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Bushs groupthink caused failure of imagination

September 10, 2004

“Bush’s lack of interest in the flood of attack warnings” before 9/11 (PWW 7/31–8/6) can be explained by this administration’s Iraq obsession. Two conceptual frames have recently entered our vocabulary. “Groupthink” is used to blame the...

The investigators

September 10, 2004

Special Agent Mortimer Friendly of the FBI had just finished a cold dinner of tuna fish out of the can, withered salad left over from yesterday, and a roll, also from yesterday, a meal that was...

An appreciation of Morris Schappes

September 10, 2004

Morris Schappes, radical Jewish historian and editor emeritus of Jewish Currents, the left-wing secular Jewish magazine, has died at age 97. His teaching career at City College ended in 1941 because Schappes was one of 40...

Battle cry

September 10, 2004

I don’t know about other people, but now that I’ve seen the Republicans do their worst, I feel I know my enemy and how to combat him. It’s simple: Tell the truth. The Democratic Party has...

Florida, engulfed in a world of pain

September 10, 2004

ARCADIA, Fla. — As the people of Florida were digging out from Hurricane Charley Aug. 25, three Marine sergeants arrived at the home of Carlos Arredondo in Hollywood, Fla. They were bringing news that would hit...