Global Dispatches Global Dispatches
The Nation elicited comment on reaction to the war against Iraq from all corners of the globe.
Mar 20, 2003 / Feature / The Nation
An American Tragedy An American Tragedy
The tragedy of America in the post-cold war era is that we have proved unequal to the responsibility that our own power placed upon us.
Mar 20, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Jonathan Schell
The Poodle That Barked The Poodle That Barked
George Bush is supposed to be the cowboy, Tony Blair the sidekick--or, in some versions, the presidential poodle.
Mar 20, 2003 / D.D. Guttenplan
Inside Baghdad Inside Baghdad
Iraqis, exhausted by years of sanctions and oppression, just want it all to end.
Mar 20, 2003 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill
The Big Lie The Big Lie
How bad can things get, how fast? Are we already at the point where literally nothing can derail the war machine?
Mar 20, 2003 / Russ Baker
Iraq and Beyond Iraq and Beyond
The Bush Administration has launched a war against Iraq, a war that is unnecessary, unwise and illegal.
Mar 19, 2003 / The Editors
A Naked Bid to Redraw World Map A Naked Bid to Redraw World Map
The island bit over the weekend was a revealing farce.
Mar 18, 2003 / Column / Robert Scheer
This Is What History Feels Like This Is What History Feels Like
Repeat after me: This is what democracy looks like! Repeat after me: This is what history feels like! A movement the think tanks thought unthinkable.
Mar 17, 2003 / Tom Hayden
Selling the War on TV Selling the War on TV
Let's say you have a war to sell. You have the usual public relations tools at your disposal: highly scripted press conferences, stories leaked by White House officials to a co...
Mar 13, 2003 / Susan J. Douglas
In Torture We Trust? In Torture We Trust?
In these jittery times, many Americans see torture as justified.
Mar 13, 2003 / Feature / Eyal Press