Washington Watch Articles From 2004
THE LESSONS FROM THE ABU GHARAIB SCANDAL
The congressional debate on prisoner abuse in Iraq is heated and intensely partisan. At the same time, it largely misses the point.
NADER: WHAT IMPACT?
I waited one week to write about the Nader factor to see how national polls would be impacted by his decision to enter the 2004 presidential contest.
THE VALUES DEBATE
Early in this primary election season, then candidate Howard Dean warned that, if Democrats were not careful, Republicans would attempt to turn this election into a mandate on “gays, God and guns”.
SILENCING DEBATE
Four years ago, Arab American leaders met with a prominent Democratic Senator, who had sponsored and fought to pass legislation that called on the United Sates to move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, and was now rethinking his views.