Politics

Cheney and HAL Cheney and HAL

As CEO of Halliburton, Dick Cheney was not much different from other corporate titans ensnared by accusations of incompetence and fraud.

Jun 22, 2006 / William Greider

The Uses and Abuses of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi The Uses and Abuses of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi

Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was a really bad guy. But the Bush Administration's armchair warriors mythologized him into a self-fulfilling prophecy of insurgent terror.

Jun 21, 2006 / Column / Eric Alterman

Moving Toward the Exit Moving Toward the Exit

Americans know it's time to end the US presence in Iraq. They will reward the party that offers a plan for leaving before more American soldiers--and countless Iraqis--are killed.

Jun 21, 2006 / The Editors

The UN Bites Back The UN Bites Back

If the Bush Administration is serious about UN reform, it should replace Ambassador John Bolton and stop linking payment of dues to action on reform.

Jun 16, 2006 / The Editors

Burning Cole Burning Cole

Politics trumped academic integrity when a neocon network torpedoed the appointment of Mideast scholar and blogger Juan Cole to a faculty position at Yale.

Jun 16, 2006 / Philip Weiss

Co-opting Consumers of Color Co-opting Consumers of Color

Fewer minority-owned outlets means fewer minorities in the media. With such threats to public discourse, what will become of our voices, points of view and interests?

Jun 15, 2006 / Feature / Makani Themba

The Poet and the Muse The Poet and the Muse

A new collection of letters between Rainer Maria Rilke and Lou Andreas-Salome reveals an intimate portrait of a poet and his muse.

Jun 15, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Mark M. Anderson

Prairie Grass Roots Prairie Grass Roots

In South Dakota, prochoicers are fighting back with a bipartisan initiative challenging the abortion ban and a grassroots effort that has put progressive Native American women on t...

Jun 15, 2006 / Column / Katha Pollitt

The Hot Air Factory The Hot Air Factory

Under Karl Rove's deft hand, Bush has been maneuvered from one catastrophe to another. Why is the left obsessed with him?

Jun 15, 2006 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

Danger in Paradise Danger in Paradise

It's hard to tell whether the US is conducting a war against terror or against Native Hawaiians, as the military uses parts of the Waianae coast as a live-fire training ground.

Jun 14, 2006 / Mindy Pennybacker

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