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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

Marking a Massacre Marking a Massacre

A recent anniversary passed by without receiving much notice in the mainstream media.

Sep 26, 2002 / Feature / Roane Carey

There’s No, No In Your Eyes There’s No, No In Your Eyes

As Sung to Saddam Hussein by George W. Bush (With apologies to Eddy Howard, and anybody who becomes collateral damage)

Sep 26, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin

The Coup That Wasn’t The Coup That Wasn’t

During the two-day opera buffa that was the on-again, off-again military coup against Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice played a ...

Sep 11, 2002 / Marc Cooper

Our Gang in Venezuela? Our Gang in Venezuela?

The National Endowment for Democracy has been busy--and far from alone.

Jul 18, 2002 / Feature / David Corn

The Road to Nowhere The Road to Nowhere

In reiterating his vision for the Middle East--two states living side by side in peace and security--George W. Bush failed to lay out a viable path for reaching this essential goa...

Jun 27, 2002 / The Editors

France: The Film Vote France: The Film Vote

Politics were never far from anyone's mind at this year's fifty-fifth Cannes International Film Festival, which unfolded in a France still reeling from the shock of far-right cand...

Jun 13, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Leslie Camhi

Arafat, by Feeding on Martyrdom, Dooms His People Arafat, by Feeding on Martyrdom, Dooms His People

Yasser Arafat should step aside.

Jun 13, 2002 / Column / Robert Scheer

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