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The Firing of Peter Arnett The Firing of Peter Arnett

On March 19, shortly after Saddam Hussein defied President Bush's deadline to go into exile, Tom Brokaw of NBC broke into Law & Order, airing on the East Coast, to announce...

Apr 10, 2003 / Tom Goldstein

Yes, War Really Is Hell Yes, War Really Is Hell

The risks of war? There was the risk of being bombed if you had the misfortune to live in a neighborhood where US targeters thought Saddam Hussein might be located.

Apr 10, 2003 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

Taking the Cake Taking the Cake

According to a recent Gallup Poll, 78 percent of white Americans supported invading Iraq, but only 29 percent of blacks.

Apr 10, 2003 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

The Native Informant The Native Informant

Fouad Ajami is the Pentagon's favorite Arab.

Apr 10, 2003 / Feature / Adam Shatz

Saving Private Lynch Saving Private Lynch

It was a drama too good to miss, made for TV, if not for Hollywood.

Apr 10, 2003 / Annette Fuentes

Clash of Visualizations Clash of Visualizations

Consider this hypothetical situation.

Apr 10, 2003 / Books & the Arts / George Scialabba

The View From the Throne The View From the Throne

After carefully crafted U.S.

Apr 9, 2003 / Column / Robert Scheer

Rumsfeld Should Go

Rumsfeld Should Go Rumsfeld Should Go

This editorial was originally published in the April 21, 2003 issue of The Nation.

Apr 3, 2003 / The Editors

The Reason Why The Reason Why

Bush's motives have more to do with empire and profit than with liberating Iraq.

Apr 3, 2003 / Feature / George McGovern

Can We Talk? Can We Talk?

CORRECTION: When this column was originally published, a fact-checking error caused the word "owner" to be removed from a reference to the Jewish "owner-editors" of U.S. News &...

Apr 3, 2003 / Column / Eric Alterman

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