Editorial Analysis
12-7/8 |
Frank Rich denounces John Ashcroft's performance, while Terry Eastland defends the A.G. and David Corn chastises Senate Democrats for insufficient aggressiveness
Andrew Sullivan examines how the WTC attacks disoriented the American Right
The Weekly Standard defends the establishment of military tribunals
12-5 |
Jacob Weisberg fails to see an "anti-American left" |
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Timothy Noah criticizes congressional timidity regarding the War Powers Act |
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Matthew Engel frets about US "Iraqmania" |
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Anthony Lewis condemns John Ashcroft for concealing facts about the military tribunals |
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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 |
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Bradley Graham discusses the changing nature of the US war policy |
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Stephen Hayes offers a rationale for striking against Iraq |
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Robert Bartley explores the relationship between Pearl Harbor and the WTC attacks |
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Michael Gove urges a realistic attitude toward the issue at hand in the Middle East |
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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 |
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Jeffrey Rosen asks Congress to stop John Ashcroft's civil liberties policies |
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The New Republic calls for extending American ideals elsewhere in the Middle East |
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Daniel Benjamin views the WTC attacks as an intelligence failure |
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Steve Chapman calls for leaving Iraq alone, an argument challenged by Andrew Sullivan |
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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 |
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Maureen Dowd examines the political tensions between domestic and foreign obligations |
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Patrick Tyler discusses Washington's struggle to define the next fight |
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Donald McNeil speculates on terrorism after bin Laden |
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Michael Getler argues that the WTC attacks will decrease attention for "soft news" |
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Henri Barkey urges carrying the war to Iraq |
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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 |
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Anthony Lewis laments the state of civil liberties in "John Ashcroft's America" |
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Diane Roberts denounces the Bush secrecy |
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Aram Roston describes Kunduz as "the other ground zero" |
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Al Hunt wonders how Republicans would have treated a President Gore |
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The Economist detects gains on the battlefield, losses in the battle for ideas |
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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 |
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Steve Chapman urges avoiding war with Iraq, while Lawrence Kaplan recommends the opposite |
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Franklin Foer denounces the ideological imbalance in Middle Eastern studies |
11-27/28 |
Anne Applebaum discusses the Russian connection in current Middle East events |
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Fareed Zakaria sees the war confirming a lesson: air power works |
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Noam Chomsky accuses the US of using "unlawful force" against the Taliban |
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Jonathan Freedland worries about the effects of revenge in Afghanistan |
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Maureen Dowd urges the US to do more for women throughout the Middle East |
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Arlen Specter criticizes the Bush administration for not consulting Congress over military tribunals, as does Ross Baker |