Yearly Archives: 2003

First LA Weekly Article: http://www.laweekly.com/ink/03/18/features-crogan1.php Second LA Weekly Article: http://www.laweekly.com/ink/03/18/features-crogan2.php Third LA Weekly Article: http://www.laweekly.com/ink/03/23/news-crogan.php

The cover of the July 28, 1967, issue of Life magazine was one of the grimmest I’d ever seen. It showed a 12-year-old black kid in filthy sneakers and worn-out jeans sprawled on the filthy pavement of a street in … Continue reading →

Christian Science Monitor newspaper reporter finds high levels of radiation left by US armor-piercing shells Baghdad, Iraq – At a roadside produce stand on the outskirts of Baghdad, business is brisk for Latifa Khalaf Hamid. Iraqi drivers pull up and … Continue reading →

So now we are told by President Bush that the hostilities against Iraq have drawn to a close. Now, we’re told, with an imperious wave of the arm, this chapter has ended. And Americans are meant to feel closure and … Continue reading →

The topic is featured regularly on the covers of national newsmagazines, is discussed in popular books and is celebrated on newspaper op-ed pages. In fact, some of those who once shied from the word “empire,” even as they advocated policies … Continue reading →

America was good at conquering Iraq, but is not good at governing it and may prove worse at shaping its future, so clueless it seems about Iraqi political aspirations. Four weeks after the capture of Baghdad, there are few signs … Continue reading →