A Matter of Rights A Matter of Rights
Nothing tests our commitment to principle like terrorism. Before September 11, America banned assassinations of foreign leaders; now the Administration is considering abandoning t...
Sep 20, 2001 / David Cole
Movin’ on Up with the Federalist Society Movin’ on Up with the Federalist Society
How the right rears its young lawyers.
Policing the Color Line Policing the Color Line
Two books on modern policing and the racial dynamics that go with it.
Sep 13, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Christian Parenti
Drug War on Trial Drug War on Trial
'Following the Money' can prove devastating to critics of the illegal trade.
Sep 6, 2001 / Feature / Mark Schapiro
The Sultan’s Brother Does a Service to Humanity The Sultan’s Brother Does a Service to Humanity
The brother of the Sultan of Brunei Set out to see how much a guy could buy, And fifteen billion's what he finally spent Before the sultan voiced some discontent. The guilt o...
Aug 23, 2001 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Impeach the Supremes Impeach the Supremes
Not every citizen has accepted the Court's momentous presidential decision.
Aug 9, 2001 / David Sarasohn
Dead Reckoning Dead Reckoning
A world effort to force an end to the US death penalty is gaining strength.
Jul 27, 2001 / Feature / Bruce Shapiro
Plan Colombia Broadens Plan Colombia Broadens
These days, the buzz on Capitol Hill seems loudest about Gary Condit.
Jul 17, 2001 / Feature / Jason Vest
Death on the Installment Plan Death on the Installment Plan
In Terre Haute, the effects of one execution are only the beginning.
Jul 12, 2001 / Feature / Jonathan Shainin
Scalia’s Kind of Privacy Scalia’s Kind of Privacy
One of the most surprising decisions of the Supreme Court term just concluded was Justice Antonin Scalia's ruling in favor of a criminal defendant who claimed that a thermal imagi...
Jul 12, 2001 / David Cole