paul Savoy
Even Conservatives Are Wondering: Is Bush One of Us? Even Conservatives Are Wondering: Is Bush One of Us?
Most Americans long ago stopped believing that George W. Bush is what he claimed to be during the 2000 presidential campaign: a compassionate conservative.
May 13, 2004 / Feature / Eyal Press
Green Lights for Torture Green Lights for Torture
So there were WMDs in Iraq after all. They're called digital cameras. Partly because of them, the United States faces one of the most humiliating defeats in imperial history.
May 13, 2004 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn
On the Abuse of Prisoners in Iraq On the Abuse of Prisoners in Iraq
We're told that the few rotten apples Who brought on this sordid affair'll Be punished. But what if those apples Are right at the top of the barrel?
May 13, 2004 / Column / Calvin Trillin
In Kind In Kind
As of this writing, seven in ten Americans want Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to remain at his post, a vote of confidence that exceeds that even for the President himself.
May 13, 2004 / Column / Patricia J. Williams