Is That All There Is? Is That All There Is?
It's hard to resist the misery of V.S. Naipaul's late fiction, hard not to surrender to its bleak and wary authority.
Dec 9, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Michael Wood
Taking Liberties Taking Liberties
Attorney General John Ashcroft has never been one to hide his anger under a bushel.
Dec 2, 2004 / David Cole
Lost in America Lost in America
In no literature in the world has the immigrant novel been more varied, more original, more persistent than in ours--and this for the most obvious of reasons.
Nov 24, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Vivian Gornick
Cultivating Opium, Not Democracy Cultivating Opium, Not Democracy
Afghanistan's crop "has spread like wildfire."
Nov 23, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer
On the Appointment of Alberto Gonzales as Attorney General On the Appointment of Alberto Gonzales as Attorney General
The AG's to be one Alberto Gonzales-- Dependable, actually loyal über alles. Though we can't say "Viva!" For him on Geneva (Conventions he'd treat
Nov 18, 2004 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Taking Liberties Taking Liberties
Click here for info on how you can help oppose Gonzalez's nomination.
Nov 18, 2004 / David Cole
Ashcroft and After Ashcroft and After
Where will we be without John Ashcroft, his German shepherd's mug and fanatic's heart?
Nov 11, 2004 / The Editors
Voting Blocks Voting Blocks
Six more days till the election. As of this writing (October 27), nothing is certain. The election polls are bouncing around like yo-yos.
Oct 28, 2004 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Taking Liberties Taking Liberties
As I write, several days before the election, Congress's last-minute effort to enact the 9/11 Commission's recommendations appears to have stalled, largely because of disagreemen...
Oct 28, 2004 / David Cole