Editorial Analysis

12-7/8

12-5

Jacob Weisberg fails to see an "anti-American left"

Timothy Noah criticizes congressional timidity regarding the War Powers Act

Matthew Engel frets about US "Iraqmania"

Anthony Lewis condemns John Ashcroft for concealing facts about the military tribunals

Simon Jenkins analyzes the difference between terror in the PA and Afghanistan

12-4

Anthony Lewis denounces John Ashcroft's handling of the crisis, as does Robert Scheer

Bradley Graham discusses the changing nature of the US war policy

Stephen Hayes offers a rationale for striking against Iraq

Robert Bartley explores the relationship between Pearl Harbor and the WTC attacks

Michael Gove urges a realistic attitude toward the issue at hand in the Middle East

Peter Preston considers Israel is a greater problem than bin Laden

12-3

David Cole argues that the US has become a national security state

Jeffrey Rosen asks Congress to stop John Ashcroft's civil liberties policies

The New Republic calls for extending American ideals elsewhere in the Middle East

Daniel Benjamin views the WTC attacks as an intelligence failure

Steve Chapman calls for leaving Iraq alone, an argument challenged by Andrew Sullivan

David Plotz blasts the press coverage of the Pentagon

12-2

The New York Times editorial page denounces the Bush administration's "justice deformed," although Thomas L. Friedman is more sympathetic

Maureen Dowd examines the political tensions between domestic and foreign obligations

Patrick Tyler discusses Washington's struggle to define the next fight

Donald McNeil speculates on terrorism after bin Laden

Michael Getler argues that the WTC attacks will decrease attention for "soft news"

Henri Barkey urges carrying the war to Iraq

David Paulin and Mac McLarty explore the impact of the 9-11 attacks on inter-American affairs

12-1

Alan Schwartz dismisses the argument that Americans are responsible for Arab poverty

Anthony Lewis laments the state of civil liberties in "John Ashcroft's America"

Diane Roberts denounces the Bush secrecy

Aram Roston describes Kunduz as "the other ground zero"

Al Hunt wonders how Republicans would have treated a President Gore

The Economist detects gains on the battlefield, losses in the battle for ideas

Martin Woollacott argues that it is still "America against the world"

11-29/30

Jacob Weisberg analyzes the Bush administration's approach to civil liberties

Steve Chapman urges avoiding war with Iraq, while Lawrence Kaplan recommends the opposite

Franklin Foer denounces the ideological imbalance in Middle Eastern studies

11-27/28

Anne Applebaum discusses the Russian connection in current Middle East events

Fareed Zakaria sees the war confirming a lesson: air power works

Noam Chomsky accuses the US of using "unlawful force" against the Taliban

Jonathan Freedland worries about the effects of revenge in Afghanistan

Maureen Dowd urges the US to do more for women throughout the Middle East

Arlen Specter criticizes the Bush administration for not consulting Congress over military tribunals, as does Ross Baker

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