Special Rights for the Godly? Special Rights for the Godly?
Let's say I'm a Jehovah's Witness, and I get a job in an understaffed emergency room where, following the dictates of my conscience, I refuse to assist with blood transfusions ...
Jun 6, 2002 / Column / Katha Pollitt
‘Blue Clear Down’ ‘Blue Clear Down’
Late in her life, Lorine Niedecker collected several dozen of her poems in handmade books that she gave to three friends. One poem common to all three books is "Who Was Mary Shell...
Jun 6, 2002 / Books & the Arts / John Palattella
Global Rights: The Movies Global Rights: The Movies
As all reputable news outlets assure us, privatization benefits everyone--which is lucky, since these same outlets report that privatization is inevitable. We live out a happy fat...
Jun 6, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Saying No to Nuclear Arms Saying No to Nuclear Arms
Calls for an end to nuclear weapons are growing--including in Washington.
Jun 6, 2002 / Feature / Raffi Khatchadourian
Oslo or Helsinki? Oslo or Helsinki?
The pervasive assumption among nearly all of Oslo's proponents was that the undemocratic nature of Yasser Arafat's regime, far from being an obstacle to peace, was actually a strat...
Jun 6, 2002 / Column / Christopher Hitchens
Sinn Fein Rising Sinn Fein Rising
Sinn Fein, generally known for its historical association with the Irish Republican Army and the peace process, has made a breakthrough in the twenty-six-county Irish Republic by ...
Jun 6, 2002 / Tom Hayden
Life on the Nuclear Edge Life on the Nuclear Edge
In this issue, on the twentieth anniversary of the June 12, 1982, march of a million people in Manhattan's Central Park protesting nuclear arms, we publish an appeal calling on...
Jun 6, 2002 / The Editors
Leash the FBI Leash the FBI
The FBI has come under harsh criticism in recent weeks for its failure to act on information that might have enabled it to thwart the September 11 attacks. Rather than deny the cr...
Jun 6, 2002 / David Cole
What Would Bobby Say? Karl Rove Spins RFK to the Right What Would Bobby Say? Karl Rove Spins RFK to the Right
In Texas, where he managed George W. Bush's political rise, Karl Rove was often referred to as "Bush's brain." In fact, Austin reporters used to note that crazy notions Rove exp...
Jun 6, 2002 / John Nichols