Rebuilding Afghanistan Rebuilding Afghanistan
After twenty-one tension-filled days of raucous speeches, poetry readings, threats, bribery and walkouts, Afghanistan's loya jirga, held to endorse a new Constitution for Afghani...
Jan 8, 2004 / Ahmed Rashid
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
How to Kill Saddam How to Kill Saddam
The last time I saw pictures of a man in need of a haircut being displayed as a trophy of the American Empire it was Che Guevara, stretched out dead on a table in Vallegrande, a ...
Dec 18, 2003 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Syria, US Torture Center Syria, US Torture Center
Travel agents booking international flights may have to issue a new warning to their customers: Changing planes in the United States could be hazardous to your health.
Nov 13, 2003 / David Cole
Protest Postcards Protest Postcards
Nation interns march in New York City and Washington, DC.
Oct 28, 2003 / The Nation
Loose Cannon Loose Cannon
He's an intriguing moral bellwether, Nathaniel Heatwole.
Oct 23, 2003 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Reflections on Geopolitics Reflections on Geopolitics
It seemed like such a good idea. Oh, when did it begin to sour, And start to be no fun to be The last remaining superpower?
Oct 2, 2003 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Homeland Insecurity Homeland Insecurity
The President claims he is doing everything he can to protect us. But he's not.
Sep 4, 2003 / Feature / David Corn
Handmaid in Babylon: The UN’s Decline and Fall Handmaid in Babylon: The UN’s Decline and Fall
"One has to be careful," said United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan in late August, "not to confuse the UN with the US." If the Secretary General had taken his own advice...
Aug 28, 2003 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Meet the Prime WMD Fabricator Meet the Prime WMD Fabricator
Week after week Bush and his people have been getting pounded by newly emboldened Democrats and liberal pundits for having exaggerated the threat posed by Saddam Hussein and hi...
Jul 31, 2003 / Column / Alexander Cockburn