Opinion

Two scenarios. Which one is more believable?

August 1, 2004 By Seymour Joseph

Of these two hypothetical scenarios, which seems more believable? Offhand you might feel that number two rings the credibility bell. After all, number one is simply outrageous: a team of gung-ho guys establishing their own prison...

Questions on 9/11 refuse to go away

July 31, 2004 By Susan Webb

The final report of the bipartisan national 9/11 commission is unlikely to stamp out questions about the Bush administration’s handling of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, its Iraq war, or its overall foreign policy.

The German Peasant War: A Panoramic Legacy of the German Democratic Republic

July 31, 2004

While on a visit to the German Democratic Republic (GDR, or East Germany) 21 years ago, at the time of the great peace demonstrations against U.S. cruise and Pershing missiles, I learned that an East German...

Is there a limit to their gall?

May 21, 2004

Opinion The Bush administration has released a 450-page report by its Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba. The report outlines steps the U.S. government is taking to bring down the Cuban government. They seek to...

Marital musings

April 9, 2004

Opinion In March, the cabaret critic Stephen Holden penned a lovely obituary of the American songwriter Bart Howard in The New York Times. In it, Holden reported that Howard, who died on Feb. 21 at the...