Help Halt Big Media Help Halt Big Media
The FCC's 3-2 vote on June 2 to relax the few regulations concerning media ownership rules still on the books represented an unprecedented give-away to the corporate media and a ...
Jun 17, 2003 / Peter Rothberg
A General’s Farewell A General’s Farewell
Remember General Eric Shinseki, the Army Chief of Staff, who warned that occupying Iraq might require hundreds of thousands of soldiers for an extended period? He was immediately...
Jun 16, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Making Media an Issue Making Media an Issue
MILWAUKEE -- When Democratic party activists from across Wisconsin gathered for their party's state convention last weekend, they heard speeches from three presidential candidates...
Jun 16, 2003 / John Nichols
New Law Assists Political Intimidation New Law Assists Political Intimidation
An unnecessary new law is used to undermine legitimate dissent.
Jun 15, 2003 / Feature / Daniel Forbes
How to Really Save Private Lynch How to Really Save Private Lynch
"We face an unemployment problem that is certainly without precedent in my lifetime," said Paul Bremer, the US-appointed Governor of Iraq, as he unveiled a $100 million public wo...
Jun 14, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Mobilize in Sacramento Mobilize in Sacramento
From June 23th to June 25th, the Bush Administration is hosting hundreds of government ministers and corporate reps in a Sacramento, CA summit designed to pave the way for the US...
Jun 14, 2003 / Peter Rothberg
Smallpox, Smoking and Sympathetic Dystrophy Smallpox, Smoking and Sympathetic Dystrophy
My right eyelid twitches on an irregular but steady basis. Is this anything to worry about? Or is it just age and the worries of the world?
Jun 13, 2003 / Column / Dr. Marc Siegel
Bob Hope, Prisoner of War Bob Hope, Prisoner of War
War correspondents frequently suffer from what might be diagnosed as Ernie Pyle Syndrome.
Jun 12, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Francis Davis
Passport: A Manifesto Passport: A Manifesto
This is your passport I hold in my hand: a hemisphere, half red ink, half blue-- as yet untorched by terror, but polluted
Jun 12, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Carol Muske-Dukes
The Critical Imagination The Critical Imagination
James Wood, the ferociously intelligent critic whose reviews appear regularly in The New Republic and the London Review of Books, has single-handedly done a great deal to impro...
Jun 12, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Brian Morton