Two Bad Guys Two Bad Guys
This Kim Jong Il's a naughty lad, But Bush says he's not half as bad As ol' Saddam, whom we must swat Before he gets what Kim has got.
Jan 22, 2003 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Israel’s Dangerous Crossroads Israel’s Dangerous Crossroads
A continuation of the current situation will undermine Israeli democracy.
Jan 16, 2003 / Feature / Hillel Schenker
Venezuela on the Brink Venezuela on the Brink
As the general strike against President Hugo Chávez entered its third week in early December, a major TV channel broadcast statements by baseball hero Andres Galarraga a...
Dec 23, 2002 / Steve Ellner
Iraq After D-Day: The Cordesman Memo Iraq After D-Day: The Cordesman Memo
Napoleon would sketch out in an afternoon the new constitution and legal arrangements for one of France's imperial conquests.
Dec 12, 2002 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Containing Saddam Containing Saddam
Critics of America's plans to oust Saddam Hussein militarily have mounted powerful arguments, but not one has articulated a coherent nonmilitary strategy to bring about the dem...
Nov 26, 2002 / Andrew Mack
‘There’s Lula’ ‘There’s Lula’
Neoliberalism lost the elections in Brazil by a landslide on October 27, when 52.8 million people rested their hopes on Luiz Inácio "Lula" da Silva to revitalize the nat...
Nov 7, 2002 / Kenneth Rapoza
Terror in Moscow Terror in Moscow
For a political solution to succeed, leaders in Washington and Moscow must delink the issue of Chechnya from the global fight against terrorism.
Oct 31, 2002 / The Editors
Saddam Hussein’s Election Victory Saddam Hussein’s Election Victory
Unanimous is what the vote count was. He didn't miss a voter, to our knowledge. The triumph his, he now remains in charge, Unless he lost in the Electoral College.
Oct 24, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Lula’s Back in Town Lula’s Back in Town
On October 6 Brazilian voters propelled Workers' Party candidate Luiz Inácio da Silva, or "Lula," as he is known, one step closer to the presidency of the second-most-po...
Oct 10, 2002 / Mark Weisbrot
Blair, the Go-Between Blair, the Go-Between
When Tony Blair rose to address a packed House of Commons on Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction, Albert Finney had just won an Emmy for his performance as Winston Chu...
Oct 3, 2002 / Maria Margaronis