It’s the Oil, Stupid It’s the Oil, Stupid
On the second day of the invasion of Iraq, US commandos seized two Iraqi offshore oil terminals in the Persian Gulf, capturing their defenders without a fight.
Apr 24, 2003 / Michael T. Klare
War Profiteering War Profiteering
Even before US troops arrived in Baghdad, looting broke out--in Washington.
Apr 24, 2003 / The Editors
Bigotry, Lies and the GOP Bigotry, Lies and the GOP
Rick Santorum is a bigot. And, like others bigots before him, he seeks to promote his views be claiming the American people face "threats" that do not exist. Santorum, the Penns...
Apr 24, 2003 / John Nichols
Emperor Bush Emperor Bush
Is Bush taking lessons from Julius Caesar? Apparently so. When Caesar's short but bloody conquest of the Celtic tribes led to the founding of the Roman province of Gaul (modern F...
Apr 24, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Did Bush Deceive Us in His Rush to War? Did Bush Deceive Us in His Rush to War?
Now that the war has been won, is it permissible to suggest that our emperor has no clothes?
Apr 23, 2003 / Column / Robert Scheer
Where Have All the WMD-Hunters Gone? Where Have All the WMD-Hunters Gone?
The obvious question is, where are the weapons of mass destruction that supposedly prompted the Bush-Cheney-Rumsfeld-Wolfowitz quartet to invade Iraq? ...
Apr 23, 2003 / David Corn
The Boss Defends Dissenters The Boss Defends Dissenters
"America has entered one of its periods of historical madness," argues author John Le Carré, who suggests that the current drive by conservatives in Congress and their media alli...
Apr 23, 2003 / John Nichols
Democracy Bush-Style? Democracy Bush-Style?
Skip the stories about pro-consul Jay Garner, Bechtel's war profiteering and the Bush Administration's professed commitment to building democracy in Iraq. For a clear-eyed view o...
Apr 22, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Our Evangelist President Our Evangelist President
With America's leading evangelist in the White House, is it any wonder that Christian preacher Franklin Graham and his relief agency, Samaritan's Purse, are "poised and ready" ...
Apr 21, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel