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Reason
April 2005
Steven Vincent |
Ancient Treasures for Sale Do antique dealers preserve the past or steal it? Such is the allure of ancient treasures that, since the 1970s, this relationship has spawned global treaties, inflamed Third World nationalism, created a secretive Washington bureaucracy, and triggered federal prosecutions.   |
BusinessWeek
March 10, 2011
Vernon Silver |
Egypt Is Looted, and Curators Balk Thefts of artifacts from Cairo's Egyptian Museum revive the debate over the repatriation of ancient art. |
CIO
August 1, 2003
Ted Smalley Bowen |
IT Aids Search for Looted Art The looting of Iraq's museums and archaeological sites has raised the profile of stolen art trafficking. Digital tools are playing an increasing role in combating the trade, but they are no silver bullet. |
Scientific American
December 2008
Peter Brown |
Digging Ancient Iraq: How Mesopotamia Has Weathered the War How badly damaged are the archaeological remains of ancient Mesopotamia? |
Science News
March 28, 2009
Janet Raloff |
Treaty On Antiquities Hinders Access For Museums by James Cuno James Cuno describes how the United Nations treaty to prevent looting of archeology sites has affected researchers and scientists. |
Salon.com
May 11, 2002
Katharine Mieszkowski |
Hey, mister -- wanna buy a 4,000-year-old cuneiform tablet for $10? Iraq's economic collapse means the oldest writing in the world can be bought for a song on eBay -- and has scholars racing to digitize Sumerian artifacts before they become paperweights... |
Salon.com
March 20, 2002
Hadani Ditmars |
Denis Halliday The former head of the U.N.'s humanitarian program in Iraq says an American invasion would be an international crime -- and would make the U.S. even less safe... |
Reason
June 2006 |
Three Views on Iraq, Three Years Later In May 2003 George W. Bush declared "mission accomplished" in Iraq. A trio of analysts debates the current state of the region: Why I Supported the Iraq War... You Can't Bring Order to the Middle East... Six Facts About Iraq... |
Reason
February 2003
Charles Paul Freund |
Artifact: Loot Box This plain-looking limestone box carries the Aramaic inscription, "James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus." The 20-inch-long box, which once held bones, appears to date from the first century A.D., and may well refer to Jesus of Nazareth. |
D-Lib
May 2004
Jeanette Zerneke |
D-Lib Featured Collection May 2004: ECAI Iraq Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative (ECAI) constructed a website to bring together the available digital cultural heritage resources on Iraq, that covers a 10,000-year period of history, and includes profiles of 70 major historic sites and 50 empires and eras. |
Parameters
Autumn 2008
William Mcdonough |
Time for a New Strategy The Surge Strategy proposed by George W. Bush in 2007 has accomplished the majority of its goals and now is the time to significantly reduce the US presence in Iraq. |
Reason
January 2003
Mueller & Lindsey |
Should We Invade Iraq? A debate |
Salon.com
December 20, 2001
Asla Aydintasbas |
The midnight ride of James Woolsey The former CIA director presents himself as the Paul Revere of the terrorism age, trying to waken America to its greatest threat -- Saddam Hussein. Should we be listening? |
Reason
August 2003
Charles Paul Freund |
Vase Deferens Here's the 5,000-year-old Warka Vase; it was missing from Iraq's National Museum when Baghdad fell, but was returned in June by three men who had it in the trunk of their car. |
Parameters
November 2004
Franklin Eric Wester |
Preemption and Just War: Considering the Case of Iraq This article demonstrates that the use of military force by the Bush Administration against the regime of Saddam Hussein does not meet the ethical criteria for "preemptive war" set forth in the classical Just War tradition. |
Reason
March 2004
Steven Vincent |
Faith, Shame, and Insurgency After visiting Iraq, the author still supports the war -- even more so, in fact. But he is less optimistic now. |
National Defense
October 2004
Joe Pappalardo |
U.S. Moves to Rearm Iraq The U.S. government--following an extended delay--is aggressively moving to train and equip Iraqi security forces to provide for the internal and external defense of that war torn nation. |
Salon.com
June 18, 2002
Laura Miller |
Before Baghdad burns The author of a new book on Iraq cautions that a U.S. invasion to get rid of Saddam Hussein could be even more dangerous than his weapons of mass destruction. |
Salon.com
February 7, 2001
Laura Miller |
King David was a nebbish And Exodus never happened and the walls of Jericho did not come a-tumbling down. How archaeologists are shaking Israel to its biblical foundations... |
ifeminists
February 11, 2003
Wendy McElroy |
Iraqi Women Brutalized by Saddam Before and after Sept. 11, politically correct feminists crusaded for Afghan women oppressed by the Taliban. By contrast, little outrage has been expressed over the treatment of Iraqi women under Saddam Hussein. |
Salon.com
September 6, 2002
Asla Aydintasbas |
The Kurdish dilemma Barham Salih, prime minister of Northern Iraq's Kurdistan regional government, talks about the recent attempt on his life, why he wants a regime change in Baghdad and what should happen in the days after Saddam is deposed. |
BusinessWeek
September 26, 2005
Mara Der Hovanesian |
Antiquities To Grow Old With As new controls on illicit trading bite, the interest in ancient art treasures is on the rise - and so are the prices |
Salon.com
October 16, 2002
Katharine Mieszkowski |
Hunting Nazi art online Coming to an Internet portal near you: Art treasures seized by Hitler's minions in World War II. American museums now think that the Web can help in their attempt to uncover the Nazi loot that may still be hanging on their walls. |
Salon.com
March 9, 2001
Ben Barber |
Colin Powell veers right After conservative critics chastise him for softening sanctions against Iraq, the secretary of state hardens his line... |
D-Lib
September 2002 |
Australian Museums & Galleries Online Australian Museums & Galleries Online serves as a portal to Australia's cultural heritage, providing a single web site entry point to a large percentage of Australia's museums and galleries, as well as preserving and promoting Australia's cultural identity worldwide. |
Reason
March 2002
Matt Welch |
The Politics of Dead Children Have U.S. sanctions against Iraq murdered millions? |
Salon.com
January 18, 2001
Vivienne Walt |
Saddam won't die Ten years after the Gulf War, the Iraqi leader is stronger than ever... |
TIME Asia
May 16, 2011
Hannah Beech |
Party Piece After a long, $380 million refurbishment, China's National Museum fully reopened in April. It is now the biggest in the world, with 1.05 million cultural relics spread over 192,000 sq m of floor space |
Reason
April 2006
Michael Young |
How Did Iraq Go Wrong? In The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq, by George Packer, liberal hawks blame incompetence but sidestep American narcissism. |
BusinessWeek
April 26, 2004
Bruce Nussbaum |
It's Time To Shelve The Rumsfeld Doctrine Denial is rampant in Washington. There is denial that intelligence mistakes were made in the months and years before September 11. There is denial that foreign policy mistakes were made in the runup to the war in Iraq. |
National Defense
November 2004
Roxana Tiron |
U.S. Takes Step Back, Revisits Rebuilding Plans To recover from serious setbacks in its reconstruction plans for Iraq the United States will need a more flexible strategy. |
BusinessWeek
April 26, 2004
Crock et al. |
A Most Dangerous Moment Can the U.S. restore order -- and engineer a credible transition to Iraqi sovereignty? How many troops are needed, and how many are available? |
Salon.com
August 6, 2002
Robert Scheer |
The Baghdad double-whammy George the Younger sees a chance to boost his sluggish poll ratings and avenge daddy's big political mistake. |
BusinessWeek
October 27, 2003
Stan Crock |
Iraq: A U.N. Deal Still Won't Pay The Bills Given the expected outcome in Madrid, Iraqi participants are likely to walk away disappointed -- not confident in the international community's support. And Washington will have to shoulder the burden in Iraq for much longer than the Bush team had hoped. |
AskMen.com
January 16, 2003
Peter Fueller |
Top 10: Museums Of The World There are thousands of museums around the world, many of which are worth visiting. However, you probably don't want to spend your entire vacation looking through endless collections of paintings and sculptures, created by artists you've never even heard of. You want the famous stuff, right? |
BusinessWeek
September 22, 2003
Walczak & Crock |
Colin Powell: On Iraq, Bush, and His Job Those who gloat at the idea of Bush asking other nations to help rebuild Iraq "better not gloat too soon." There will be plenty of contracts for foreign companies "to get a piece of the action." |
Searcher
Nov/Dec 2004
David Mattison |
Looking for Good Art Part 3: Glorious National Collections With an unimaginable wealth of art digitally accessible and preserved for us and future generations by art history institutions outside the U.S., the international Web of the Western art world is truly one of the most remarkable achievements of our digital age. Here links to directories and guides. |
Salon.com
September 22, 2001
Anthony York |
How big a war? Hawk Paul Wolfowitz wants the U.S. to attack Iraq. Colin Powell doesn't -- and nobody knows who has Bush's ear... |
D-Lib
January 2002
Nuala A. Bennett |
Illinois Digital Cultural Heritage Community Collaborative interactions among libraries, museums and elementary schools... |
BusinessWeek
February 21, 2005 |
Gordon Bell: Computer Connoisseur An interview with the collector of tech memorabilia -- including a vintage calculator worth $10,000 -- who is sharing his treasures with the public. |
BusinessWeek
November 17, 2003
Stanley Reed |
Iraq: Repeating A Painful History The British made many of the same nation-building mistakes in the 1920s as the US is making now in Iraq. |
Salon.com
August 3, 2002
Anthony York |
Crazy like a desert fox Saddam's plea to the U.N. is completely phony. But it could be effective. |
Science News
February 14, 2009
Sid Perkins |
Book Review: Dry Storeroom No. 1: The Secret Life Of The Natural History Museum By Richard Fortey Museums are more than collections of art and artifacts: They're collections of the people who work there. |
U.S. Banker
May 2003
Holly Sraeel |
Global Community? The World Can Only Hope. The free world is compelled to rebuild Iraq, complete with a democratic government, with the Iraqis for the Iraqis. It won't be cheap and, even more, it won't be easy. |
Searcher
September 2004
Dave Mattison |
Looking for Good Art: Web Resources and Image Databases, Part 1 Art images on the Web represent one of the first and last frontiers in terms of pools of knowledge: millions of historic art images served and more to come. Here are links to some of the best Web sites. |
BusinessWeek
June 4, 2007
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
Keeping Your Collection Off eBay A little planning can make a big difference for your heirs and your treasures. |
D-Lib
September 2005 |
Social Terminology Enhancement through Vernacular Engagement: Exploring Collaborative Annotation to Encourage Interaction with Museum Collections Museums have seen an opportunity to move beyond uni-directional communication into an environment that engages their users and reflects a multiplicity of perspectives. |
