Ideas the Pentagon Wishes It Never Had Ideas the Pentagon Wishes It Never Had
A recap of the Pentagon's most egregious post-9/11 mistakes, mishaps and manifestations of misdirection.
Aug 24, 2003 / Feature / Ari Berman
Postwar? Or Guerrilla War? Postwar? Or Guerrilla War?
On August 18th, one day before the horrifying bombing of the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad, President Bush revised his earlier characterization of the fighting in Iraq. ...
Aug 21, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
FCC is Feeling the Heat FCC is Feeling the Heat
Faced with a national outcry so intense that Congress is moving to reverse his attempt to eliminate controls on media consolidation and monopoly, Federal Communications Commission...
Aug 21, 2003 / John Nichols
Iraq: The Agony Continues Iraq: The Agony Continues
The United Nations Secretary General, Kofi Annan, said last night that the UN will continue its work in Iraq, despite Tuesday's devastating car-bomb attack on its headqua...
Aug 20, 2003 / Peter Rothberg
For Halliburton, Iraq Is a Cash Cow For Halliburton, Iraq Is a Cash Cow
War is a tragedy for some and a boon for others. As American soldiers continue to die in Iraq, and the length of the war and its costs escalate, Halliburton, the company headed b...
Aug 20, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
August Wakeup Calls August Wakeup Calls
How skewed are this Administration's priorities? Consider the insanity of throwing away billions of dollars on hightech military boondoggles like Star Wars that don't work. Or d...
Aug 19, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A Higher Tax on All Your Houses A Higher Tax on All Your Houses
Warren Buffet makes sense in rebuking Prop. 13--but the politicians jump up to save this sacred cow.
Aug 19, 2003 / Column / Robert Scheer
Occupied Voices Occupied Voices
"Many years have passed in which Palestinians were not really living. What we need is a huge change. And maybe then there will be peace."
Aug 19, 2003 / Feature / Wendy Pearlman
Bogus Blair, Bogus Bush Bogus Blair, Bogus Bush
The headline in Tuesday's editions of London's Guardian newspaper read: "No. 10 knew: Iraq no threat." The headline in London's Daily Mirror shouted: "NO THREAT -- Revealed: Emai...
Aug 19, 2003 / John Nichols
Slim Shady vs. Dubya Slim Shady vs. Dubya
It sounds like a Texas wrestling match: Slim vs Dubya. But in a recent poll that asked about truthfulness, rapper Eminem scored higher than President Bush. According to a global ...
Aug 18, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel