Articles

Lesson Learned Lesson Learned

Bush says he'd take a thousand whacks Before he'd let the income tax Of all the richest people go back up. Remember Daddy's tax-hike fix. An old dog may not learn new tricks,...

Jan 10, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin

In the Year of Harry Potter, Enter the Dragon In the Year of Harry Potter, Enter the Dragon

Earthsea, Ursula Le Guin's magical world of islands and archipelagoes, is going through a period of intense, uncomfortable social change. The old ways no longer work and the new ...

Jan 10, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Meredith Tax

Rx Needed for Medical Journals Rx Needed for Medical Journals

Drug companies influence research; they also affect what gets published.

Jan 10, 2002 / Feature / Sonia Shah

A New Middle East Approach A New Middle East Approach

It's time for the UN Security Council to impose "externally directed separation."

Jan 10, 2002 / Feature / Jerome M. Segal

Huey Freeman: American Hero Huey Freeman: American Hero

Sure, he's a cartoon character, but it still takes courage to speak out.

Jan 10, 2002 / Feature / John Nichols

Egyptian Justice, US-Style Egyptian Justice, US-Style

President Hosni Mubarak is quite happy that the United States has decided to try civilian terrorist suspects in military courts. For ten years, Egypt has been taking fire from the ...

Jan 10, 2002 / Steve Negus

‘The Light for the Heart’ ‘The Light for the Heart’

The first Arabic music I heard was in its native habitat, while riding on gaudily painted buses through Turkey, Morocco and Syria in the 1960s. Before the drivers thrashed their ...

Jan 10, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Jim Motavalli

Reading Between the Lines Reading Between the Lines

The new education law is a victory for Bush--and for his corporate allies.

Jan 10, 2002 / Feature / Stephen Metcalf

In Fact… In Fact…

ENRON: WHERE DOES THE BUCK STOP? The Justice Department and several Congressional committees are starting to look under the Enron rock. Representative Henry Waxman has been shoo...

Jan 10, 2002 / The Editors

Making Money on Terror Making Money on Terror

Four months after September 11, Osama bin Laden is on the run and the Pentagon is riding high. Our warmaker in chief, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, has been described by t...

Jan 10, 2002 / William D. Hartung

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