Top 10 Reasons for the US to Get Out of Iraq
The US occupation of Iraq is the cause of, not the solution to, the violence and the mounting deaths that followed the invasion.
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October 11, 2004 Issue
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Editorial
Letter From Ground Zero
Washington Post columnist Richard Cohen, once a supporter of the war in Iraq, has been rethinking his position.
DeLay on the Hot Seat
Two investigative bombs with long fuses are sizzling under Tom DeLay, America's Machiavelli of gerrymandering and shakedown fundraising.
Nonproliferation Politics
Nonproliferation--the global campaign to prevent the further spread of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons--must be applied in a nondiscriminatory fashion to be effective...
Where Rather Was Right
When it comes to presidential politics there seem to be a half-dozen narratives favored by big (and small-minded) media: Who's ahead?, "Gotcha!", the (cynical) assumption that...
Election Matters
When John Kerry in a recent speech refocused his campaign by targeting George W.
Bush Spins at the UN
George W. Bush's September 21 speech to the United Nations, marked by an air of unreality and hypocrisy, was insulting to many other nations.
Column
The Dangers of a ‘What the Heck’ Vote
Don't say you weren't warned. Yes, you, that otherwise reasonable centrist voter who might be tempted to cast a "what the heck" vote for George W. Bush.
Fox Hunts Student Voters
Juliana Zuccaro and Kelly Kraus thought they were exercising their civic rights and responsibilities on August 31 when, as officers of the Network of Feminist Student Activist...
C’mon Ralph, You’ve Nothing to Lose
If I were Ralph Nader (and given the number of people screaming at me about stabbing Kerry in the back, I sometimes think I am), I'd get on the plane to Palestine and Baghdad ...
Letters
Feature
The Ethics of George W. Bush
In his second inaugural address as Governor of Texas, George W. Bush declared, "Some people think it's inappropriate to make moral judgments anymore.
Books & the Arts
The Ethics of George W. Bush
In his second inaugural address as Governor of Texas, George W. Bush declared, "Some people think it's inappropriate to make moral judgments anymore.
What Are They Reading?
Before you place a bid on that original Jeff Koons ceramic Puppy vase, you might want to take a peek at Donald Kuspit's The End of Art.
In Dubious Battle
Say what you will about the sins of the Bush Administration. But credit it with one small but welcome accomplishment: It has moved Arthur Schlesinger Jr.
Homeland Insecurity
One hundred years ago, in the wake of England's ruinous victory in the Boer War, a young Liberal politician excoriated the ruling Conservative Party and its imperial scam: "A ...
The Chastening of the Times
On March 9, 2003, a distinguished group of high-ranking politicians and journalists descended on the Bryant Park Hotel to attend a wedding reception for the then-executive edi...
