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Mortimer Zuckerman is the editor-in-chief of U.S.News & World Report. A graduate of Harvard Law School, Zuckerman is a former associate professor at Harvard Business School, where he taught for nine years. He is also chairman and copublisher of the New York Daily News and has substantial real-estate holdings, including properties in Boston, New York, Washington, and San Francisco. |
2004 Columns
A bright hope to be realized: Because stem-cell research can help so many, we must find a way to accelerate, organize, and fund it. (12/27/04) 
A devil's brew at the U.N.: It is all but impossible that U.N. officials didn't know of the abuses in the Iraqi oil-sales deals. (12/20/04)
A closer look at America: Why all the talk about "moral" values, and red states and blue states, is so misleading (12/13/04)
A look at life after Arafat: The Palestinian leadership that ultimately emerges may prove even more radical than Arafat. (11/29/04)
A prescription for sanity: Instead of griping about high drug prices, we should make sure we all can get better drugs. (11/22/04)
Call off the attack dogs: The news media have poisoned our politicial discourse, but they're not the only ones to blame. (11/15/04)
A momentous moment: With Israel's decision to leave Gaza, the Palestinians must squarely confront their future. (11/8/04)
The real truth about Iraq: The issue was when–not if–Saddam would put his banned weapons programs back on track. (11/1/04)
An election all about values: Once the party of the little guy, the Democratic Party is now more identified with the elites. (10/25/04)
The politics of cynicism: On the subject of our monster budget deficits, neither Bush nor Kerry is playing it straight. (10/18/04)
Substance versus style: Kerry may have won in Miami, but many of his answers simply don't stand up under hard scrutiny. (10/11/04)
Stopping a nuclear nightmare: We must do whatever it takes to keep the world's most dangerous weapons secure. (9/27/04)
An opportunity lost: Democrats should be focused on economic inequities. So why all the talk about a 30-year-old war? (9/20/04)
We can win and we will: Yes, terrorists must be eliminated, but we must also root out the causes that fuel their fanaticism. (9/13/04)
Time for a teaching tune-up: Why are we cheating our high school students by teaching a century-old curriculum? (9/6/04)
A little matter of substance: John Kerry needs to tell us a lot more about his ideas on war and terrorism if he is to win our votes. (8/16/04)
The way to make us safer: To stop the terrorists before they strike again, we must isolate any state that offers them succor. (8/9/04)
Comparative advantages: Building a fence is one of the most civilized ways in which nations can defend themselves. (8/2/04)
Looking evil right in the eye: There can be no payoff for the radical Islamists bent on waging war against us–only payback. (7/19/04)
Life in the rearview mirror: Bill Clinton's extended journey down Memory Lane is, sadly, not without its share of potholes. (7/12/04)
Why he meant so much to us: Ronald Reagan restored America's pride and confidence and, in the process, remade a world. (6/21/04)
In for the grim long haul: Eliminating the terrorist threat is the objective, but it won't be accomplished easily–or quickly. (6/14/04)
Numbers that just plain sing: A surging economy could change the shape of nearly everything by November. (6/7/04)
Grading the Brown decision: The issue is not forcing integration but equalizing education and improving quality. (5/31/04)
A bit of perspective, please: Yes, the Abu Ghraib photos are terrible, but most Arabs know what our values really are. (5/24/04)
An intolerable free ride: When it comes to taxes, American corporations are getting away with murder. (5/17/04)
A hero's parting message: What Pat Tillman's tragic death tells us about patriotism–and what it means to be an American. (5/10/04)
A wall–and a way forward: With George W. Bush's support, Ariel Sharon's historic peace plan has a real chance of success. (5/3/04)
A tangled web, unraveled: How a critical aid program for Iraq was undermined by greed and cynical insider deals. (4/26/04)
The high price of hindsight: Attacking Iraq was critical to the war on terrorism because of Baghdad's hostility to the West. (4/19/04)
Some really bad gas pains: The global energy crisis will not be solved without some serious creativity and sacrifice. (4/12/04)
The old protectionist dodge: We have lost jobs overseas before. But we've always been able to replace them with better ones. (3/22/04)
America's high anxiety: Instead of looking ahead to a brighter future, many families worry about falling behind. (3/15/04)
A truly cruel college squeeze: Obtaining a degree has never been more important, and the cost has never been so exorbitant. (3/8/04)
Building a freedom fence: Conflict management, not conflict resolution, is the only real option for Israel and Palestine. (2/23/04)
Fixing what's broken: Retooling our intelligence services to prevent mistakes like the one we made in Iraq is critical. (2/16/04)
The case of the missing jobs: As a nation, we may ultimately have to accept jobless economic growth as a fact of life. (2/9/04)
Guns, butter, and hubris: Washington's heedless fiscal policies are mortgaging our children's future. (2/2/04)
Learning to live with others: President Bush's new immigration plan gives hope to millions and deals with a tough reality. (1/26/04)
Policing the corporate suites: Abuses by CEOs eroded confidence in capitalism. Such outrages must never happen again. (1/19/04)
Trifles, pearls, and musings: What some of our more notables and quotables might have said, had they thought of it. (1/12/04)
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