Stop War Profiteering! Stop War Profiteering!
As readers of this space don't need to be told, Vice President Dick Cheney's former company Halliburton has been a prime beneficiary of the invasion of Iraq, raking in some $9 bi...
May 4, 2004 / Peter Rothberg
Torture at Abu Ghraib Torture at Abu Ghraib
The shocking photos of US soldiers torturing Iraqis detainees shown last Wednesday on CBS's Sixty Minutes II provoked immediate international outrage. Now, veteran American inves...
May 3, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
An Interview With Joseph Wilson An Interview With Joseph Wilson
On the morning of July 14, 2003, I was reading Bob Novak's column in The Washington Post. He was doing his best to defend the Bush administration fr...
Apr 30, 2004 / David Corn
Democracy is on the Ballot Democracy is on the Ballot
On May 1, 2003, George W. Bush donned a flight suit and landed in a jet on the Abraham Lincoln's flight deck off the coast of San Diego. There, in front of sailors and camera cr...
Apr 30, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Quid Pro Quack Quid Pro Quack
Every judge knows that you don't vacation with friends and accept their generosity while their case is pending before you. But that's just what Justice Antonin Scalia did with Di...
Apr 29, 2004 / Peter Rothberg
An Open Letter to Tony Blair An Open Letter to Tony Blair
In an unprecedented open letter to British Prime Minister Tony Blair published in both the Guardian and Independent newspapers on Tuesday, April 27, (and reprinted below), fifty...
Apr 29, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
F*cked by the F*CC F*cked by the F*CC
Howard Stern: Free-speech hero.
Apr 29, 2004 / Feature / Jeff Jarvis
Homophobia of All Hues Homophobia of All Hues
The marriage-equality movement confronts anti-gay sentiment among blacks.
Apr 29, 2004 / Feature / Christopher Lisotta
The Archives and Allen Weinstein The Archives and Allen Weinstein
Critics see him as unfit to oversee records, noting his dubious ethical standards.
Apr 29, 2004 / Feature / Jon Wiener
The Kids Are Alright The Kids Are Alright
Several of the recent Whitney Biennials have aspired to something more than a display of "the latest in American Art," to cite the phrase used to advertise the current sh...
Apr 29, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto