The Reckoning in Iraq The Reckoning in Iraq
Emerging from their meeting in Belfast the day before US forces announced Baghdad had fallen, George W.
Apr 10, 2003 / The Editors
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
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
The View From the Throne The View From the Throne
After carefully crafted U.S.
Apr 9, 2003 / Column / Robert Scheer
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
Where’s the Leadership? Where’s the Leadership?
Read the New York Times' article (" Democratic Lawmakers Keep Their Heads Down While Letting the Generals Speak Out") for clues about what's wrong with the opposition party in th...
Apr 4, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Saving Brain Cells With Boondocks Saving Brain Cells With Boondocks
I love Aaron McGruder's strip The Boondocks. Last Sunday, as I watched the parade of talk shows and listened to the "sabbath gasbags," (props to Calvin Trillin for that delightfu...
Apr 4, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel