Ryan’s Courage Ryan’s Courage
"Our capital system is haunted by the demon of error," Illinois Governor George Ryan said on January 11, clearing his state's death row as his final act of office.
Jan 16, 2003 / Bruce Shapiro
War’s Collateral Damage War’s Collateral Damage
Among Washington insiders the odds of war with Iraq rise and fall daily--60-40, 50-50, 40-60.
Jan 16, 2003 / The Editors
Greens, Dems Don’t Dig Dugger Greens, Dems Don’t Dig Dugger
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Jan 15, 2003 / Alexander Cockburn, Our Readers, and Ronnie Dugger
Cities For Peace Cities For Peace
As the troop buildup continues, the antiwar movement has gone from emerging to here. Ruth Rosen was particularly optimistic in an op-ed in yesterday's San Francisco Chronicle. The...
Jan 14, 2003 / Peter Rothberg
Class Warfare By (Fuzzy) Numbers Class Warfare By (Fuzzy) Numbers
How does he do it? Every day Ari Fleischer takes the stand--so to speak--but, luckily for him, it's not under oath. That is, he provides a briefing in the W...
Jan 14, 2003 / David Corn
Bush Doesn’t Want Good News Bush Doesn’t Want Good News
Headlines tell us that United Nations arms inspectors have failed to find a "smoking gun" in their ongoing, unimpeded search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
Jan 14, 2003 / Column / Robert Scheer
George W. Lieberman George W. Lieberman
If there was one thing that rational political observers agreed upon after last November's Democratic debacle, it was that Democrats need to do a much better job of distinguishing...
Jan 13, 2003 / John Nichols
War is Not Inevitable War is Not Inevitable
Regardless of the outcome of weapons inspections, the Bush Administration seems poised to soon launch an invasion of Iraq. Join Tony Kushner, Katha Pollitt , Janeane Garofalo...
Jan 10, 2003 / Peter Rothberg
Bill Frist, Bioterrorism and Visits to the Doctor Bill Frist, Bioterrorism and Visits to the Doctor
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Jan 9, 2003 / Column / Dr. Marc Siegel
The Year in Pictures The Year in Pictures
Looking backward in the January chill, I feel my eyes shoot past the films of 2002 toward a movie made some thirty years ago: a picture by Martin Scorsese about violent, driven...
Jan 9, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans