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BY RUSS WELLEN
Not only does the administration have its sites trained on Iran, it's locked and loaded.
09.04.2007 | POLITICS
Do We Ignore Rumors about Michelle's "Whitey" Tape at Our Own Risk?
BY RUSS WELLEN
Larry Johnson: Pariah or Jeremiah?
06.09.2008 | POLITICS
Double-Edged Sword
BY JOE KRUPNICK
DNA testing could lead to more capital punishment, not less.
07.31.2005 | POLITICS
Who Will Save Us from War with Iran?
BY RUSS WELLEN
As if Iraq never happened, top Democrats align themselves with the administration on Iran.
01.19.2007 | POLITICS
Hillary's Telling the Truth -- and That's the Problem
BY RUSS WELLEN
When conservatives call her an arch-liberal, she uses it as a cover to let her inner hawk fly free.
12.27.2007 | POLITICS
Hey Pentagon, How Are Nuclear Weapons Working Out for You?
BY RUSS WELLEN
The path to peace may lie in talking to the defense establishment in its own language.
07.11.2008 | POLITICS
Not Much Meat on It, But US Still Gnaws on Iran Bone
BY RUSS WELLEN
Is Iran's nuclear glass half empty or half full?
03.04.2008 | POLITICS
Even When Hillary Gets It Right, We Still Don't Believe Her
BY RUSS WELLEN
No one doubts your toughness, Hillary. It's your trustworthiness that's your real Achilles heel.
10.29.2007 | POLITICS
Obama: Eye to Eye with Israel -- or Wandering Eye?
BY RUSS WELLEN
"Once more -- this time with feeling," conservatives cry when Obama speaks of his commitment to Israel.
03.31.2008 | POLITICS
Is "The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder" About to Become a Reality?
BY RUSS WELLEN
If elected, a candidate for attorney general of Vermont plans to appoint Vince Bugliosi special prosecutor.
10.23.2008 | POLITICS
Boris Bush
BY RUSS WELLEN
Pas de deux with Putin aside, Bush stomps around like another Russian president.
06.26.2007 | POLITICS
Cheney's Flash-Bang Grenade
BY RUSS WELLEN
Summertime and the living is queasy: No relief from heat on Iran in sight.
08.15.2007 | POLITICS
Attack Iran? Why Not Just. . .
BY RUSS WELLEN
. . . paint targets on the backs of kids like those on PBS's "Carrier"?
05.13.2008 | POLITICS
Experience Is to Hillary as 9/11 Is to Giuliani
BY RUSS WELLEN
Giuliani's heroism, Hillary's experience -- not urban, but national, myths.
01.22.2008 | POLITICS
Star Medical Examiner's Compassion a Lesson to Splatter Film Fans
BY RUSS WELLEN
Hostel, Saw? Have we crossed some kind of line?
01.10.2008 | SOCIETY
Preempting Preemption
BY RUSS WELLEN
Clinton's secretary of defense draws fire for advocating attack on North Korea missile site.
06.24.2006 | POLITICS
Is Intervention in Pakistan the Neocons' First Good Idea?
BY RUSS WELLEN
If true, better late than never.
12.11.2007 | POLITICS
Hemp Powered Car Tours US, Canada
BY HEMP CAR CREW
The Hemp Car is the worst nightmare of more than one big industry. It's also our greatest hope. Get in.
12.26.2000 | ENVIRONMENT
What Is It with Men and Torture?
BY RUSS WELLEN
Hint: It's not just upbringing and culture.
05.06.2008 | POLITICS
Un-becoming a Citizen
BY RUSS WELLEN
It takes more -- or less -- than passing your citizenship test to become a true American.
01.03.2008 | POLITICS
Iraq's George Washington
BY RUSS WELLEN
Is Nouri al-Maliki the father of his country?
09.06.2008 | POLITICS
Come on, You Slacker Terrorists, Attack Us Already!
BY RUSS WELLEN
Steal some enriched uranium and spirit it away to a machine shop.
06.19.2007 | POLITICS
Iran Attack Not a Problem, Say War Wonks
BY RUSS WELLEN
Hey, what's a lost ship or three and the bloated bodies of a few hundred US naval personnel bobbing on the surface of the Persian Gulf?
06.25.2008 | POLITICS
Bon Mot for Bono
BY PETIE PETROVICH
The world could have worse things than rock stars who stand up to powerful interests. Petie Petrovich on why Bono deserves gratitude rather than castigation.
03.10.2002 | CULTURE
Foxy Knoxy and the Case of the Honorary Missing White Woman
BY RUSS WELLEN
The cable-news murder case you don't have to feel guilty about following.
12.05.2007 | SOCIETY
Strange Bedfellows in Climate Politics
BY CHARLES KOMANOFF
Did lefty pundit Alexander Cockburn and corporate behemoth General Motors secretly agree to swap climate positions?
05.24.2007 | ENVIRONMENT
Why Israel Wouldn't Dare Attack Iran
BY KOUROSH ZIABARI
An Iranian journalist assesses the obstacles.
10.12.2008 | POLITICS
Lab Rats for Rumsfeld
BY HEATHER WOKUSCH
You too can subject yourself to military weapons testing.
