Reading With the Enemy
Looking for a challenge and a little affirmation, our writer tests his die-hard liberal beliefs and goes on an all-conservative-media diet for one month. Life on the Right side of the dial doesn’t turn out the way he expected.
Archive
A collection of 14236 issues
11 May 2004
New York's currently: practically sweating Iraq prison detainees, most of whom were arrested by mistake, were denied their right to see a lawyer and their families left unaware of their whereabouts. Female Iraqi prisoners report sexual abuse, face ostracism, shame upon release. British troops broke the law when
Salt
More colorful brilliance from the hulls of Toronto’s salt-encrusted sugar fleet. A photo gallery from Marshall Sokoloff, and a contest sponsored by Jewelboxing that could win you a framed large-format print from the series.
10 May 2004
New York's currently: arguing with the help U.S. fast-tracks M.P.'s court martial, the first in the abuse trials, giving press access to Arab media, as some Iraqis voice outrage, wanting the accused to stand trial in Iraqi court instead. Senators blast Pentagon on
7 May 2004
New York's currently: drinking spinach through a straw Amid decries for apologies and resignations, Bush says sorry and Rumsfeld keeps job, even if it is the beginning of his end. Red Cross in Iraq notes it knew of the abuses, complained to U.S. officials regularly about the
English
Experts answer what they know. The Non-Expert answers anything. This week we illustrate, exhibit, and display how proper editing makes English all that more the understandable.
One Ring Zero
Not many people can play the claviola, and fewer still can use it to accompany lyrics by Neil Gaiman or Margaret Atwood. Pitchaya Sudbanthad talks to Michael Hearst and Joshua Camp of One Ring Zero, band of a thousand authors.
6 May 2004
New York's currently: still not buying Monica and Rachel could afford that apartment Bush scolds Rumsfeld for failure to notify him of Iraqi abuse photos. Related: The scandal borne of Rumsfeld's lawless regime in Iraq. Seeking to calm Arab outrage over Iraqi prison abuses, Bush takes
Barking at the Gate
The White House Correspondents Association dinner is DC’s biggest night—politicos mix with editors mix with celebrities, all very realalcoholik. It’s also among the lowest points of journalism.
5 May 2004
New York's currently: back and forth on the rain and sun Army investigating abuse and torture of prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan, including 10 'suspicious deaths.' President Bush, who has known about the abuse investigation since December, submits to two interviews on Arab television networks. Breaking