McNamara: The Sequel McNamara: The Sequel
Apparently to McNamara's mortification, Errol Morris, whose film The Fog of War I discussed in my last column here, passes over his subject's thirteen-year stint running the Worl...
Feb 5, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Alexander Cockburn
Whitewashing Blair Whitewashing Blair
Meteorologists may disagree, but the political weather in Britain almost always comes from the United States.
Feb 5, 2004 / D.D. Guttenplan
AWOL on the Truth AWOL on the Truth
How far can George W. Bush and his White House team go? On the two biggest issues facing them--the war and the budget--there is no end to their disregard for the truth.
Feb 5, 2004 / The Editors
The Lies That Bind Us to Iraq The Lies That Bind Us to Iraq
Using the ends to justify the means repeats the folly of Vietnam.
Feb 4, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer
Pursuing the Millennium Pursuing the Millennium
The Zionist-colonial enterprise has always had a built-in propensity to gravitate towards its most extreme expression.
Feb 3, 2004 / Feature / David Hirst
Baghdad Is Bush’s Blue Dress Baghdad Is Bush’s Blue Dress
Now, can we talk of impeachment?
Jan 29, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer
Our Man in Chile Our Man in Chile
When Chilean President Salvador Allende was overthrown in a bloody coup on September 11, 1973, the Nixon Administration declared its support for the "preservation of Chilea...
Jan 29, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Nina Englander
Willi the Red Willi the Red
"This act of incendiarism is the most monstrous act of terrorism so far carried out," reported a 1933 Berlin newspaper.
Jan 29, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Russell Jacoby
France, the United States & Iraq France, the United States & Iraq
Sharp criticism doesn't mean dislike.
Jan 29, 2004 / Feature / Stanley Hoffmann
The New ‘Great Game’ The New ‘Great Game’
In Central Asia, powerful players are competing for influence and energy sources.
Jan 29, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Lutz Kleveman