War’s Collateral Damage War’s Collateral Damage
In his year-end news conference, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan lamented that so much of the year had been devoted to Iraq at the expense of other global problems like poverty, ...
Dec 31, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Saving My Mind Saving My Mind
As the New Year approaches, I've started making my list of resolutions. Work for democratic regime change at home. Build a more peaceful and just world. Make it to all of my daug...
Dec 31, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
US to Hussein: WMD A-OK US to Hussein: WMD A-OK
New documents detail how Rumsfeld and Reagan let Iraq know it was just fine to keep using chemical weapons against Iran and the Kurds.
Dec 30, 2003 / Column / Robert Scheer
Will the French Indict Cheney? Will the French Indict Cheney?
At the heart of the matter is a $6 billion factory built in Nigeria by Hallibuton.
Dec 29, 2003 / Feature / Doug Ireland
The Take-No-Prisoners Congress The Take-No-Prisoners Congress
If you haven't been following the take-no-prisoners approach of the Congressional Republican leadership--r...
Dec 26, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Parallel O’Reilly Factor Parallel O’Reilly Factor
I agreed to go on Bill O'Reilly's Fox News show recently to discuss progressive responses to Bush. I'm always ambivalent about participating in Fox talk shows. As one Nation read...
Dec 25, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
What Are They Reading? What Are They Reading?
This is a book that should be on every activist's bed table, like Gideon bibles in hotels.
Dec 24, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Richard Lingeman
The Haunting The Haunting
The likeness of Nathaniel Hawthorne hanging in the AmLit museum resembles the shadowy, fading portrait of a distinguished ancestor.
Dec 24, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Richard Lingeman
The War of Words The War of Words
Many rhetorical bombshells were lobbed by British and American poets during the political turmoil of the 1930s, but few detonated as loudly as this cluster of words: "Today t...
Dec 24, 2003 / Books & the Arts / John Palattella
Where Did Our Love Go? Where Did Our Love Go?
One notable casualty of the diplomatic tug-of-war between France and the United States over the American-led invasion and occupation of Iraq has been verbal restraint.
Dec 24, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Sartarelli