Column

Modesto Man Modesto Man

Whether in his home district or in Washington, DC, Congressman Gary Condit is a discredit to his profession.

Sep 6, 2001 / Column / Christopher Hitchens

Summer Follies Summer Follies

It's time to consider what would really improve our unequal society.

Sep 6, 2001 / Column / Katha Pollitt

W, Ever Hear of FDR? Fix Some Potholes, Help Some Schoolkids W, Ever Hear of FDR? Fix Some Potholes, Help Some Schoolkids

Finally, President Bush is "deeply worried" about the economy. Yep, in remarks last week, he even went so far as to observe that "the recovery is very slow in coming."

Sep 4, 2001 / Column / Robert Scheer

Bush Binds Us Into a Fiscal Straitjacket Bush Binds Us Into a Fiscal Straitjacket

Are we all dimwits? We just sit there with goofy looks on our faces while the economy sputters and the President blows what remains of the budget surplus on a tax giveaway to ...

Aug 28, 2001 / Column / Robert Scheer

West Bank Dreamin’ West Bank Dreamin’

Last night I had the strangest dream... All of America's wealthy, conservative and safely belligerent pundits had been delivered by a just and beneficent Almighty Pow...

Aug 23, 2001 / Column / Eric Alterman

Hot Air Is Bad for Us Hot Air Is Bad for Us

The current uproar over the posture of the Bush Administration on global warming and, most recently, on power-plant emissions vividly illustrates the political hypocrisy an...

Aug 23, 2001 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

The Sultan’s Brother Does a Service to Humanity The Sultan’s Brother Does a Service to Humanity

The brother of the Sultan of Brunei Set out to see how much a guy could buy, And fifteen billion's what he finally spent Before the sultan voiced some discontent. The guilt o...

Aug 23, 2001 / Column / Calvin Trillin

We Are the World We Are the World

At 5 o'clock in the morning, the radio alarm begins to blare the news. The United States is threatening to pull out of the World Conference Against Racism if the conversati...

Aug 23, 2001 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

You Can Use God to Justify Anything You Can Use God to Justify Anything

The country was founded on the idea of keeping religion and politics separate--but you'd hardly know this by the way the idea of the Almighty has intruded itself into political...

Aug 21, 2001 / Column / Robert Scheer

Vieques Si! Yanqui No? Vieques Si! Yanqui No?

Puerto Ricans of all stripes question the Navy's presence there.

Aug 9, 2001 / Column / Christopher Hitchens

x