On the Secret ‘Rendition’ of Terror Suspects to Countries Known to Use Torture On the Secret ‘Rendition’ of Terror Suspects to Countries Known to Use Torture
As Jesus said to render unto Caesar A portion of thy grain or of thy stock, Our policy's to render unto Caesar In hopes that he'll apply electric shock.
Mar 10, 2005 / Column / Calvin Trillin
From the Publisher From the Publisher
Masthead watchers will note that with this issue I have dropped the editorial director half of my title. This change is recognition of a happy reality.
Mar 10, 2005 / The Nation
In the Park With Christo In the Park With Christo
From everywhere people flocked to New York City to experience the extraordinary installation in Central Park by the environmental artists Christo and his wife, Jeanne-Claude.
Mar 10, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Roberta Brandes Gratz and Stephen A. Goldsmith
Darfur and Development Darfur and Development
The recent United Nations Commission of Inquiry's report on Darfur may be right or wrong in claiming that the atrocities committed in the region do not amount to genocide.
Mar 10, 2005 / Fatin Abbas
Cedar or Sapling? Cedar or Sapling?
Ever since a massive bomb killed former prime minister Rafik Hariri on February 14, downtown Beirut has evolved into a solemn carnival, halfway between a wake and a rave.
Mar 10, 2005 / Annia Ciezadlo
Democracy’s Dilemmas Democracy’s Dilemmas
In what is being called the "cedar revolution," demonstrators in Beirut brought down the pro-Syrian government at the end of February and forced Damascus to announce the withdr...
Mar 10, 2005 / The Editors
Can Democracy Survive Bush’s Embrace? Can Democracy Survive Bush’s Embrace?
It started off as a joke and has now become vaguely serious: the idea that Bono might be named president of the World Bank.
Mar 10, 2005 / Column / Naomi Klein
Anti-Semite? Self-Hating Jew? Moi? Anti-Semite? Self-Hating Jew? Moi?
That the Boston Globe is a great newspaper can be in no doubt, as its brave (though flawed) reporting on sexual abuse in the Catholic Church has recently demonstrated.
Mar 10, 2005 / Column / Eric Alterman
Grim Fairy Tales Grim Fairy Tales
It seemed too bizarre to be anything but apocryphal, but, hey, I heard it on NPR: William Poole, a high school junior from Kentucky, was taken into custody and charged with threa...
Mar 10, 2005 / Column / Patricia J. Williams