Letters Letters
'CREEPS' ON PARADE Lakeview, Ore. Wonderful to read David Corn on the return of all the creeps from contra ["Iran/Contra Rehab," March 11]. As a combat vet...
Mar 21, 2002 / Our Readers
Contractions Contractions
It all began with a missing sheet of homework. "Contractions," my son had written very clearly in his assignment log. "What's this?" I asked when he announced he'd finished every...
Mar 21, 2002 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
In Cold Type In Cold Type
The new Daedalus is out. I have to admit to having not read Daedalus with much fervor in the past, say, fifteen years (well, if ever, to be honest), but I was curious about the ve...
Mar 21, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Amy Wilentz
2002 Remake of Boys’ Town 2002 Remake of Boys’ Town
He ain't heavy, Father, he's my brother. I can take him by myself from here. Also, after what we've all been reading, We don't like to have you priests too near.
Mar 21, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Thunderstruck on the Right Thunderstruck on the Right
My sister-in-law, a historian and researcher in alternative medicine, once told me of a doctoral dissertation she'd happened across in which the writer interviewed a number of com...
Mar 21, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Michael Tomasky
Feeding the Hungry Feeding the Hungry
When Bill Clinton signed the welfare overhaul in 1996, he and his supporters promised that its problems could be fixed later. One problem at the top of the list was the bill's sav...
Mar 21, 2002 / David Sarasohn
The Migrant’s Story The Migrant’s Story
A Mexican migrant acquaintance once told me that he'd love the opportunity to brief Congress on immigration policy. Let us imagine him now, walking into the hallowed chamber, dress...
Mar 21, 2002 / Rubén Martinez
In Fact… In Fact…
In Fact... UNSKEWING THE FEDERAL COURTS The Senate Judiciary Committee's 10-to-9 rejection of Mississippi Federal Judge Charles Pickering for the Court of Appeals for the Fifth C...
Mar 21, 2002 / The Editors
Steeling Elections Steeling Elections
In early March, the Bush Administration adopted a policy that the steel industry as well as the United Steelworkers of America (USWA) have long been agitating for--tariffs on stee...
Mar 21, 2002 / Doug Henwood
Star Wars Unbound Star Wars Unbound
The Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency is on the verge of getting a sweetheart deal that is beyond the wildest dreams of even the craftiest Enron executive. If Secretary of Defense...
Mar 21, 2002 / William D. Hartung