‘Sorry’ Seems to Be the Hardest Word ‘Sorry’ Seems to Be the Hardest Word
Read Slate's symposium of "liberal hawks" reassessing their support for the Iraq war.
Jan 29, 2004 / Column / Eric Alterman
Kerry’s Army Kerry’s Army
Click here for info on Bruce Shapiro's Shaking the Foundations: 200 Years of Investigative Journalism in America, recently released by Nation Books.
Jan 29, 2004 / Bruce Shapiro
Accountability on WMDs Accountability on WMDs
As an MSNBC analyst before the war, former United Nations weapons inspector David Kay often seemed more like a cheerleader for the Bush Administration's Iraq policy than he d...
Jan 29, 2004 / The Editors
Europa, Europa Europa, Europa
Considered as a subset of the road movie, the post-Holocaust, return-to-Poland documentary has been a dismayingly static genre. Most of these films are journeys in only the physi...
Jan 28, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
The Fog of Cop-Out The Fog of Cop-Out
My dear friend and late Nation colleague Andrew Kopkind liked to tell how, skiing in Aspen at the height of the Vietnam War, he came round a bend and saw another skier, Defense S...
Jan 22, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Alexander Cockburn
Paul O’Neill, Truth-Teller Paul O’Neill, Truth-Teller
For those with a taste for learning the inner truth about White House politics, reading Paul O'Neill's story is like eating a bowl of peanuts--difficult to stop.
Jan 22, 2004 / Books & the Arts / William Greider
Sectarianism in Iraq Sectarianism in Iraq
Saddam Hussein's capture on December 13 ended the role of the minority Sunni Arabs as Iraq's ruling group since 1638, when the Sunni Ottoman Turks captured Mesopotamia (then comp...
Jan 15, 2004 / Dilip Hiro
Not-So-Special Counsel Not-So-Special Counsel
When is a special counsel not a special counsel? When the Ashcroft Justice Department appoints one to investigate the White House.
Jan 15, 2004 / David Corn