Poetic Protests Against War, Censorship Poetic Protests Against War, Censorship
A bit of advice for the Bush White House: Don't pick fights with professional wordsmiths. First Lady Laura Bush's decision to cancel a White House symposium on the poetry of Walt...
Feb 3, 2003 / John Nichols
Debating the State of the Union Debating the State of the Union
The last edition of Robert Scheer's "Column Left" (which appears originally in the Los Angeles Ti
Feb 3, 2003 / Our Readers
Bush’s Gulf of Credibility Bush’s Gulf of Credibility
Bush's Gulf of Credibility The President's State of the Union address deepened the gulf between word and deed. Poll-tested packaging hid the untruths within.
Jan 30, 2003 / The Editors
Undermining the UN Undermining the UN
The long-awaited January 27 report of United Nations inspection chiefs Hans Blix and Mohamed ElBaradei, as anticipated, did not include a clear-cut finding of success and readi...
Jan 30, 2003 / Phyllis Bennis
The New Imperialism The New Imperialism
In my days as a student activist in the 1970s, the use of the term "imperialism" to describe US policy was generally used only in the antiwar and international solidarity movem...
Jan 30, 2003 / Books & the Arts / William D. Hartung
Copyright Monopolies Copyright Monopolies
Big Media won another battle in the escalating war over copyright on January 15, when the Supreme Court upheld a 1998 law extending copyright terms by twenty years, to life plu...
Jan 30, 2003 / Andrew L. Shapiro
Irene Diamond Irene Diamond
Irene Diamond, who died recently at 92, was an innovative philanthropist, ever ready to bet on an unlikely cause.
Jan 30, 2003 / The Editors
‘Random’ Destruction ‘Random’ Destruction
Once again, changes at Random House have made headlines in papers throughout the country.
Jan 30, 2003 / Books & the Arts / André Schiffrin
On the Democratic Presidential Race On the Democratic Presidential Race
It now seems clear, from what we hear, That Gary Hart will reappear. (He ran well once, but then he slipped; He couldn't keep his trousers zipped.)
Jan 30, 2003 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Concerning Pee-Wee, Townshend and Ritter Concerning Pee-Wee, Townshend and Ritter
The worse the state treats kids, the more the state's prosecutors chase after inoffensive "perverts" in the private sector who have committed the so-called crime of getting sex...
Jan 30, 2003 / Column / Alexander Cockburn