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Hawks at the Washington Post Hawks at the Washington Post

The house organ for America's political class is pushing Bush's case for war.

Oct 24, 2002 / Feature / Michael Massing

Home on the Range Home on the Range

There's a joke circulating on the Internet: A grandmother overhears her 5-year-old granddaughter playing "wedding." The wedding vows go like this: "You have the right to remain...

Oct 17, 2002 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

The NRA Sees Room to Grow As Faithful Adjunct to the GOP The NRA Sees Room to Grow As Faithful Adjunct to the GOP

It's filling the grassroots role once played by the Christian Coalition.

Oct 17, 2002 / Feature / Dick Dahl

In the Name of My Father I Cannot Forgive In the Name of My Father I Cannot Forgive

Even after twenty-five years, the bitter taste of Argentina's "dirty war" lingers.

Oct 17, 2002 / Feature / Héctor Timerman

Fire at Will Fire at Will

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Oct 17, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener

Legal Jeopardy Legal Jeopardy

The military needs more lawyers. More accurately, the Defense Department wants military recruiters to recruit law students on campus and through official channels.

Oct 17, 2002 / Kristin Eliasberg

Human Rights at the UN Human Rights at the UN

The day after Mary Robinson stepped down as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, forced out by determined pressure from Washington, George W.

Oct 17, 2002 / Ian Williams

Sowing Disaster? Sowing Disaster?

How genetically engineered American corn has altered the global landscape.

Oct 10, 2002 / Feature / Mark Schapiro

The Laboratories of Democracy The Laboratories of Democracy

Nothing is more galling to scientists than outsiders questioning their research priorities.

Oct 10, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Jonathan Kimmelman

Welfare’s True Colors Welfare’s True Colors

With the 1996 welfare law expiring this fall, Congressmembers would do well to stop congratulating themselves on its alleged successes and turn their attention to the glaring f...

Oct 10, 2002 / Gary Delgado and Menachem Krajcer

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