The Ballad of Private Lynch The Ballad of Private Lynch
Preferring death to getting caught, She emptied weapons as she fought. Though shot and stabbed she didn't flinch. She battled on, did Private Lynch. Or did she?
Jun 19, 2003 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Privatizing Medicare Privatizing Medicare
The Medicare bills passed by the Senate Finance Committee on June 12 and the House Ways and Means Committee on June 17 move the thirty-eight-year-old social insurance program o...
Jun 19, 2003 / Trudy Lieberman
Help for Congo Help for Congo
News from the Ituri region of the misnamed Democratic Republic of Congo in recent weeks has been so grim as to make one want to turn the page or flip the TV channel in despair:...
Jun 19, 2003 / Adam Hochschild
More Missing Intelligence More Missing Intelligence
As the Pentagon scours Iraq for weapons of mass destruction and Iraqi links to Al Qaeda, it's increasingly obvious that the Bush Administration either distorted or deliberately...
Jun 19, 2003 / Bob Dreyfuss
Where To Find WMDs Where To Find WMDs
Want to know where to find weapons of mass destruction? Last weekend, the New York Times buried an article on how authorities in Thailand had seized as much as sixty-six pounds ...
Jun 18, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
What Did He Know and When Did He Know It? What Did He Know and When Did He Know It?
The Case of the Phantom Uranium raises questions about the President that could lead to legitimate calls for impeachment.
Jun 18, 2003 / Column / Robert Scheer
Anonymous Detentions Ruled Legal Anonymous Detentions Ruled Legal
"Citizens have a compelling interest in ensuring that their government does not abuse one of its most awesome powers, the power to arrest and jail."
Jun 17, 2003 / Feature / The Nation
Help Halt Big Media Help Halt Big Media
The FCC's 3-2 vote on June 2 to relax the few regulations concerning media ownership rules still on the books represented an unprecedented give-away to the corporate media and a ...
Jun 17, 2003 / Peter Rothberg