From Birmingham to Baghdad From Birmingham to Baghdad
I, Condoleezza Rice, was leaning over the kitchen sink, hacking up a half-dozen or so rotisserie chickens and slinging the parts into a serving dish in time for the first of the ...
Nov 24, 2004 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Farewell, Colin Powell Farewell, Colin Powell
We need to say farewell to Colin Powell, Who should have long ago tossed in the towel. Instead he lent his good name to the team In vouching for its cockamamie scheme.
Nov 24, 2004 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Cultivating Opium, Not Democracy Cultivating Opium, Not Democracy
Afghanistan's crop "has spread like wildfire."
Nov 23, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer
Earthly Rewards for the Christian Voter Earthly Rewards for the Christian Voter
Sitting alone in a classroom at a Catholic all-boys high school this weekend (don't ask), I passed the time by browsing through the health textbooks stacked on the window sill.
Nov 18, 2004 / Column / Katha Pollitt
The Poisoned Chalice The Poisoned Chalice
At least when Duffy's Circus left Youghal there'd be piles of dung from the elephant and the horses.
Nov 18, 2004 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
On the Appointment of Alberto Gonzales as Attorney General On the Appointment of Alberto Gonzales as Attorney General
The AG's to be one Alberto Gonzales-- Dependable, actually loyal über alles. Though we can't say "Viva!" For him on Geneva (Conventions he'd treat
Nov 18, 2004 / Column / Calvin Trillin
The Peter Principle and the Neocon Coup The Peter Principle and the Neocon Coup
The bloodletting has begun.
Nov 16, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer
Flu Vaccines and the Free Market Flu Vaccines and the Free Market
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Nov 15, 2004 / Column / Dr. Marc Siegel
Taking the Hospital Taking the Hospital
In the postelection world, holding evangelical Protestantism up to the light has become all the rage, which does seem somewhat like shutting the barn door after the horse has lef...
Nov 11, 2004 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Pin the Terrorist on the Donkey Pin the Terrorist on the Donkey
It's impossible to pinpoint any single factor that determined the Democrats' defeat on election day, but a significant disadvantage that is going unremarked in the discussion of ...
Nov 11, 2004 / Column / Eric Alterman