Mission Unilateralism Mission Unilateralism
The Bush administration's abandonment of the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty was a win for Rumsfeld's Defense Department—but it could be an obstacle for the State Depar...
Dec 20, 2001 / The Editors
A Teflon Correspondent A Teflon Correspondent
John Stossel has high Q-ratings, so he doesn't have to worry about the rules.
Dec 20, 2001 / Feature / Mark Dowie
Food Fight Food Fight
Organic farming critic Dennis Avery is supported by generous contributions from several chemical companies, all of whom profit from the sale of products prohibited in organic produ...
Dec 20, 2001 / Feature / Mark Dowie
Age of Innocence Age of Innocence
Norman Rockwell's ouevre is deceptively simple—the self-proclaimed 'illustrator' had more depth than he's credited for.
Dec 20, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto
Dems Pray for DeLay Dems Pray for DeLay
Republican majority leader Dick Armey announced that he will retire from Congress, and Democrats are hoping that Tom DeLay will replace him.
Dec 20, 2001 / David Corn
You Mean, We Won Something? You Mean, We Won Something?
With developments in the Mumia Abu-Jamal case and Pacifica's re-emergence, the left has a couple of victories under its belt; the Enron scandal develops further.
Dec 20, 2001 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Something Old, Something New Something Old, Something New
Media policy need to change in the digital age—but how?
Dec 20, 2001 / Feature / Jeffrey Chester and Gary O. Larson
AIDS: Another World War AIDS: Another World War
The war on terror is threatening to overshadow a far more deadly threat—the AIDS epidemic.
Dec 20, 2001 / Salih Booker
Idiocy Watch: The New Republic Idiocy Watch: The New Republic
The New Republic strains credibility with its 'Idiocy Watch'—it might want to keep itself in its sights.
Dec 20, 2001 / Column / Eric Alterman
Forever Forever
for Donald Revell Even Death won't hide the poor fugitive forever; on Doomsday he will learn he must live forever. Is that nectar the cry of the desert prophets? See angels pour the Word through a sieve forever. On the gibbet Hallaj cried I Am the Truth. In this universe one dies a plaintive forever. When parents fall in love with those blond assassins, their children sign up for Western Civ forever. With a brief note he quit the Dead Letter Office-- O World, they've lost Bartleby's missive forever. Am I some Sinai, Moses, for lightning to char? See me solarized, in negative forever. In the heart's wild space lies the space of wilderness. What won't one lose, what home one won't give forever! A perfect stranger, he greeted herself in joy-- Not to be Tom, how lovely--she said--I'm Viv forever! Jamshed, inventor of wine, saw the world in his cup. Drink, cried his courtiers, for he won't live forever. He lives by his wits, wears blue all day, stars all night. Who would have guessed God would be a spiv forever? Will the Enemy smile as I pass him on the street? I'm still searching for someone to forgive forever. As landscapes rise like smoke from their eyes, the blind hear God swear by the fig and the olive forever. The Hangman washes his hands, puts his son to sleep. But for whom, come dawn, he's decisive forever? Alone in His Cave--His Dance done--He's smeared with ash. The Ganges flows from the head of Shiv forever. You've forgiven everyone, Shahid, even God-- Then how could someone like you not live forever?
Dec 20, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Agha Shahid Ali