A Chickenhawk Cheer A Chickenhawk Cheer
Bomb 'em now, kill 'em now, zim, boom, bah
Chickenhawks, chickenhawks, rah, rah, rah.
Vietnam reverberates.
(We were rooting from the States.)
Oct 10, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Letter to America Letter to America
We must contain terror and protect its victims through extending human rights law.
Oct 10, 2002 / Feature / Mary Kaldor
The Fear Factor The Fear Factor
George Bush's speech from Cincinnati was calm, composed, reasonable--a studied performance calculated to win plaudits from the punditry and the consent of Congress to an Iraq r...
Oct 10, 2002 / The Editors
Peace Gets a Chance Peace Gets a Chance
"You look beautiful," shouted more than one speaker to the crowd that gathered in New York's Central Park on Sunday, October 6, to protest George W.
Oct 10, 2002 / Liza Featherstone
Blood for Oil Blood for Oil
In May 2001, the White House issued a National Energy Policy report, known as the Cheney Report: the state of our national oil reserves. In 2000, half the oil we consumed was impor...
Oct 10, 2002 / Gore Vidal
The Dangerous Restaurant The Dangerous Restaurant
I was having dinner at a rather expensive restaurant the other night when a man I'd never met before threatened to kill me. He was a distinguished-looking fellow, dressed in a ...
Oct 10, 2002 / Wallace Shawn
Dems Roll Over, Film at 11 Dems Roll Over, Film at 11
As in a paranoid novel by Don DeLillo, it all comes together in the end. The Democrats can't stand up to Bush on Iraq because they're afraid of looking soft on terrorism and Sa...
Oct 10, 2002 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Truth on Iraq Seeps Through Truth on Iraq Seeps Through
In a speech intended to frighten the American people into supporting a war, the President Monday again trotted out his grim depiction of Saddam Hussein as a terrifying boogeyman ...
Oct 8, 2002 / Column / Robert Scheer
Inspections: The Record Inspections: The Record
Pitt: I'd like to talk for a moment about Iraq's nuclear weapons program.
Oct 3, 2002 / Feature / William Rivers Pitt and Scott Ritter