An Open Letter to the Members of Congress An Open Letter to the Members of Congress
On the eve of the October 2002 vote to authorize the overthrow the government of Iraq by military force, a plea to members of Congress to reject Bush's pre-emptive war went unh...
Sep 25, 2002 / The Editors
In Cold Type In Cold Type
In this season's Granta, Fintan O'Toole, an Irish writer, speculates that the enduring appeal of the British monarch is that she makes the British crowd feel good about itself,...
Sep 25, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Amy Wilentz
Haunted Hermitage Haunted Hermitage
While going about their business, great artists often make monkeys of the people who write about them.
Sep 25, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Rethinking the Second Wave Rethinking the Second Wave
A few years ago, an intellectual historian uncovered the story of Betty Friedan's formative years as a Popular Front journalist and activist in the 1940s.
Sep 25, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Nancy MacLean
Sense and Sexibility Sense and Sexibility
In 1967 the world-renowned if somewhat Dickensianly named sexologist John Money was offered a case he couldn't refuse.
Sep 25, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Keith Gessen
Other Voices Other Voices
KGB, CIA, JFK, FYI... Santa Monica, Calif.; Olivebridge, NY
Sep 23, 2002 / Our Readers
Schröder Beats Bush Schröder Beats Bush
The first 2002 election campaign in which George W. Bush's desire to attack Iraq became a major issue did not involve Republicans and Democrats. It was not even held in the United...
Sep 23, 2002 / John Nichols
Bush Stonewalls on Pre-9/ll Knowledge Bush Stonewalls on Pre-9/ll Knowledge
The scene: a hut somewhere near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. Al Qaeda Terrorist Number One: I have good news to report. Al Qaeda Ter...
Sep 20, 2002 / David Corn
What Are They Reading? What Are They Reading?
THE WHITE APPLES. By Jonathan Carroll. Oxford. 384 pp pp. $$24.95.
Sep 19, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Carl Bromley
Perception of Doors Perception of Doors
Tom Waits and others cheer The Doors' drummer, John Densmore, for not selling out to the corporations.
Sep 19, 2002 / Our Readers