Schröder’s Kulturkampf Schröder’s Kulturkampf
Coming as it did in the final weeks of a precarious re-election campaign, incumbent German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder's resolute "No" to German participation in any US-le...
Oct 24, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Hugh Eakin
Saddam Hussein’s Election Victory Saddam Hussein’s Election Victory
Unanimous is what the vote count was.
He didn't miss a voter, to our knowledge.
The triumph his, he now remains in charge,
Unless he lost in the Electoral College.
Oct 24, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Against Fundamentalism Against Fundamentalism
Like most New Yorkers, like most Americans, the attacks of September 11 made me very angry.
Oct 18, 2002 / Tim Robbins
Starring Jimmy Carter, in War and Peace Starring Jimmy Carter, in War and Peace
Now they've given Jimmy Carter the Nobel Peace Prize. Looking at the present, wretched incumbent, Democrats feel smug about their paladin of peace.
Oct 17, 2002 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Did the CIA Blow the Call? Did the CIA Blow the Call?
Shortly after Ronald Reagan became President of the United States, the nation's capital got a second morning newspaper. Eventually, Dr. Ronald Goodwin, formerly the Rev.
Oct 17, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Dusko Doder
Subverting the UN Subverting the UN
As a healthy response to the Bush Administration's war policies, the number of people taking to the streets in protest is increasing with each step toward war.
Oct 17, 2002 / Richard Falk and David Krieger
Human Rights at the UN Human Rights at the UN
The day after Mary Robinson stepped down as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, forced out by determined pressure from Washington, George W.
Oct 17, 2002 / Ian Williams
Justice in Guatemala Justice in Guatemala
Kate Doyle served as an expert witness in the Mack trial. The documents used in the trial and dozens of other declassified US records on US policy in Guatemala may be found at the ...
Oct 17, 2002 / Kate Doyle
In the Name of My Father I Cannot Forgive In the Name of My Father I Cannot Forgive
Even after twenty-five years, the bitter taste of Argentina's "dirty war" lingers.
Oct 17, 2002 / Feature / Héctor Timerman