A ‘Good Man’ Is Not So Hard to Find A ‘Good Man’ Is Not So Hard to Find

I was standing in line for Bowling for Columbine in Brussels not long ago with two writer/editor friends, when a 15-or-so-year-old Belgian boy in front of us turned around and ...

Feb 6, 2003 / Column / Eric Alterman

Resist War and Empire Resist War and Empire

With up to 200,000 American and British combat troops already stationed in or on their way to the Persian Gulf area, war with Iraq looks increasingly imminent.

Feb 6, 2003 / Michael T. Klare

Genet’s Palestinian Revolution Genet’s Palestinian Revolution

This essay will appear as an introduction in New York Review Books' new edition of Prisoner of Love (February 2003).

Feb 6, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Ahdaf Soueif

Poetry Makes Nothing Happen? Ask Laura Bush Poetry Makes Nothing Happen? Ask Laura Bush

So Laura Bush will not, after all, be discussing the works of Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman and Langston Hughes with a selected group of American poets at the White House on Fe...

Feb 6, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Katha Pollitt

Powell’s UN Presentation Powell’s UN Presentation

Secretary of State Colin Powell's presentation wasn't likely to win over anyone not already on his side.

Feb 5, 2003 / Phyllis Bennis

Only by Swallowing Big Lies Can Powell Justify a War Only by Swallowing Big Lies Can Powell Justify a War

We know in advance that Colin Powell's performance will be flawless.

Feb 5, 2003 / Column / Robert Scheer

The Pentagon’s ‘Nonlethal’ Gas The Pentagon’s ‘Nonlethal’ Gas

Research support provided by the Investigative Fund of the Nation Institute.

Jan 30, 2003 / Feature / Bill Mesler

Undermining the UN Undermining the UN

The long-awaited January 27 report of United Nations inspection chiefs Hans Blix and Mohamed ElBaradei, as anticipated, did not include a clear-cut finding of success and readi...

Jan 30, 2003 / Phyllis Bennis

Bush’s Gulf of Credibility Bush’s Gulf of Credibility

Bush's Gulf of Credibility

The President's State of the Union address deepened the gulf between word and deed. Poll-tested packaging hid the untruths within.

Jan 30, 2003 / The Editors

The New Imperialism The New Imperialism

In my days as a student activist in the 1970s, the use of the term "imperialism" to describe US policy was generally used only in the antiwar and international solidarity movem...

Jan 30, 2003 / Books & the Arts / William D. Hartung