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Saddam Hussein’s Election Victory Saddam Hussein’s Election Victory

Unanimous is what the vote count was. He didn't miss a voter, to our knowledge. The triumph his, he now remains in charge, Unless he lost in the Electoral College.

Oct 24, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Can You Spell Cannon Fodder? Can You Spell Cannon Fodder?

The New York City public school system doesn't have the money, time or organizational skills to make sure every child has a dictionary--or a desk.

Oct 24, 2002 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Rockin’ in the Free World Rockin’ in the Free World

In a weapons producing nation under Jesus In the fabled crucible of the free world Camera crews search for clues amid the detritus And entertainment shapes the land

Oct 24, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman

Mr. Bush, Heed Carter and Learn Mr. Bush, Heed Carter and Learn

Jimmy Carter won the Nobel Peace Prize for a career of successfully waging peace, beginning with the launching of a historic Mideast peace effort that President Bush is bent on s...

Oct 17, 2002 / Column / Robert Scheer

A Short Summary of the Nobel Peace Prize Announcement A Short Summary of the Nobel Peace Prize Announcement

(Translated From the Norwegian) The Nobel Carter finally got He got 'cause he's what Bush is not.

Oct 17, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Starring Jimmy Carter, in War and Peace Starring Jimmy Carter, in War and Peace

Now they've given Jimmy Carter the Nobel Peace Prize. Looking at the present, wretched incumbent, Democrats feel smug about their paladin of peace.

Oct 17, 2002 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

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

A Chickenhawk Cheer A Chickenhawk Cheer

Bomb 'em now, kill 'em now, zim, boom, bah Chickenhawks, chickenhawks, rah, rah, rah. Vietnam reverberates. (We were rooting from the States.)

Oct 10, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Dems Roll Over, Film at 11 Dems Roll Over, Film at 11

As in a paranoid novel by Don DeLillo, it all comes together in the end. The Democrats can't stand up to Bush on Iraq because they're afraid of looking soft on terrorism and Sa...

Oct 10, 2002 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Truth on Iraq Seeps Through Truth on Iraq Seeps Through

In a speech intended to frighten the American people into supporting a war, the President Monday again trotted out his grim depiction of Saddam Hussein as a terrifying boogeyman ...

Oct 8, 2002 / Column / Robert Scheer

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