Poetry Makes Nothing Happen? Ask Laura Bush Poetry Makes Nothing Happen? Ask Laura Bush
So Laura Bush will not, after all, be discussing the works of Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman and Langston Hughes with a selected group of American poets at the White House on Fe...
Feb 6, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Katha Pollitt
Letter From London Letter From London
Europeans opposed to war in Iraq are united by a deep distrust, even fear, of America.
Feb 6, 2003 / Feature / D.D. Guttenplan
Only by Swallowing Big Lies Can Powell Justify a War Only by Swallowing Big Lies Can Powell Justify a War
We know in advance that Colin Powell's performance will be flawless.
Feb 5, 2003 / Column / Robert Scheer
Bush’s Gulf of Credibility Bush’s Gulf of Credibility
Bush's Gulf of Credibility The President's State of the Union address deepened the gulf between word and deed. Poll-tested packaging hid the untruths within.
Jan 30, 2003 / The Editors
The New Imperialism The New Imperialism
In my days as a student activist in the 1970s, the use of the term "imperialism" to describe US policy was generally used only in the antiwar and international solidarity movem...
Jan 30, 2003 / Books & the Arts / William D. Hartung
Union Knows Its State: Lousy Union Knows Its State: Lousy
Let me tell you about the state of the union: It's lousy. The only real question is whether the President doesn't know it or just doesn't care.
Jan 28, 2003 / Column / Robert Scheer
Rising Opposition to War Rising Opposition to War
At a press conference on January 20, only two days after thousands of Americans marched in cities and towns across the nation to oppose going to war with Iraq, Defense Secretar...
Jan 23, 2003 / The Editors
The Smiths Go to Washington The Smiths Go to Washington
My friend Ruth Rosen, who writes a terrific column for the San Francisco Chronicle, advised her readers to go to the antiwar marches organized by International ANSWER but to ta...
Jan 23, 2003 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Marching for Peace in Washington Marching for Peace in Washington
The Alaskans for Peace didn't mind the weather; not only are they used to bitter cold, but one of them was wearing a polar bear costume.
Jan 20, 2003 / Feature / Liza Featherstone