09.25.2006 | ACTIVISM
Gates of Hell
BY RUSS WELLEN
As in "Lawrence of Arabia." While with the CIA, the current SecDef was Lord of Blowback.
07.05.2007 | POLITICS
A Child's Guide to US-Iran Relations
BY RUSS WELLEN
The US and Iran's mutual history can be broken down to two basic grievances: He hit me first and it's not fair.
09.25.2007 | POLITICS
Politicians Play General, Generals Play Politics (Part 1)
BY RUSS WELLEN
Neither the military nor the administration escape criticism in Jeff Huber's Military.com column and his new novel, Bathtub Admirals.
06.09.2008 | POLITICS
How Dare Hillary Supporters Shame Us into Supporting Her?
BY RUSS WELLEN
And make women who choose not to vote for her feel like they're letting all women down.
02.22.2008 | POLITICS
What Would We Do without Murder?
BY RUSS WELLEN
We've already seen two bubbles -- dot-com and housing -- burst? Can we afford another?
01.16.2008 | SOCIETY
Christmas Is Criminal
BY LEONARDO CALCAGNO
The anti-globalization grinch unpacks the messy reality behind every holiday Kodak moment. Smile!
12.24.2000 | LABOR
It's Not a New JFK We Need in Obama
BY RUSS WELLEN
It's the next Gorbachev.
01.29.2008 | POLITICS
Nunn of the Above
BY RUSS WELLEN
Imagine a secretary of state whose idea of foreign policy is abolishing nuclear weapons?
05.06.2008 | POLITICS
Is Peace of Mind PC?
BY RUSS WELLEN
With the world in turmoil, the quest for serenity can't help but come off as narcissistic.
08.11.2006 | SOCIETY
Anti-U.S. but Pro-American
BY CHRISTOPHER KETCHAM
The Military Commissions Act of 2006 and my new pal Lee-Enfield.
10.20.2006 | POLITICS
Hell on Earth? How About Hell in Heaven?
BY RUSS WELLEN
Suffocated by your family? It could be worse in the afterlife.
05.23.2008 | SOCIETY
Universal Health Care Doesn't Mean We're Entitled to All the Health Care in the Universe
BY RUSS WELLEN
No end in sight to the spiraling costs of medical technology.
04.14.2008 | SOCIETY
World's Worst Nuclear Proliferator? Stay Away from the Mirror
BY RUSS WELLEN
The administration thinks of itself as nuclear policeman to the world. But it needs policing the most.
03.10.2008 | POLITICS
Can Americans Be Convinced Islam Isn't the Black Sheep of Religions?
BY RUSS WELLEN
Yes, but it may require pandering to our prejudices.
08.25.2007 | POLITICS
Genius: Hidden in Plain Sight
BY RUSS WELLEN
The breathtaking work of Santiago Calatrava is seen by many, known by few.
04.17.2008 | CULTURE
I Smell a Rat
BY COLIN SHEA
I was curious about the Florida vote numbers. So I crunched them myself.
11.11.2004 | POLITICS
The Plame Affair: A Quartet of Betrayals
BY RUSS WELLEN
Having her cover blown and her case thrown out of court is only the half of it.
07.23.2007 | POLITICS
Mitchell Report Fails to Step Up to Plate with a Plan
BY RUSS WELLEN
Also undermined by pettiness and a lack of perspective.
12.23.2007 | POLITICS
President Bed-Rest
BY RUSS WELLEN
Do we really want another president whose main concern is his rest and relaxation?
08.06.2008 | POLITICS
Truth, Justice and the American Lie
BY RUSS WELLEN
What did you think would happen once we let lying go legit?
02.17.2006 | CULTURE
Iran on the Brink
BY RUSS WELLEN
What's it like waiting around to be bombed?
03.21.2007 | POLITICS
Blow Myself Up or Study Engineering at Caltech?
BY RUSS WELLEN
What's an al-Qaeda sympathizer to do?
07.28.2008 | POLITICS
Modernity and the Beat... Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk
BY DAVID KIM
The beat is life. Without the heart beat, without the pulse, the body dies. The human body is tied to various rhythms of time. "Bring in 'Da Noise Bring in 'Da Funk" is a musical which is centered around the idea of the beat--it is centered around time.
09.15.1998 | THEATER
The Most Hated Woman in America
BY CHRISTOPHER ORLET
A profile of the the Most Hated Woman in America, Maddy O'Hair.
04.17.2001 | SOCIETY
Lethal Illusion
BY RUSS WELLEN
The Department of Homeland Security -- defending the indefensible.
10.16.2007 | POLITICS
Fattening Up Fashion Models
BY RUSS WELLEN
Is legislation the answer to ending anorexia in the fashion industry?
04.30.2008 | SOCIETY
Cut and Run or Carve It Up?
BY RUSS WELLEN
Solving Iraq entails thinking that's not only outside the box but over the top.
10.04.2006 | POLITICS
Capture the Flag
BY ALEXANDER ZAITCHIK
Can the GOP protect the national-security lie until November?
