Supporting the Troops, Doubting the War Supporting the Troops, Doubting the War
Iraq is changing lives and political sentiments in a small Midwest town.
Sep 16, 2004 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky
Letter From Ground Zero Letter From Ground Zero
Why does the United States--born in a people's war for national independence from the greatest empire of its time--have such a difficult time understanding the people's wars of i...
Sep 16, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Jonathan Schell
A Short History of Someone Who Failed to Get Into the Champagne Unit of the Texas Air National Guard in 1968 A Short History of Someone Who Failed to Get Into the Champagne Unit of the Texas Air National Guard in 1968
I wasn't really for the war. But all my kin, in wars before, Had gone when called. I couldn't flee. No, Canada was not for me. Another thing that I was not
Sep 16, 2004 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Security for Sale Security for Sale
This article is adapted from Sifry and Watzman's just-published Is That a Politician in Your Pocket? Washington on $2 Million a Day.
Sep 16, 2004 / Micah L. Sifry and Nancy Watzman
Agents of Influence Agents of Influence
Did Ariel Sharon, the Prime Minister of Israel, run a covert program with operatives in high-level US government positions to influence the Bush Administration's decision to go t...
Sep 16, 2004 / Bob Dreyfuss
Election Matters Election Matters
The presidential pageant has now risen full in the sky and is blocking out the sun.
Sep 16, 2004 / William Greider
Dangerous Liaisons Dangerous Liaisons
Conspiracy theories are hard to kill.
Sep 9, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Robert Baer
2004: Vote for Bush or Die 2004: Vote for Bush or Die
In an election strategy spawned from the events of 9/11, the Republicans challenged John Kerry by politicizing terror.
Sep 9, 2004 / Feature / Judd Legum and David Sirota
Still Sliming Away Still Sliming Away
(Karl Rove & Co. knock off Paul Simon's "Slip Slidin' Away")
Sep 9, 2004 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Pinochet, Stripped Pinochet, Stripped
In years past, the cronies of Gen.
Sep 9, 2004 / Peter Kornbluh