Respectfully Yours Respectfully Yours
Richard Sennett is best known in the United States for his 1972 book (written with Jonathan Cobb), The Hidden Injuries of Class. That study of white working-class men, how they...
Mar 27, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Linda Gordon
A Stone Unturned A Stone Unturned
Someone once described Graham Greene as the novelist of decolonizing Britain.
Mar 27, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Patrick Smith
The Tragedy of William O. Douglas The Tragedy of William O. Douglas
William O. Douglas was a judicial record-setter.
Mar 27, 2003 / Books & the Arts / David J. Garrow
To the Unfinished To the Unfinished
Clear eminence without whom I would be nothing oh great provision never seen barely acknowledged even wished away
Mar 27, 2003 / Books & the Arts / W.S. Merwin
Letter to America Letter to America
Dear America: This is a difficult letter to write, because I'm no longer sure who you are. Some of you may be having the same trouble.
Mar 27, 2003 / Feature / Margaret Atwood
Dispatch From Germany Dispatch From Germany
I came across a sign the other day, inelegantly scrawled on cardboard and stuck to a telephone pole. It read Fuck Bush.
Mar 27, 2003 / Feature / Paul Hockenos
Dispatch From Mexico Dispatch From Mexico
"We have come to give flowers instead of missiles," a flower producer repeated, as he gave roses to the passers-by in the main square of Mexico City on Friday morning, hours af...
Mar 27, 2003 / Feature / Tania Molina Ramírez
Dispatch From India Dispatch From India
The Indian public has long been suspicious of the US arguments for military action against Iraq and the legitimacy of any "regime change" executed by a superpower with imperial...
Mar 27, 2003 / Feature / Praful Bidwai
Dispatch From Nigeria Dispatch From Nigeria
The gym is the last place to look for an impassioned discussion of global politics in Nigeria, a country that is currently pre-occupied with gasoline scarcity, rising political...
Mar 27, 2003 / Feature / Waziri Adio
Dispatch From Egypt Dispatch From Egypt
My neighbor, who like many Egyptians prefers not to see his name in print, asked me about my nationality the morning the war broke out. "French?" he inquired hopefully. America...
Mar 27, 2003 / Feature / Steve Negus