Letter From Ground Zero Letter From Ground Zero
The basic mistake of American policy in Iraq is not that the Pentagon--believing the fairy tales told it by Iraqi exile groups and overriding State Department advice--forgot, w...
Sep 4, 2003 / Jonathan Schell
Swing Time for Hitler Swing Time for Hitler
It is of some small comfort that totalitarian regimes are never quite as total as either their leaders or subsequent historians might imagine.
Aug 28, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Brian Morton
In the Stars In the Stars
This essay was one of the winners out of a pool of 290 entries in a recent writing contest sponsored by Women's WORLD, the Nation Institute and the Puffin Foundation designed to br...
Aug 28, 2003 / Monica Arac de Nyeko
Failed ‘Plan’ in Colombia Failed ‘Plan’ in Colombia
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Jul 31, 2003 / Feature / Peter Clark
Letter From Ground Zero Letter From Ground Zero
The United States seems to interpret the news these days through a prism of catch phrases borrowed from history.
Jul 17, 2003 / Jonathan Schell
A Diplomat’s Undiplomatic Truth: They Lied A Diplomat’s Undiplomatic Truth: They Lied
A former US ambassador says Cheney and others knew the alleged Iraq uranium purchase was baseless long before Bush used it in his State of the Union speech
Jul 9, 2003 / Column / Robert Scheer
Ride of the Valkyries Ride of the Valkyries
To the myth-makers of war, the Americans in Iraq look like the Russians in Chechnya.
Jun 24, 2003 / Feature / Matt Bivens
The Press and Private Lynch The Press and Private Lynch
The Pentagon was selling a patriotic tale. It found many eager buyers.
Jun 19, 2003 / Feature / Daphne Eviatar
Letter From Ground Zero Letter From Ground Zero
It is notoriously difficult to prove a negative. At what point can you be sure that something does not in fact exist?
Jun 12, 2003 / Jonathan Schell
Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld And, Alas, Powell Talk To the American People Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld And, Alas, Powell Talk To the American People
They pushed the CIA to say That nukes could quickly come our way-- Saddam might, with a finger snap, Remove Chicago from the map.
Jun 12, 2003 / Column / Calvin Trillin