Outlaws on Torture Outlaws on Torture
The "war on terrorism" is in trouble, and at the very moment the Bush Administration needs it most--election season. George W.
Jun 10, 2004 / David Cole
Cold War to Star Wars Cold War to Star Wars
Perhaps the most important question--for present policy-makers as well as historians--posed by the presidency of Ronald Reagan is what role he played in ending the cold war.
Jun 10, 2004 / Jonathan Schell
A Flawed Resolution A Flawed Resolution
With its blueprint for Iraq in tatters, the Bush Administration has been forced to recognize the United Nations as the only body that can confer legitimacy on its continued occup...
Jun 10, 2004 / The Editors
Libyan Epilogue Libyan Epilogue
Ronald Reagan understands the uses of terrorism. The air strike he ordered against Libya demonstrates that far more powerfully the press accounts available to Americans revealed.
Jun 7, 2004 / Ramsey Clark
Some of Our Best Friends Are Authoritarians Some of Our Best Friends Are Authoritarians
The Reagan Administration has made faint efforts to fake an attitude toward human rights; it has made no effort to implement a policy. Let's look at the record.
Jun 7, 2004 / Feature / Patricia Derian
Ronald Reagan and the Imperial Presidency Ronald Reagan and the Imperial Presidency
On October 19, stung by President Jimmy Carter's charges that he might involve the United States in a nuclear war if elected President, Ronald Reagan made a television address in...
Jun 7, 2004 / Feature / Ronnie Dugger
The Irresistible Rise of Berlusconi The Irresistible Rise of Berlusconi
Dressed up as a tropical dictator in a sketch by the great Italian political cartoonist Altan, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi wears a double-breasted camouflage jacket, a goony...
Jun 3, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Frederika Randall
Bolivia’s Indian Revolt Bolivia’s Indian Revolt
The US policies of economic globalization and militarization are failing.
Jun 3, 2004 / Feature / Tom Hayden
Orange Alert at Sebago Orange Alert at Sebago
The quest for homeland security is heading, in ad hoc fashion, toward the quasi militarization of everyday life.
Jun 3, 2004 / Feature / William Greider
Under the Banner of the ‘War’ on Terror Under the Banner of the ‘War’ on Terror
A political slogan is not a strategy for national defense.
Jun 3, 2004 / Feature / William Greider