The Trials of Ed Rosenthal The Trials of Ed Rosenthal
Come June 4, Ed Rosenthal will be back in US District Court in San Francisco, to hear what sentence Judge Charles Breyer has decided to impose.
May 8, 2003 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
On the Revelation of William Bennett’s Gambling Habit On the Revelation of William Bennett’s Gambling Habit
Bill Bennett told a grateful nation, "Be moral. Just resist temptation." By windbag airing of this thesis, Bill Bennett got as rich as Croesus.
May 8, 2003 / Column / Calvin Trillin
The Only Law West of the Tigris The Only Law West of the Tigris
"We have ways to make you talk."
May 6, 2003 / Column / Robert Scheer
Stand and Fight Stand and Fight
Compare the following two statements currently floating 'round the blogosphere:
May 1, 2003 / Column / Eric Alterman
Weapons of Mass Delusion? Weapons of Mass Delusion?
Tom Friedman doesn't care if the United States ever finds weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
May 1, 2003 / Column / Katha Pollitt
On the Search for Weapons of Mass Destruction, Whose Presence Was the On the Search for Weapons of Mass Destruction, Whose Presence Was the
So maybe we will find them yet, Well stashed away in some place clever. Or were they just destroyed in March? Or never there at all? Whatever.
May 1, 2003 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Are We Numb or Dumb? Are We Numb or Dumb?
Forget truth. That is the message from our government and its apologists in the media who insist that the Iraq invasion is a great success story even though it was based on a lie...
Apr 29, 2003 / Column / Robert Scheer
SARS, Coral Calcium and Mood Disorders SARS, Coral Calcium and Mood Disorders
Dear Dr. Marc,
Apr 28, 2003 / Column / Dr. Marc Siegel
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