09.29.2004 | POLITICS
Politicians Play General, Generals Play Politics (Part 2)
BY RUSS WELLEN
More from Military.com analyst and novelist Jeff Huber.
06.13.2008 | POLITICS
Mohamed Meets Mickey Mouse
BY PAUL KRASSNER
Remembering the last great cartoon controversy, back when the Clash of Civilizations was just a sci-fi B-movie.
03.27.2006 | CULTURE
Terrorists Crossing the Border: Genuine Threat?
BY RUSS WELLEN
Or hard-right ploy to end immigration?
02.12.2008 | POLITICS
Bono Bloody Bono
BY DAVE BLEAKNEY
He has fame, worldwide recognition, ugly sunglasses and an ardent desire to help the developing world. But is Bono helping? Dave Bleakney on why the U2 frontman should stick to music or stay home.
03.10.2002 | CULTURE
The Magic Man
BY RUSS WELLEN
Honored at the White House, 9/11 hero William Rodriguez made an abrupt about-face and sued the administration.
12.27.2005 | POLITICS
The Negligents
BY BEN ZAITCHIK
The art of defeating science in four easy steps. And why it's time to stop calling those who question global warming "skeptics."
12.07.2006 | SCIENCE
A River Runs Through It
BY DANIEL SHERMAN
It's big bad G.E. versus the E.P.A. in upstate New York. Dan Sherman explains why this one is more complicated than it seems.
12.16.2000 | ENVIRONMENT
You All Know Hanoi Jane, Now Meet Tehran Todd
BY RUSS WELLEN
Treason is in the eye of the beholder.
11.16.2007 | POLITICS
Follow the Leader
BY ALEXANDER ZAITCHIK
Remembering leader Rudy Giuliani's historic leadership of the Middlebury '05 commencement ceremony.
05.26.2006 | POLITICS
Hitting the Snooze Button on the Iran Alarm
BY RUSS WELLEN
Americans have to see us attack Iran to believe it.
11.30.2006 | POLITICS
Medals of Honor, Wars of No Honor
BY RUSS WELLEN
Americans no longer have any idea what to do with soldiers who perform above and beyond the call of duty.
10.11.2007 | SOCIETY
Getting Serious About Syria
BY EHSAN AHRARI
After the disaster of Iraq, does the administration dare attempt another regime change?
10.11.2005 | POLITICS
New York City's Poorest
BY RICH HERSCHLAG
The force formerly known as its finest.
04.26.2007 | SOCIETY
Papa Smurf
BY ALEXANDER ZAITCHIK
Remembering E. F. Schumacher in the age of Peak Oil.
10.20.2005 | ENVIRONMENT
Iranian Death Trip
BY RUSS WELLEN
Do all Muslims want to die?
08.21.2006 | POLITICS
Renew America's Promise -- or Cancel Our Future Altogether?
BY RUSS WELLEN
Never mind ignoring low blows or pulling punches in response, there's a third way for Obama to respond to smears.
08.25.2008 | POLITICS
9/11's Non-Legacy
BY RUSS WELLEN
Americans are as happy to go their inattentive ways as ever.
09.17.2007 | POLITICS
The Country's Most Radical Experiment in Higher Learning and its Discontents
BY CHRIS FAMIGHETTI
Antioch College and its uncertain future.
11.19.2007 | CULTURE
Cops Can Read
BY ADAM BULGER
If you haven't been reading Police magazine, you don't know what you've been missing.
02.24.2001 | MAGAZINES
In the Grip of the Caudillo
BY AYAZ AMIR
Nothing is certain in Pakistan except blatant patronage and the military's shadow.
07.26.2005 | POLITICS
Indymedia: Another Genoa Casualty
BY MICAH JAYNE
Can a media obsessed with entertainment really cover an anti-globalization movement that offers none? And if it can't, are there any real alternatives?
08.07.2001 | ACTIVISM
Meet Super NAFTA
BY SARAH WALSH
Following the momentum of Seattle & Washington, the next stand against elite driven globalization will take place June 4-6, in Windsor, Ontario. As the extension of NAFTA, the Free Trade Areas of the Americas (FTAA) will extend corporate rule over the entire Western Hemisphere.
05.26.2000 | ACTIVISM
Low-Information Voter Indeed
BY RUSS WELLEN
If the Democrats lose another presidential election, this time it won't be their fault.
04.23.2008 | POLITICS
Brunei or Bust
BY JEREMY HUREWITZ
Inside the world's richest, and least known, Muslim country.
05.13.2004 | TRAVEL
The Farther Side
BY ADAM BULGER
A conversation with Gary Larson heir apparent Nicholas Gurewitch about death, drawing and who'd win in a fight between a bear and a falcon.
04.10.2006 | COMICS
The Uncle Tom Award
BY JONATHAN MATTHEWS
Meet the civil rights group whose rhetoric comes from Wise Use, whose support comes from Monsanto, and whose agenda coincides precisely with that of George W. Bush.
03.14.2005 | ENVIRONMENT
"Your message did not reach some or all of the intended recipients."
BY RUSS WELLEN
Will the heartland forever fall short of the range of the independent press?
