Political Figures

Not Wounded Enough Not Wounded Enough

Republicans say Kerry might have got Some wounds, but not the kind that hurt a lot. Their own man cannot ever be accused

Apr 29, 2004 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Face the Iraq Fiasco, Senator Face the Iraq Fiasco, Senator

"How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake?"

Apr 29, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer

Rumsfeld’s Police Secret Rumsfeld’s Police Secret

In his April 13 press conference, Bush lamented the poor showing of Iraqi security forces in recent clashes with insurgents.

Apr 26, 2004 / David Corn and Kristin V. Jones

Taking Liberties Taking Liberties

On April 20, Solicitor General Ted Olson told the Supreme Court that the federal courts could not question the indefinite detention of "enemy combatants" held at Guantánam...

Apr 22, 2004 / David Cole

Bush’s New Iraq Viceroy Bush’s New Iraq Viceroy

Like dirty money, tainted reputations can be laundered, as the Administration fervently hopes in the case of John Negroponte. Now UN ambassador, Negroponte has been chosen by G...

Apr 22, 2004 / David Corn

Pastrami & Champagne Pastrami & Champagne

Three decades ago Winston Churchill's grandson asked Ariel Sharon how Israel should deal with the Palestinians. "We'll make a pastrami sandwich out of them," he replied.

Apr 22, 2004 / Adam Shatz and Roane Carey

Letter From Ground Zero Letter From Ground Zero

Halfway through Tim Russert's hourlong interview with Demo- cratic presidential nominee Senator John Kerry on April 18, there was an exchange that revealed in microcosm some of...

Apr 22, 2004 / Jonathan Schell

With God on His Side… With God on His Side…

So, it was a holy war, a new crusade. No wonder George W. Bush could lie to Congress and the American public with such impunity while keeping the key members of his Cabinet in th...

Apr 21, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer

Unimagined Communities Unimagined Communities

This year is the tenth anniversary of the end of apartheid in South Africa, the fortieth anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the fiftieth anniversary of the Supre...

Apr 15, 2004 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

The Two Parties of Empire The Two Parties of Empire

As one who regards Gerry Ford as our greatest President (least time served, least damage done, husband of Betty, plus Stevens as his contribution to the Supreme Court), I'd a...

Apr 15, 2004 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

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