War on Terror

Hacks and Heroes Hacks and Heroes

Who's the hack? I nominate The New Yorker's Jeffrey Goldberg. He's the new Remington, though without the artistic talent.

Feb 27, 2003 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

Code Orange Code Orange

The whole sad, messy world was on Code Orange alert on the day I left for England.

Feb 13, 2003 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Who’s in Charge? Who’s in Charge?

On October 4, 2001--less than a month after that horrific day--George W. Bush and the members of his National Security Council were nailing down the details of the coming war i...

Feb 13, 2003 / Books & the Arts / David Corn

Iraq War Blowback Iraq War Blowback

A deeply disturbing development that has been buried under the debris of war talk is the fact that since 1998, in a major historical reversal, most of the deaths and injuries f...

Jan 16, 2003 / Saskia Sassen

Our Man in Saigon Our Man in Saigon

In the new film version of The Quiet American, a photographer races into a plaza in downtown Saigon, rather puzzling jaded British reporter Thomas Fowler (Michael Caine).

Jan 16, 2003 / Books & the Arts / H. Bruce Franklin

Blind Sweeps Return Blind Sweeps Return

They say history repeats itself. But usually not quite so quickly.

Dec 23, 2002 / David Cole

A New New Deal? A New New Deal?

The same week that New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg announced his plans to close eight city firehouses, Mike Wallace, John Jay College professor and bard of New York, held a ...

Dec 12, 2002 / Kim Phillips-Fein

Age of Anxiety Age of Anxiety

A spate of recent terrorism events--the bombing of a French tanker, the destruction of a nightclub in Bali, an FBI warning of a "spectacular" Al Qaeda action and the surfacing ...

Nov 21, 2002 / The Editors

Ashcroft, Unabashed Ashcroft, Unabashed

There you go again, Mr. Ashcroft.

Oct 10, 2002 / David Cole

A Chickenhawk Cheer A Chickenhawk Cheer

Bomb 'em now, kill 'em now, zim, boom, bah Chickenhawks, chickenhawks, rah, rah, rah. Vietnam reverberates. (We were rooting from the States.)

Oct 10, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin

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