March 29, 2004
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Feature
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Al Jazeera Goes to Jail
In Iraq’s media war, US troops are imprisoning and abusing Arab journalists.
Christian Parenti
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The Goldwater Parallel
The Democrats can make a persuasive case that Bush is outside the mainstream.
Frances FitzGerald
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Bush’s Lies About Iraq
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Robert Scheer, Christopher Scheer and Lakshmi Chaudhry
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The Empire Backfires
The first anniversary of the American invasion of Iraq has arrived.
Jonathan Schell
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Editorial
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
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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
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Letter From Juárez
Mariana Katzarova has been involved with V-Day since 2001, when she brought it to her home country, Bulgaria.
Mariana Katzarova
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Iraq and US Leadership
Click here to read Katrina vanden Heuvel’s “Kennedy’s Other Speech.”
Edward M. Kennedy
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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
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Klayman Watch
A conservative provocateur turned Senate candidate may have tried to skirt campaign finance rules.
David Corn
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Column
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
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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
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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
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Books & the Arts
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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
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The Three-State Solution?
All nations are modern inventions, but those fashioned in the Middle East show their scaffolding more than most.
Juan Cole
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The Deciding Vote
According to the Constitution, the President, with the consent of the Senate, selects the members of the Supreme Court.
Eric Foner
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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
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Letters
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Letters
FOG OF WAR: NOT ‘A REAL PASTING’
New York City
Alexander Cockburn, Our Readers and Immanuel Wallerstein