Cedar or Sapling? Cedar or Sapling?
Ever since a massive bomb killed former prime minister Rafik Hariri on February 14, downtown Beirut has evolved into a solemn carnival, halfway between a wake and a rave.
Mar 10, 2005 / Annia Ciezadlo
Can Democracy Survive Bush’s Embrace? Can Democracy Survive Bush’s Embrace?
It started off as a joke and has now become vaguely serious: the idea that Bono might be named president of the World Bank.
Mar 10, 2005 / Column / Naomi Klein
Fear and Loathing in Italy Fear and Loathing in Italy
Nineteen sixty-eight came early to Italy--it began with student protests at the University of Trento in 1967--and lasted longer, arguably, than anywhere else.
Mar 9, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Frederika Randall
Letter From Ground Zero Letter From Ground Zero
One of the most difficult things to judge in the world today is the extent of American power.
Mar 3, 2005 / Jonathan Schell
The Force Bush Won’t Use on Iran The Force Bush Won’t Use on Iran
Bush's policies have left the leaders of Iran defending a more logical position than that of our own government.
Mar 2, 2005 / Column / Robert Scheer
Stankonia Stankonia
Fifty years ago, a young Polish journalist named Leopold Tyrmand lost his job at the country's last surviving independent publication, the Catholic weekly Tygodnik Powszechny, ...
Feb 24, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Brian Morton
In Radical Matrimony In Radical Matrimony
Suzanne Wasserman's documentary Thunder in Guyana, which airs on PBS's Independent Lens series at 10 pm on February 22, is the first in-depth look at Janet Jagan, former presiden...
Feb 17, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Baz Dreisinger
Misunderstanding Iran Misunderstanding Iran
A threatening storm gathers in the Middle East.
Feb 10, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Reza Aslan
Grand Illusion Grand Illusion
André Malraux incarnated a certain ideal of "the French intellectual." A writer of international renown, he distinguished himself as a man of action before going on to bec...
Feb 10, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Stefan Collini
The UN ‘Scandal’ Report The UN ‘Scandal’ Report
Conservatives' persistent complaints about the United Nations' alleged lack of transparency are belied by the Interim Report of Paul Volcker's Independent Inquiry Committee into ...
Feb 10, 2005 / Ian Williams