06.29.2005 | MEDIA
A Loose Cannon--or Firing in Formation?
BY MASOUD KAZEMZADEH
Was Irani President Ahmadinejad's call for Israel to be "wiped off the map" pre- or countervailing opinion among Iran's elite?
11.09.2005 | POLITICS
Bush's First Crime: A Cold Case Warms Up
BY RUSS WELLEN
Harkening back to Harken.
08.25.2007 | POLITICS
I'm Still Voting for Nader
BY JONAH WEISS
Only one man running for President deserves a single honest vote, and don't let anybody scare you into thinking otherwise. Jonah explains why it's actually quite easy being Green.
08.25.2000 | POLITICS
Power 1, Truth 0
BY MICHAEL MANVILLE
Anyone surprised by the media's current sycophancy need only look at the sad story of Gary Webb to see that it was a long time coming.
12.14.2004 | MEDIA
Settling In
BY MICHAEL MANVILLE
If you aren't somewhat back to normal by now, you should be. What November 2 meant, and what it didn't.
11.29.2004 | POLITICS
If You Preach It, They Will Come: Reverend Billy and the Gospel of Anti-Consumerism
BY HEATHER HADDON
In the light of the recent IMF/WTO/R2k protests, activism appears to be on the rise in this country once again. Reverend Billy, spokesman against the franchised and multinational corporations mushrooming throughout New York City, unites this political spirit with a flagrant fatiousness and fundementialist ferver. You too will follow the fold to "stop Starbucks".
08.16.2000 | ACTIVISM
Impeachment? Truth and Reconciliation Commission?
BY RUSS WELLEN
Never mind that, says Vincent Bugliosi, haul George Bush into a court of law.
08.27.2008 | POLITICS
Show Me Your Stinking Badge
BY GWENDOLYN ALBERT
Six months after IMF financiers and anti-globalization protesters clashed in Prague, the Legal Observers Project continues its struggle to hold the Czech Police accountable for their crimes.
05.11.2001 | ACTIVISM
Can a Single Reporter Knock Off a Presidential Candidate?
BY ALEXANDER ZAITCHIK
If the Washington Post's John Solomon keeps hitting the Edwards campaign below the belt, the answer may be yes.
08.11.2007 | MEDIA
Illegalizing It: Seattle Hempfest 2001
BY ADAM BULGER
Freezerbox among the stoners.
10.05.2001 | CULTURE
Many Kinds of Mushrooms
BY RUSS WELLEN
Thoughts on the changing nuclear threat, 60 years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
08.15.2005 | POLITICS
The Tin Drum: Language and the Collective Memory
BY JOHN MULLER
The history of this century has been "written" with images. In the "The Tin Drum" Schlöndorff deliberately recreates visually similar images to those in "The Triumph of the Will" to make the formerly spectacular seem everyday, namely in a political demonstration that is thrown off by a drumbeat and dispersed by a downpour. Did someone in Oklahoma miss the point?
09.15.1998 | FILM
Edward Lucas' Cold War Hustle
BY ALEXANDER ZAITCHIK
An Economist correspondent's not-so-cautious case for a repeat of the costliest and most dangerous conflict in human history.
11.26.2007 | MEDIA
Spatial Pathologies: Landscapes and Schizophrenia
BY MITCHELL POLIN
Space is the site of original inscription. It is inscribed by people's movements, voice, and writings. Through us, space gains a pathology and, as it were, is made into an entropic monument, schizophrenic to our own unavoidable temporality. This paper examines the pathologies of various architectures, both physical and metaphysical, through the writings and works of various individuals including Albert Einstein, Robert Smithson, Georges Luis Borges, Gilles Deleuze, and the Unabomber.
09.15.1998 | THEATER
Infernal Combustion
BY ALEXANDER ZAITCHIK
Six Prague activists envision a world without cars.
02.04.2003 | ENVIRONMENT
Dr. DMT
BY ALEXANDER ZAITCHIK
A conversation with Rick Strassman on the sad state of psychedelic research, Albert Hoffman at 100, and the possibly cosmic pineal gland.
03.27.2006 | SCIENCE
This Is American History On Drugs
BY MICHAEL MANVILLE
Everything you wanted to know about the narcotics trade that didn't fit in a 30-second Super Bowl ad.
02.25.2002 | POLITICS
Terminator Redux
BY MICHAEL MANVILLE
Genetic engineering will feed the hungry, if the hungry can pay the technology fee. For those who missed it the first time, here again is the story of Terminator.
04.05.2001 | SCIENCE
Industrial Revolution Day
BY MICHAEL MANVILLE
Greed is good! Sing along with the Center for the Moral Defense of Capitalism.
10.31.2000 | POLITICS
We Want to Liberate You
BY NAHUM BARNEA
An Interview with Marwan Barghouti, Secretary General of Fateh in the West Bank, who could one day replace Yasser Arafat.
10.15.2001 | POLITICS
The Chechan Dilemma
BY MICAH JAYNE
Russia's war in Chechnya is officially over, but the death toll keeps rising in what has evolved into a classic partisan conflict. Setting politics aside for the moment, Micah Jayne speaks with a reporter, a refugee family and an aid worker about how the war has affected their lives and when, if ever, they can all go home.
