Opinion

Announcing the P.U.-litzer Prizes for 2002

January 23, 2003

For more than a decade now, the P.U.-litzer Prizes have gone to some of America’s stinkiest media performances each year. The competition was fierce as ever in 2002. Many journalistic pieces of work deserved recognition. Only...

An Iraq war will cost us more than blood

January 23, 2003

As the Bush administration prepares for war in Iraq, the American people should demand a complete assessment of the costs of the war-which go beyond potential military and civilian casualties. As President Dwight Eisenhower famously noted,...

A new standard for U.S. foreign policy

January 17, 2003

News Analysis “U.S. ASSAILS NORTH KOREA,” screamed the headlines of The New York Times a week ago when the North Korean government announced its decision to withdraw from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. That headline may sell...

Lobby takes control of Texas government

January 16, 2003

Opinion The headline over a recent article in the Economist proclaimed: “The Future is Texas: If you want to know where America is heading, start by studying the Lone Star State.” It went on to gush...

United, we can win

January 16, 2003

Opinion As we celebrate the birthday of the Rev. Martin Luther King this week, tens of thousands of U.S. troops are being deployed to the Persian Gulf for war on Iraq and our country is rocked...