October Surprises October Surprises
October surprises are built into our system, since elections come in November. Cliffhanger movies in Hollywood's old days could not have staged it better.
Oct 3, 2002 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
But Fear Itself But Fear Itself
It's a scary little world right now. Such wars of careless words. Such panic on every breeze. If Eskimos have a hundred words for snow, we have let bloom a thousand words for f...
Oct 3, 2002 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Al Gore, democrat Al Gore, democrat
Something about Al Gore brings out the worst in people, and nowhere is this truer than in the so-called "liberal media." Journalists' "default" position on Gore, Joe Klein note...
Oct 3, 2002 / Column / Eric Alterman
The Sun Can’t Set on This Empire Too Soon The Sun Can’t Set on This Empire Too Soon
It sure smells like imperialism. That's the word historians use when powerful nations grab control of desired resources, be it the gold of the New World or the oil of the Middle ...
Oct 3, 2002 / Column / Robert Scheer
Bush Jumps the Gun With Preemptive Strikes Bush Jumps the Gun With Preemptive Strikes
President Bush's recently announced strategic global doctrine, which for the first time justifies a preemptive US strike against any regime thought to possess weapons of mass des...
Sep 26, 2002 / Column / Robert Scheer
There’s No, No In Your Eyes There’s No, No In Your Eyes
As Sung to Saddam Hussein by George W. Bush (With apologies to Eddy Howard, and anybody who becomes collateral damage)
Sep 26, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Taking Sides Taking Sides
I suppose I can just about bear to watch the "inspections" pantomime a second time.
Sep 26, 2002 / Column / Christopher Hitchens
Beyond Good and Evil Beyond Good and Evil
So now it's official.
Sep 26, 2002 / Column / Katha Pollitt
A Scholarly Analysis of Developments (Including Satellite Photos, A Scholarly Analysis of Developments (Including Satellite Photos,
Osama's split and Wall Street's sagging. It's time to get that puppy wagging.
Sep 19, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin
An Entire Class of Thieves An Entire Class of Thieves
When Len Bias died of a cocaine overdose back in 1986 Tip O'Neill and Ronald Reagan raced each other to show the world who could punish the poor quickest and hardest.
Sep 19, 2002 / Column / Alexander Cockburn