09.10.2001 | POLITICS
Eyes Wide Shut
BY TOUFIC HADDAD
From the villages and refugee camps of Gaza, a
report on what the media chooses to ignore about the Palestinian Intifada.
05.07.2001 | MEDIA
Peak Freaks
BY AARON NAPARSTEK
From Petrocollapse to hyper fuel-efficient SUV's--two weeks with the energy crisis crowd.
10.28.2005 | ENVIRONMENT
Staying Angry
BY MICHAEL MANVILLE
Is your energy level flagging as November approches? Here are eight loathsome things about the GOP to keep you going.
08.25.2004 | POLITICS
Whose Intifada?
BY TOUFIC HADDAD
Exploring the widening division among the PLO leadership, Toufic Haddad interviews Husam Khader, a radical leader of the Fateh political party.
11.01.2001 | POLITICS
Memo to Striking Entertainment Writers
BY CHRISTOPHER KETCHAM
Keep striking -- please.
12.14.2007 | CULTURE
Dependence Day
BY CHRISTOPHER KETCHAM
Or what the bald eagle told the desert rat about the 4th of July.
07.10.2007 | ENVIRONMENT
Pave the Holy Land with Good Intentions
BY CHRISTOPHER KETCHAM
My kingdom for a good bowel movement.
06.12.2007 | CULTURE
Is God Un Crotte de Merde?
BY CHRISTOPHER KETCHAM
A child in Chilly-Mazarin, South of Paris, has the answer.
01.02.2007 | RELIGION
God Doesn't Follow the Law
BY CHRISTOPHER KETCHAM
How Americans' love affair with religion fosters lawlessness.
10.10.2006 | RELIGION
Shooting the Cactus
BY CHRISTOPHER KETCHAM
One of these days, maybe soon, the air-conditioned nightmare out west is just going to be a nightmare. A hot, waterless nightmare.
05.21.2006 | ENVIRONMENT
Ending the Oil Age, One Patriot at a Time
BY CHRISTOPHER KETCHAM
One less car trip a day is first step to national energy independence.
05.15.2006 | ENVIRONMENT
Bonobolicious: A Play in Four Acts
BY CHRISTOPHER KETCHAM
As preoccupied with sex as humans, this happy primate upsets the Creationists' apple cart.
02.22.2006 | SOCIETY
How an Oh-So-Metro New Yorker Editor Responded to the WTC Tragedy
BY CHRISTOPHER KETCHAM
Ramping up for 9/11's fifth anniversary.
02.19.2006 | MEDIA
Outlaw Heterosexual Marriage Now!
BY CHRISTOPHER KETCHAM
Taking the wind out of the sails of the gay marriage controversy.
11.29.2005 | SOCIETY
Bigger Than Watergate
BY CHRISTOPHER KETCHAM
An indictment for a charge of attempted murder.
11.28.2005 | POLITICS
Terminating Feminism
BY DIANE E. DEES
Diane E. Dees takes a look at the Gropinator's impact on women's rights.
10.09.2003 | SOCIETY
Lost Innocence, Misplaced Memory
BY DIANE E. DEES
On terrorism and the elephants in our living room.
09.27.2002 | POLITICS
Think the News Media Is Anti-Bush?
BY DIANE E. DEES
I've got this Enron stock you may want to buy, too...
08.22.2002 | POLITICS
They're Playing That Vatican Rag
BY DIANE E. DEES
Weighing-in on which laws the Catholic Church should be beholden to.
04.25.2002 | SOCIETY
Our Light Trucks, Our Selves
BY DIANE E. DEES
Diane Dees Tobiason on the SUV and Mad Max feminism.
12.08.2001 | SOCIETY
Mea Culpa, Mr. Falwell
BY DIANE E. DEES
A reaction to an extremist's response to extremism, following the September 11 terrorist attack.
09.16.2001 | SOCIETY
Fake Blood on the Maize
BY JONATHAN MATTHEWS
Starvation as a bargaining chip in Zambia.
06.20.2005 | ACTIVISM
The Fake Parade
BY JONATHAN MATTHEWS
Under the banner of populist protest, multinational corporations manufacture the poor.
12.03.2002 | ENVIRONMENT
Saddam + Taliban + Apartheid = Islamic Republic
BY HOSSEIN BAGHER ZADEH
All the more reason not to invade Iran.
06.23.2005 | POLITICS
Save the CEOs
BY RICH HERSCHLAG
They're just as much in need as children.
10.17.2008 | SOCIETY
No Hockey Mom Left Behind
BY RICH HERSCHLAG
And John McCain could have gone with Jenna Jameson.
09.15.2008 | POLITICS
Spare the Rod, Spoil the Headline
BY RICH HERSCHLAG
Like his pal Madonna, A-Rod shape-shifts, but the name remains the same.
07.31.2008 | SOCIETY
Seven Words You Can't Say In Heaven
BY RICH HERSCHLAG
George Carlin has been bumped for a summer replacement series.
