Taking Liberties Taking Liberties
When the Supreme Court hears oral argument April 20 on the cases challenging the legality of the detentions at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, it will confront the most dramat...
Apr 15, 2004 / David Cole
The UN Oil ‘Scandal’ The UN Oil ‘Scandal’
The same political figures who engineered the current debacle in Iraq are now trying to blame the United Nations for more than $10.1 billion worth of oil revenue they claim...
Apr 15, 2004 / Ian Williams
Ashcroft Attacks Ashcroft Attacks
When faced with criticism, accuse. That seems to be Attorney General John Ashcroft's rule of political survival.
Apr 15, 2004 / David Corn
Iraq as Vietnam Iraq as Vietnam
It is a pity the major news media have not convened a commission of inquiry to examine their own mistakes and derelictions concerning the war in Iraq.
Apr 15, 2004 / William Greider
Prime-Time Fables Prime-Time Fables
George W. Bush believes in the Easter Bunny--that is, those weapons of mass destruction.
Apr 15, 2004 / The Editors
Wishful Thinking Wishful Thinking
In early 1966, Leonard Bernstein threw a birthday party for Dmitri Shostakovich in Lincoln Center's Philharmonic Hall.
Apr 15, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Paul Mitchinson
Eugene McCarthy: 1916-2005 Eugene McCarthy: 1916-2005
Eugene McCarthy, the Senate dove who in 1968 challenged Lyndon Johnson's conduct of the Vietnam War, died Saturday at the age of 89. In this 2004 review of Dominic Sandbrook's biog...
Apr 15, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener
Condoleezza (“Mushroom Cloud”) Rice Explains Her Silver Bullet Theory to the 9/11 Commission Condoleezza (“Mushroom Cloud”) Rice Explains Her Silver Bullet Theory to the 9/11 Commission
Because no silver bullet could have stopped This horrifying deed from being done, We cannot blame those dozing on the job For never even loading up the gun.
Apr 15, 2004 / Column / Calvin Trillin
The Sharon-Bush Axis of Occupation The Sharon-Bush Axis of Occupation
The policies of these two militarists has little chance of bringing lasting peace.
Apr 14, 2004 / Feature / Rabbi Michael Lerner
The Terror at Jaslyk The Terror at Jaslyk
In the desert steppe of northwestern Uzbekistan, great dust storms lift toxic pesticides into the air, and a powdery, desiccated brine known as the "dry tears of the Aral Sea" co...
Apr 13, 2004 / Feature / Raffi Khatchadourian