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Mary Robinson
Ian Williams
The outgoing U.N. high commissioner for human rights talks about running afoul of the Bush administration over Israel and the Palestinians, ending the "cycle of impunity" and standing up to bullies.
A $34 million “political payoff”
Michelle Goldberg
President Bush's decision to gut U.N. family-planning funds will appease right-wing hard-liners -- at a cost of thousands of lives.
Washington’s oilpolitik
Michael T. Klare
It's not just Saddam's doomsday arsenal that haunts the Bush White House -- it's the thought of his oil falling into the hands of Russia, China and Europe.
Capitalists without a clue
Katharine Mieszkowski
Once all-seeing captains of industry, America's CEOs are now playing the Sgt. Schultz dumbo card, braying "I know no-thing, no-thing!"
Yes to the Bible, no to the treaty
Michelle Goldberg
Worldwide, 169 countries have signed a treaty to ban forced marriage and mandate equal access to education for women. Now Christian-right allies of President Bush call it a threat to Mother's Day.
Before Baghdad burns
Laura Miller
The author of a new book on Iraq cautions that a U.S. invasion to get rid of Saddam Hussein could be even more dangerous than his weapons of mass destruction.
Gary Hart
Jake Tapper
The former senator and presidential candidate discusses the proposed Department of Homeland Security, why the head of the CIA should've resigned, revamping the FBI and the media's obsession with "the love lives of movie stars and politicians."
Al-Qaida monitored U.S. negotiations with Taliban over oil pipeline
Jean-Charles Brisard
A memo by military chief Mohammed Atef raises new questions about whether failed U.S. efforts to reform Afghanistan's radical regime -- and build the pipeline -- set the stage for Sept. 11.
The greatest show on earth
Andrew O'Hehir
It's World Cup time again -- when more than a billion people will be enthralled not just by the joy of victory and agony of defeat, but also by the mystery and despair that is championship soccer.
Taming the bear
Suzy Hansen
Strobe Talbott says Clinton deserves much credit for Russia's warming to the West -- and recalls a drunken Yeltsin calling for pizza in his underpants.
Bravo, Jimmy Carter
Ben Corbett
His visit can't end Castro's tyranny, Cuba's poverty or the Bush administration's lame policies, but he's the first American politician who has tried to give to Cuba, not just take.
Death rattle?
Laura Miller
Sept. 11 may have been the last gasp of militant Islam -- but while it's dying, it could strike again and again.
Bush’s hatchet man in the State Department
Ian Williams
While Colin Powell tries to present a kinder, gentler America to the world, his hard-line underling John Bolton is pushing an America-
The Israeli “art student” mystery
Christopher Ketcham
For almost two years, hundreds of young Israelis falsely claiming to be art students haunted federal offices -- in particular, the DEA. No one knows why -- and no one seems to want to find out.
The New York Sun’s not-so-bright debut
Eric Boehlert
Its support for Israel is unwavering -- but New York's just-launched paper is a little shakier when it comes to editorial fundamentals.
Gore Vidal
Gary Kamiya
Congress should investigate how much the Bush "oil junta" knew in advance about Sept. 11. This and other bombshells from American literature's leading provocateur.
The real war on terrorism
Mark Scheffler
Robert Young Pelton, author of "The World's Most Dangerous Places," says the U.S. military has killed "thousands and thousands" of people in Afghanistan, al-Qaida is a myth and the WTC was brought down by a "Mickey Mouse" outfit.
Sharon tests Bush
Aluf Benn
By pushing the limits of what the president will accept, Sharon is buying time to complete his military strategy. But is he digging his own political grave?
Hezbollah: Lebanon’s paper tiger
Paul Wachter
Despite recent attacks, the militant group that drove Israel out of Lebanon is not likely to launch a full-scale attack from the north.
Her father’s keeper
Suzy Hansen
Laura Blumenfeld, author of "Revenge: A Story of Hope," talks about tracking down the Palestinian who shot her father.
“My son was killed because of the occupation”
Flore de Prineuf
Israel's Women in Black say the blood of their children is on Sharon's hands.
The Palestinians’ true cause
David Horowitz
The Mideast blood bath is not about land -- it's about religion. The Israelis' great crime? They're Jews.
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