06.30.2008 | CULTURE
No Taxpayer Left Behind
BY RICH HERSCHLAG
That stimulus check that's on the way? Don't spend it all in one pawn shop.
05.12.2008 | POLITICS
Obama Drama, Part I: Shooting the Messenger
BY RICH HERSCHLAG
Pennsylvanians never met a trans-fat they didn't like.
04.23.2008 | POLITICS
Man of Steal
BY RICH HERSCHLAG
Superdelegate: Here he comes to save the way things are.
02.28.2008 | POLITICS
Late Night with Richie
BY RICH HERSCHLAG
We're a busy nation. In fact, going to sleep has become positively un-American.
01.17.2008 | SOCIETY
Party Pooper
BY RICH HERSCHLAG
Senator Larry Craig wants it both ways -- and it's not the first time.
10.15.2007 | POLITICS
Live Eat
BY RICH HERSCHLAG
Rotating a hot-dog eating contest's venue (think Darfur, Somalia, Mali, Iraq) can only add cachet to it.
07.27.2007 | SOCIETY
No Driver Left Behind
BY RICH HERSCHLAG
New York drivers get a bad rap -- or is that rap sheet?
06.20.2007 | SOCIETY
Roger and Me
BY RICH HERSCHLAG
God isn't making any more land. Apparently, He isn't making any more pitchers either.
05.25.2007 | SPORTS
Hello, Imus Be Going
BY RICH HERSCHLAG
A do-it-yourself apology kit for the politically correct.
04.17.2007 | SOCIETY
Matter Over Mind
BY RICH HERSCHLAG
The sixth sense may soon go the way of Pluto.
03.27.2007 | CULTURE
How to Get on the Scooter Libby Jury
BY RICH HERSCHLAG
Wanted: a few ignorant and indifferent men and women.
01.25.2007 | POLITICS
Merchant Marines
BY RICH HERSCHLAG
First responders pause and ponder.
12.28.2006 | SOCIETY
George's World, George's World
BY RICH HERSCHLAG
You might have missed it, but Republicans are now the "party" party. Schwing!
12.05.2006 | POLITICS
Cut and Fun
BY RICH HERSCHLAG
"Flat Dads" turn out to be improvement over the 3-D variety.
11.16.2006 | SOCIETY
Foley-age
BY RICH HERSCHLAG
Mark Foley: Tragic victim of Democrat abuse.
10.18.2006 | POLITICS
Bouncing the Bouncer
BY RICH HERSCHLAG
Is a bouncer someone we really want tamed?
09.27.2006 | SOCIETY
Flight 2011
BY RICH HERSCHLAG
Flying ten years after 9/11: pre-flight shave-downs, induced sleep, lost passengers, not luggage.
09.11.2006 | TRAVEL
Lethal Weapon 5
BY RICH HERSCHLAG
Maybe Mel Gibson is right and Jews really do rule the world.
08.23.2006 | RELIGION
How to Talk to Ann Coulter (If You Must)
BY RICH HERSCHLAG
Imagine the havoc Ann Coulter could wreak on American history if she had a Wayback machine.
08.04.2006 | MEDIA
With Enemies Like These, Who Needs Friends?
BY RICH HERSCHLAG
Oh for an endless string of would-be terrorists like the rank amateurs that dreamed of blowing up New York's Holland Tunnel.
07.25.2006 | POLITICS
Flag Football
BY RICH HERSCHLAG
The flag may be but a political football to politicians, but watch out -- marauding flag-burners roam the countryside.
07.05.2006 | SOCIETY
No Terrorized City Left Behind
BY RICH HERSCHLAG
What more does New York City have to endure to qualify for increased anti-terror funding?
06.19.2006 | POLITICS
Playing with Yourself
BY RICH HERSCHLAG
Random acts of cruelty serve as ego-Viagra for aging pols and moguls like Michael Bloomberg.
05.29.2006 | SOCIETY
Assimilation 101
BY RICH HERSCHLAG
Immigrants: You too can live the American dream and hire someone for six dollars an hour.
05.04.2006 | CULTURE
Smile: You're on Surveillance Camera
BY RICH HERSCHLAG
Millions of security cams are installed every year, few uninstalled.
04.10.2006 | TECHNOLOGY
Open Letter to Dick Cheney: Get Back in the Hunt
BY RICH HERSCHLAG
Better yet--bring the entire Heritage Foundation on a Civil War reenactment weekend.
03.05.2006 | POLITICS
Calling the Barrel Black
BY RICH HERSCHLAG
Giving subsidies to big oil is like giving the Yankees Barry Bonds to DH.
02.17.2006 | POLITICS
Out of the Freying Pan
BY RICH HERSCHLAG
Calling all substance abusers: Fake journalism needs you.
02.01.2006 | CULTURE
Don't Ask, Don't Swell
BY RICH HERSCHLAG
Earth to Catholic Church: Try a pink blanket instead of a pink slip.
01.06.2006 | RELIGION
Hit-and-Run Parking
BY RICH HERSCHLAG
My life as a guerilla in New York City's car wars.
12.20.2005 | SOCIETY
What Does FEMA Really Stand For?
