Imitation of Art Imitation of Art
The Chronicles of Narnia is the perfect combination of Christian allegory and The Lord of the Rings, a well-crafted commodity and nothing more. The Ice Harvest, an anti-Christmas f...
Dec 8, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
‘Never Before!’ Our Amnesiac Torture Debate ‘Never Before!’ Our Amnesiac Torture Debate
Does it lessen the horror to admit that this is not the first time the US government has used torture to wipe out political opponents? The exclusion of the impact of the School of ...
Dec 8, 2005 / Column / Naomi Klein
All the News That’s Fit to Buy All the News That’s Fit to Buy
Bush brings a robust simplicity to the business of news management: Where possible, buy journalists to turn out favorable stories. And if you think you can get away with it, shoot ...
Dec 8, 2005 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn
A Transcript A Transcript
9/11 Commission calling, with questions on accountability. But from the White House side of the line come on answers, only talking points.
Dec 8, 2005 / Column / Calvin Trillin
The Silence of the Doctors The Silence of the Doctors
The overlooked players in the torture scandal are the medical personnel who supervise--and often participate in--acts of torture. Military medical professionals have reportedly tai...
Dec 8, 2005 / Feature / Jonathan H. Marks
Seeds of Abu Ghraib Seeds of Abu Ghraib
Americans wondered how Army Specialist Charles Graner could torture detainees in the gruesome Abu Ghraib scandal. In war, people do things that would otherwise be unthinkable. But ...
Dec 8, 2005 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky
Brass Tacks Brass Tacks
"Do what has to be done" is the motto of the investigative arm of the US military. But when the understaffed institution regularly loses evidence and delays autopsies, it does too ...
Dec 8, 2005 / Feature / Tara McKelvey
The Silencing of Carlos Delgado The Silencing of Carlos Delgado
The New York Mets' squelching of first baseman Carlos Delgado's longstanding protest of the war in Iraq during the seventh-inning stretch speaks volumes about how the rules of the ...
Dec 7, 2005 / Feature / Dave Zirin
Post-9/11 Shell Game Post-9/11 Shell Game
José Padilla will never be charged, and never have his day in court.
Dec 1, 2005 / Editorial / David Cole
The War on Al Jazeera The War on Al Jazeera
A top-secret memo detailing George W. Bush's proposal to bomb Al Jazeera is not "outlandish," as the White House claims. The Bush Administration had been threatening, insulting a...
Dec 1, 2005 / Editorial / Jeremy Scahill