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Kommissar Kristol Kommissar Kristol

William Kristol's April 7 editorial in The Weekly Standard denouncing critics of the war on Iraq as "anti-American" is startlingly reminiscent of the menacing directives issued ...

Apr 9, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Hors de Combat Hors de Combat

She's the ultimate quick-change artist, with a style that can absorb any trend and an image to match. She's gone from material girl to S/M maitresse, from power diva to content...

Apr 9, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Richard Goldstein

The View From the Throne The View From the Throne

After carefully crafted U.S.

Apr 9, 2003 / Column / Robert Scheer

Republicans at War — With Kerry Republicans at War — With Kerry

Ever since US forces marched into Iraq, conservatives in Congress and their media stenographers have been at war with Americans who fail to read from the Bush Administration's pol...

Apr 8, 2003 / John Nichols

Diversity, Democrats and War Diversity, Democrats and War

We've received numerous letters regarding William Hartung's "Keeping Hope Alive,", Al Ross and Lee Corkorinos's

Apr 7, 2003 / Our Readers

Beyond War Beyond War

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. famously came out against the Vietnam War shortly before he was assassinated thirty-five years ago today. His words, eloquent then, are just as relev...

Apr 4, 2003 / Peter Rothberg

Where’s the Leadership? Where’s the Leadership?

Read the New York Times' article (" Democratic Lawmakers Keep Their Heads Down While Letting the Generals Speak Out") for clues about what's wrong with the opposition party in th...

Apr 4, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Saving Brain Cells With Boondocks Saving Brain Cells With Boondocks

I love Aaron McGruder's strip The Boondocks. Last Sunday, as I watched the parade of talk shows and listened to the "sabbath gasbags," (props to Calvin Trillin for that delightfu...

Apr 4, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

The Pentagon’s (CIA) Man in Iraq The Pentagon’s (CIA) Man in Iraq

Toward the start of the second Persian Gulf War, I found myself in a room with R. James Woolsey, CIA chief during the first two years of the Clinton adminis...

Apr 4, 2003 / David Corn

George Bush–True Believer George Bush–True Believer

In 1951, American social philosopher Eric Hoffer published The True Believer, his first and most influential book. In it he portrayed political fanatics as people who embrace a ...

Apr 4, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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