BY RICH HERSCHLAG
The acrostics of a disaster.
09.15.2005 | ENVIRONMENT
Duck and Cover
BY RICH HERSCHLAG
Assault weapons are as American as apple pie. They just don't taste as good.
09.15.2004 | POLITICS
No Champagne at Walter Reed
BY STEWART NUSBAUMER
It's deja vu for Intervention Magazine's Viet vet editor.
12.07.2005 | POLITICS
The Panopticon and the Public Spectacle
BY JOE KRUPNICK
Execution today -- distanced not only from the public, but the condemned man himself.
08.11.2005 | POLITICS
Why I'll Still Burn the Flag
BY CLAY RICHARDS
Flag burning is still a desirable option after 9-11.
02.08.2002 | POLITICS
What Moves Us?
BY MARCO X
As anti-capitalist summit hopping increases its popularity and profile, activists have to ask: Is this enough? What next?
08.26.2000 | ACTIVISM
The Ties That Bind
BY MARSHALL KIRKPATRICK
Only months ago the United States was wailing in outrage at its expulsion from the UN's Human Rights Commission. Now, more quietly, it is once again assisting one of the most repressive regimes on earth.
09.09.2001 | POLITICS
The Big Almost
BY CHARLES KOMANOFF
I almost got myself killed on my bicycle.
12.04.2006 | SOCIETY
In the Wind
BY CHARLES KOMANOFF
Environmental activist's legacy would include support for windmills in the Adirondacks.
11.30.2005 | ENVIRONMENT
The Pawns Who Pay as Powers Play
BY SYED SALEEM SHAHZAD
When two elephants fight, it is the grass that gets crushed. When two elephants make love, it is again the grass that gets crushed.
06.24.2005 | POLITICS
Enough Appeasement
BY MARK AMES
Why we need media criticism from 30,000 feet.
03.01.2005 | BOOKS
Save a Jew, Save Yourself!
BY MARK AMES
Sixty-five million Evangelicals can't be wrong.
10.25.2004 | BOOKS
Spite the Vote
BY MARK AMES
How pissed off, spiteful white males will decide the most important election in history.
08.01.2004 | POLITICS
Unbearable Lightness
BY PAUL W. MORRIS
A dark night of the soul down in lower Manhattan is full of lingering ghosts when the "Tribute in Light" temporary memorial powers up at Ground Zero.
03.21.2002 | CULTURE
Who's Afraid of Edward Limonov?
BY MARK AMES
Mark Ames reports from Moscow on the jailing of Russia's most notorious dissident-artist.
03.15.2002 | CULTURE
The Power of Laughter
BY PAUL KRASSNER
If you don't laugh, you're only helping Al Qaeda, not to mention the Aryan Nations.
09.20.2007 | SOCIETY
A Climate Change Primer For Bush's Smokestack Cabinet
BY DAVID CASE
While Bush and his petro-cronies deny climate change, the U.K. is taking action. The U.S. should be taking notes.
01.23.2001 | ENVIRONMENT
Ann Coulter is a Silly, Stupid, Tramp
BY D.A. BLYLER
Ann Coulter's rejected USA Today column was even worse than you thought.
08.09.2004 | MEDIA
A Colombian Liver With Your Turkish Cornea?
BY LEONARDO CALCAGNO
Why use Third World children as prostitutes when you can just sell their organs? Leonardo Calcagno gives you one more reason to hate the new global economy.
11.30.2000 | SOCIETY
Big Oil's Iraqi Coup de Grace
BY HEATHER WOKUSCH
PSAs (not the public service announcement kind) cap off big oil's occupation of Iraq.
12.05.2005 | POLITICS
Press Freedom Under Fire
BY HEATHER WOKUSCH
The first casualty of war is truth.
02.10.2004 | MEDIA
Veterans Target Profiteers
BY HEATHER WOKUSCH
Lawsuit for Gulf War Veterans takes aim at WMD businesses.
09.04.2003 | POLITICS
Who Profits from Erasing Iraq's Debt?
BY HEATHER WOKUSCH
Financial transparancy takes a back seat to realpolitik and profit.
07.31.2003 | POLITICS
The Shameful Legacy of Radioactive Weaponry
BY HEATHER WOKUSCH
America's deployment of depleted uranium is once again in the news, as its probable use in Afghanistan is uncovered.
06.14.2003 | POLITICS
Material Breach
BY HEATHER WOKUSCH
Some background to the current drive to attack Iraq.
12.03.2002 | POLITICS
War on Peace
BY HEATHER WOKUSCH
Now is no time for complacency.
11.11.2002 | POLITICS
Terrorist Training, American Style
BY HEATHER WOKUSCH
It's no longer called the School of the Americas, but little has changed in Fort Benning.
10.28.2002 | POLITICS
Toxic Jihad: Our Hidden Bombs
BY HEATHER WOKUSCH
Both at home and abroad, the Bush Administration is selective in its value of human life.
09.27.2002 | POLITICS
The Powell Doctrine
BY HEATHER WOKUSCH
What they forgot to tell us while we were on the road to war.
