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‘Deanie Babies’ Grow Up

There may be an overlooked Dean legacy brewing.

Anya Kamenetz

Al Jazeera Goes to Jail

In Iraq’s media war, US troops are imprisoning and abusing Arab journalists.

Christian Parenti

The Goldwater Parallel

The Democrats can make a persuasive case that Bush is outside the mainstream.

Frances FitzGerald

Bush’s Lies About Iraq

Click here for more info on Five Lies, including how to order copies online.

Robert Scheer, Christopher Scheer and Lakshmi Chaudhry

The Empire Backfires

The first anniversary of the American invasion of Iraq has arrived.

Jonathan Schell

Turn the Paige

The dismissal of Bush’s Education Secretary is a necessary step to make the reforms work in the classroom.

Robert L. Borosage and Earl Hadley

Remembering Marshall Frady

I first met Marshall Frady in the Sinai desert during the 1973 Yom Kippur War, when we shared the back seat of a Russian-made Egyptian Army jeep.

Marc Cooper

Letter From Juárez

Mariana Katzarova has been involved with V-Day since 2001, when she brought it to her home country, Bulgaria.

Mariana Katzarova

In Fact…

BUSH’S BRAINS

The Editors

Iraq and US Leadership

Click here to read Katrina vanden Heuvel’s “Kennedy’s Other Speech.”

Edward M. Kennedy

What Have We Done?

In the weeks leading up to the Iraq war, neoconservatives in and around the Bush Administration counseled the President against seeking a second United Nations Security Council resolution, arguin

The Editors

Klayman Watch

A conservative provocateur turned Senate candidate may have tried to skirt campaign finance rules.

David Corn

Dear W., Your Father Knew Best

So now that the Spanish people have spoken, voting out of office the party that led them to war in Iraq, will President Bush give the back of the hand to Spain, as he did last year to our democra

Robert Scheer

The (Not So) Gay Old Times

Eric Alterman

The Protocols of Mel Gibson

My friends had one question for me after I saw Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ: Is it anti-Semitic?

Katha Pollitt

On Whether the Martha Stewart Guilty Verdict Carries Implications for Those Involved in Prewar Intelligence Gathering

When federal authorities come by,
It’s criminal if you concoct a lie.
The Feds don’t think that lies are okey-dokey.
Will Chalabi, then, soon be in the pokey?

Calvin Trillin

Adaptation

So Mel Gibson has been persecuted all the way to the bank.

Stuart Klawans

I Confess (Sort of)

A confession is, by definition, a declaration of guilt.

Kate Levin

Labor Pains

When I took childbirth classes six years ago, the word “pressure” was bandied about an awful lot: We heard about the pressure on our bladders, the pressure applied to our backs to ease contractio

Jennifer Niesslein

The Three-State Solution?

All nations are modern inventions, but those fashioned in the Middle East show their scaffolding more than most.

Juan Cole

The Deciding Vote

According to the Constitution, the President, with the consent of the Senate, selects the members of the Supreme Court.

Eric Foner

The Protocols of Mel Gibson

My friends had one question for me after I saw Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ: Is it anti-Semitic?

Katha Pollitt

Web Letters

PLAYING POLITICS WITH MARRIAGE

Tampa, Fl.

Our Readers

Letters

FOG OF WAR: NOT ‘A REAL PASTING’

New York City

Alexander Cockburn, Our Readers and Immanuel Wallerstein