Mirror of the Times Mirror of the Times
With all the words laundered over the Jayson Blair affair, why is my soul still disquieted? Why do I feel even further from the truth than on the day the journalistic fraud was...
May 29, 2003 / James W. Carey
The Oil Spoils The Oil Spoils
Under cover of darkness in the early morning hours of March 18, Qusay Saddam Hussein carted off nearly $1 billion in hard currency from Iraq's central bank.
May 29, 2003 / David Cortright
The Vision Thing The Vision Thing
The early-bird presidential campaign is under way among Democrats with the usual characteristics.
May 29, 2003 / The Editors
Letters Letters
BARDS OF BAGHDAD New York City
May 29, 2003 / Adam Shatz, Our Readers, and Diane Rafferty
Guns or Butter Guns or Butter
"Our job is to make sure that the labor movement talks about how the militarization of US foreign policy hurts workers at home."
May 28, 2003 / Feature / Bob Muhlenkamp
Dump ‘Scoop’ Dump ‘Scoop’
I agree that if the Dems want to win in 2004, they have to lay out a principled and pragmatic alternative to Bush's failed national security policies. But it's crazy to argue, as...
May 28, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Bush’s Postwar Iraq Causing Cracks? Bush’s Postwar Iraq Causing Cracks?
We don't know, says the Bush administration. And we don't care, says the public. That seems to sum up the matter of weapons of mass destruc...
May 27, 2003 / David Corn
What Are They Reading? What Are They Reading?
"Birds of America," by Lorrie Moore
May 25, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Shayna Cohen
Radical Cheerleaders Radical Cheerleaders
Radical cheerleaders. Must be a lefty fantasy, right? Nope. Cheerleaders may be wholesome symbols of America like apple pie, the flag and Bill Bennett (before May 2003.) But now ...
May 23, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Profiting from War Profiting from War
Shortly after the US conquered Baghdad, the US Defense Intelligence Agency distributed a now famous deck of cards bearing the images of "Iraq's Most Wanted." This hit list of top...
May 23, 2003 / Peter Rothberg