Minority Report Minority Report
Ever since Clark Kent first donned a pair of oversized glasses and, somewhat improbably, hid his Superman persona from Lois Lane, questions of identity have been a staple of th...
Apr 24, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Alan Jenkins
Fear Eats the Soul Fear Eats the Soul
Baghdad has fallen. The city has been taken by the troops who were bringing it freedom.
Apr 24, 2003 / Books & the Arts / John Berger
Letter From Zimbabwe Letter From Zimbabwe
The ravages of drought are evident to anyone traveling through Zimbabwe. The carcass of a dead donkey lies on the road, while skeletal dogs tear at its intestines.
Apr 24, 2003 / Feature / Gabrielle Menezes
Hammering Down I-25 Hammering Down I-25
It's a great country. Don't let the hucksters and charlatans take it away.
Apr 24, 2003 / Feature / James Lee Burke
Screened Out Screened Out
How 'fighting terrorism' became a bludgeon in Bush's assault on labor.
Apr 24, 2003 / Feature / David Bacon
The Republican Party’s Goal Is to Destroy the Federal Government The Republican Party’s Goal Is to Destroy the Federal Government
For years, their driving ambition has been to get government “down to the size where we can drown it in the bathtub.”
Apr 24, 2003 / Feature / William Greider
New America New America
Over dinner recently, a friend of mine mused that "at least it's not as bad as the McCarthy era." Perhaps not.
Apr 24, 2003 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
The Decline and Fall of American Journalism The Decline and Fall of American Journalism
As a million Shiite pilgrims streamed toward Karbala shouting, "No to America, no to Saddam, no to tyranny, no to Israel!" can't you just imagine the plash of complacent I Told...
Apr 24, 2003 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Letter From Ground Zero Letter From Ground Zero
In Baghdad this week, one Mohammed Mohsen Zubaidi, an Iraqi businessman with ties to the Iraqi National Congress, has shown up claiming to be the city's governor.
Apr 24, 2003 / Jonathan Schell
Wars Wars
(A preventive-war anthem sung to the tune of "Trees," by Joyce Kilmer, with piano accompaniment)
Apr 24, 2003 / Column / Calvin Trillin