White House’s Cynical Iraq Ploy White House’s Cynical Iraq Ploy
'Misspeak' first for the front page, 'correct' it later in the back...
Sep 16, 2003 / Column / Robert Scheer
First Cancún, Then Washington First Cancún, Then Washington
When the World Trade Organization's fifth ministerial conference in Cancun collapsed Sunday without reaching agreement on how to launch new free-trade initiatives, American activi...
Sep 16, 2003 / John Nichols
Postcard From Cancún Postcard From Cancún
The insurgent delegations were in many respects the product of years of anti-WTO organizing.
Sep 16, 2003 / Feature / Christian Parenti
The Latest Bush Gang Whoppers The Latest Bush Gang Whoppers
Is there some deadline approaching, after which Bush administration officials have to engage in honest debate? It seems as if there has been a rash of misle...
Sep 15, 2003 / David Corn
Johnny Cash’s Redemption Song Johnny Cash’s Redemption Song
Later this year, Rick Rubin's American Recordings label will release a collection of Johnny Cash songs including a collaboration between the legendary country singer and one of hi...
Sep 12, 2003 / John Nichols
Wesley Clark’s ‘High Noon’ Moment Wesley Clark’s ‘High Noon’ Moment
It was reported today that retired four-star General, ardent critic of Bush's national security policies, telegenic TV commentator, and recently declared Democrat Wesley Clark w...
Sep 12, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Tokyo Story Tokyo Story
A Love Affair for the postcollege, flirting-with-Buddhism set, Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation is a travelogue of the emotions, concerned with the deepening relationship be...
Sep 11, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Bleak Haus Bleak Haus
Though still relatively unknown in the English-speaking world, the Austrian novelist and playwright Thomas Bernhard, who died in 1989 at the age of 57, is widely recognized as ...
Sep 11, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Mark M. Anderson
From Protest to Patronage From Protest to Patronage
Bayard Rustin forged a remarkable career as a social activist. Briefly a member of the Young Communist League, he repudiated communism but remained a socialist throughout his l...
Sep 11, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Randall Kennedy
Remembering Allende Remembering Allende
His dual commitment to socialism and democracy ought to be a model today.
Sep 11, 2003 / Feature / Marc Cooper