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
Crackdown in Cuba Crackdown in Cuba
The arrest and long-term imprisonment of dozens of dissidents in Cuba and the rapid execution of three men who had attempted to hijack a boat were deplorable.
Apr 24, 2003 / Wayne S. Smith
The Public Is the Enemy The Public Is the Enemy
On March 22, a few hundred peaceful antiwar protesters in Seattle who had gathered around the Federal Building suddenly found themselves being swept down streets by officers in...
Apr 24, 2003 / Silja J.A. Talvi
Driving While Immigrant Driving While Immigrant
Emboldened by the "success" of its preventive war in Iraq, the Bush Administration appears to be expanding its preventive law-enforcement strategy at home.
Apr 24, 2003 / David Cole
It’s the Oil, Stupid It’s the Oil, Stupid
On the second day of the invasion of Iraq, US commandos seized two Iraqi offshore oil terminals in the Persian Gulf, capturing their defenders without a fight.
Apr 24, 2003 / Michael T. Klare
War Profiteering War Profiteering
Even before US troops arrived in Baghdad, looting broke out--in Washington.
Apr 24, 2003 / The Editors