Empty Vessel Empty Vessel
For a man who destroyed his country and wrecked or stole hundreds of thousands of lives, Slobodan Milosevic is an oddly colorless villain.
Apr 1, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Laura Secor
Trying Saddam Trying Saddam
The capture of Saddam Hussein has raised the question of how best to hold him accountable for the horrendous human rights violations committed by his regime.
Mar 18, 2004 / Balakrishnan Rajagopal
Blix Not Bombs Blix Not Bombs
Before he left New York, Hans Blix had a poster on his apartment wall from the big antiwar demonstration in New York City a year ago on the eve of the attack on Iraq.
Mar 18, 2004 / Ian Williams
A New Ice Age? A New Ice Age?
George W. Bush may not know it, but one influential part of his government is finally taking global climate change seriously.
Feb 12, 2004 / Mark Hertsgaard
McNamara: The Sequel McNamara: The Sequel
Apparently to McNamara's mortification, Errol Morris, whose film The Fog of War I discussed in my last column here, passes over his subject's thirteen-year stint running the Worl...
Feb 5, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Alexander Cockburn
Steeling for 2004 Steeling for 2004
The unilateralist regime had met its match, at least on one issue.
Dec 11, 2003 / Doug Henwood
It Should Be Late, It Was Never Great It Should Be Late, It Was Never Great
Khrushchev wrote in his incomparable memoirs that Soviet admirals, like admirals everywhere, loved battleships because they could get piped aboard in great style amid the respect...
Dec 4, 2003 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
A High-Level Food Fight A High-Level Food Fight
The so-called clash of civilizations is not limited to militant Islam against superpower Christianity, nor to wealthy nations opposed by a multitude of poor ones.
Oct 16, 2003 / Feature / William Greider
Collapse in Cancún Collapse in Cancún
The movement against corporate globalization has made impressive strides. Now it needs to think carefully about what it stands for.
Oct 10, 2003 / Feature / Doug Henwood