08.22.2002 | POLITICS
Going AWOL
BY HEATHER WOKUSCH
Uncle Sam wants you--and anything else he can get his mitts on.
08.06.2002 | POLITICS
The Bush Ethic of Responsibility
BY HEATHER WOKUSCH
Bush's handlers say the president is reading Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics these days. A look at the 2003 Budget shows he doesn't understand it.
07.21.2002 | POLITICS
Bystander Apathy
BY HEATHER WOKUSCH
In this War on Terrorism, the image-makers are gearing up for an offensive against the American people. It's time to dig some trenches.
11.14.2001 | POLITICS
Terrorism and Witch Hunts
BY HEATHER WOKUSCH
One woman's view from Britain, where Tony Blair is facing a different kind of pressure from the British Peace Movement.
09.18.2001 | POLITICS
Europe Faces Genoa
BY HEATHER WOKUSCH
As Europe argues over the meaning of Genoa, the battle lines are hardening, from the streets all the way up to Parliament.
08.14.2001 | ACTIVISM
Space Pearl Harbor
BY HEATHER WOKUSCH
Bush's "good war"--arming the heavens and hiding the truth.
06.13.2001 | POLITICS
Big McDonald's Had a Farm...
BY HEATHER WOKUSCH
What's the connection between factory farming and genetic engineering?
04.19.2001 | SCIENCE
Faking It
BY HEATHER WOKUSCH
Heather Wakusch on why Americans can't talk straight about sex these days.
03.24.2001 | SOCIETY
Semtex: The Magic Marble of Pardubice
BY JEFF KOYEN AND ALEXANDER ZAITCHIK
A brief history of the world's most famous plastic explosive.
08.27.2002 | POLITICS
Mad Cow Disease
BY DR. PAUL KAIL
Forget farm feed made from animal remains, Dr. Paul Kail explores the possible link between pesticides and Mad Cow disease.
01.17.2001 | ACTIVISM
Animal Behavior and Morphogenic Fields
BY DR. PAUL KAIL
One reason why creationism is still popular is because science has failed to plug the holes in its own version of events. Like much of science, the theory of evolution has massive detail in some parts, and huge question marks in others.
10.17.2000 | SOCIETY
Banking on Disaster
BY DR. PAUL KAIL
As the World Bank gets ready for its upcoming summit meeting in Prague, Paul Kail goes behind the rhetoric to look at the recently approved WB oil project in Chad-Camaroon. The Bank has not changed a stripe, just its public relations melody.
08.25.2000 | POLITICS
Pork or Dead Pig?
BY DR. PAUL KAIL
Animal rights activist Paul Kail on the language of species domination, or Why we say "pork" and not "dead pig."
05.17.2000 | SOCIETY
Taking Animals Seriously
BY DR. PAUL KAIL
Animals can't write screeenplays, but then neither can most humans. Animal rights activist and neuroscientist Pail Kail explains why such comparisons aren't as crazy as they sound.
03.24.2000 | SOCIETY
Reform the WTO! But Where Are The Ideas?
BY JOHN BUNZL
Give me a program, a paradigm--anything!
09.14.2000 | POLITICS
Land Gluttony
BY JOEL S. HIRSCHHORN
Sprawl-shills spread land-lies.
08.23.2005 | SOCIETY
The Emperor Has No Information
BY JOEL S. HIRSCHHORN
Just what the hell is that thing? Recreating the Battle of the Bulge, 2004.
11.14.2004 | POLITICS
Obama vs. Clinton: Public vs. Private Talks
BY RON CALLARI
The extent to which a candidate believes in transparency should be as critical a factor as any in the election.
02.07.2008 | POLITICS
The Great Game Continues
BY RON CALLARI AND TARIQ SAEEDI
Oil interests are crowding the vacuum left by the Afghan war, and if the US isn't careful, it might get locked out of the profits.
06.05.2002 | POLITICS
Beautiful Mind-Fields
BY RON CALLARI
A modern Modest Proposal à la Jonathan Swift.
04.17.2002 | POLITICS
Dust Will Settle... Elsewhere
BY RON CALLARI
Ground Zero for sale.
04.08.2002 | SOCIETY
Enron Pipedreams Buried in Afghanistan
BY RON CALLARI
Is it a coincidence that Enron died when the Taliban did? Ron Callari on the politics of oil.
03.02.2002 | POLITICS
Harmony and Harm in the Natural World
BY IFTEKHAR SAYEED
Though springtime is a bacchanal for birds in Bangladesh, it's not without its brutal side.
04.12.2007 | ENVIRONMENT
Missionaries and Neo-Missionaries
BY IFTEKHAR SAYEED
From meddlesome monks to officious NGOs.
01.17.2006 | RELIGION
First Human Case of West Nile Virus
BY ROBERT LEDERMAN
Robert Lederman takes a hard look at the West Nile Virus hysteria in New York City.
08.09.2000 | ACTIVISM
Real Life Stories of Generation X Motherhood
BY NANCY MULDOON
Nancy Muldoon is fed up with the bullshit stereotypes of single mothers. And please stop asking her stupid questions in public libraries.
06.16.2000 | SOCIETY
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