The Little Mermaid’s Fortune-Teller The Little Mermaid’s Fortune-Teller
Refracted through your tide-washed hours, this prince drifts through algid brine, kelp-wound: his ship has foundered in your sky. For his sake you discover land, build
Apr 10, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Reginald Shepherd
Everything George Bush Needs to Know He Learned on the Playground Everything George Bush Needs to Know He Learned on the Playground
Let's say that from the east while you look south An icy snowball hits you in the mouth. You see the kid who did it run, the wretch,
Apr 10, 2003 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Wellstone’s Graceless Replacement Wellstone’s Graceless Replacement
A year ago this spring, I spent several days in Minnesota trailing US Sen. Paul Wellstone as he campaigned for a third term. Wellstone, the most progressive Democrat in the Senate...
Apr 9, 2003 / John Nichols
Kommissar Kristol Kommissar Kristol
William Kristol's April 7 editorial in The Weekly Standard denouncing critics of the war on Iraq as "anti-American" is startlingly reminiscent of the menacing directives issued ...
Apr 9, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The View From the Throne The View From the Throne
After carefully crafted U.S.
Apr 9, 2003 / Column / Robert Scheer
Hors de Combat Hors de Combat
She's the ultimate quick-change artist, with a style that can absorb any trend and an image to match. She's gone from material girl to S/M maitresse, from power diva to content...
Apr 9, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Richard Goldstein
Republicans at War — With Kerry Republicans at War — With Kerry
Ever since US forces marched into Iraq, conservatives in Congress and their media stenographers have been at war with Americans who fail to read from the Bush Administration's pol...
Apr 8, 2003 / John Nichols
Diversity, Democrats and War Diversity, Democrats and War
We've received numerous letters regarding William Hartung's "Keeping Hope Alive,", Al Ross and Lee Corkorinos's
Apr 7, 2003 / Our Readers
Beyond War Beyond War
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. famously came out against the Vietnam War shortly before he was assassinated thirty-five years ago today. His words, eloquent then, are just as relev...
Apr 4, 2003 / Peter Rothberg