Killing Time Killing Time
From its unification in 1871 until its comprehensive defeat in 1945, Germany was the most bellicose and nationalistic of modern countries.
Feb 12, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Benjamin Kunkel
Company Man Company Man
The name Shakespeare in Britain is rather like the names Ford, Disney and Rockefeller in the United States. He is less an individual than an institution, less an artist than an a...
Feb 12, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Terry Eagleton
Bush Family Values Bush Family Values
It's hard to know which is more interesting: the latest book by Kevin Phillips or Phillips himself.
Feb 12, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Elizabeth Drew
An Idea Factory for the Democrats An Idea Factory for the Democrats
The Center for American Progress was conceived as the Democratic answer to the Heritage Foundation...
Feb 12, 2004 / Feature / Bob Dreyfuss
The Blame Game The Blame Game
George Bush owes the public a big explanation on WMDs.
Feb 12, 2004 / Feature / David Corn
Twenty Ways to Think About Bush and His Money Twenty Ways to Think About Bush and His Money
While the Democratic presidential candidates were bickering among themselves over accepting campaign contributions from lobbyists, a far more significant political development oc...
Feb 12, 2004 / Feature / David Corn and Micah L. Sifry
Al, We Hardly Know Ye Al, We Hardly Know Ye
The evolution of the character invented by the media to play the role "Al Gore" will one day make a remarkable doctoral dissertation.
Feb 12, 2004 / Column / Eric Alterman
Kristof to the Rescue? Kristof to the Rescue?
This morning I got an e-mail from Feminist Majority asking me to e-mail the President protesting the Iraqi Governing Council's approval of Resolution 137, which would abolish cur...
Feb 12, 2004 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Letter From Ground Zero Letter From Ground Zero
Kerry should hold himself accountable for his own mistake.
Feb 12, 2004 / Jonathan Schell
Saddam as a Gathering Threat Saddam as a Gathering Threat
So the weapons weren't there--so what, Bush says, Saddam was a "gathering threat." We were certainly right to start a war. This threat simply had to be met.
Feb 12, 2004 / Column / Calvin Trillin