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Keeping the Faith Keeping the Faith

That the abused child will defend its parent is no arcane phenomenon of child psychology--hell, we've seen it on Law and Order.

Sep 19, 2002 / Books & the Arts / John Anderson

Web Journalism’s Sticky Pages Web Journalism’s Sticky Pages

Legendary New York Times obit writer Alden Whitman once observed, "Death, the cliché assures us, is the great leveler; but it obviously levels some a great deal more tha...

Sep 19, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Tatiana Siegel

Just Asking… Just Asking…

Shortly after September 11, Dan Rather--or "El Diablo" as he is known to conservatives--appeared on Letterman and announced, "George Bush is the President, he makes the decisio...

Sep 19, 2002 / Column / Eric Alterman

Infallible Justice Infallible Justice

I saw a puzzling banner on the door of a restaurant the other day. It was a flag flanked by two aphorisms: God bless America and America bless God.

Sep 19, 2002 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

An Entire Class of Thieves An Entire Class of Thieves

When Len Bias died of a cocaine overdose back in 1986 Tip O'Neill and Ronald Reagan raced each other to show the world who could punish the poor quickest and hardest.

Sep 19, 2002 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

Police Academy in the Alps Police Academy in the Alps

The tax-supported Marshall Center offers more fun and games than war games.

Sep 19, 2002 / Feature / Ken Silverstein

Nation Notes Nation Notes

Patricia J. Williams returns to our pages this week with a tough analysis of Justice Antonin Scalia's faith-based jurisprudence.

Sep 19, 2002 / The Editors

A Scholarly Analysis of Developments (Including Satellite Photos, A Scholarly Analysis of Developments (Including Satellite Photos,

Osama's split and Wall Street's sagging. It's time to get that puppy wagging.

Sep 19, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Women Move Up Women Move Up

Shannon O'Brien had advantages going into the campaign for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in Massachusetts. As the state treasurer, she'd won a statewide race.

Sep 19, 2002 / John Nichols

Sham Pension Reform Sham Pension Reform

When George W. Bush isn't peddling war, he's been goading the Senate to join the Republican House in passing pension reform.

Sep 19, 2002 / Robert L. Borosage

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