Articles

Fight for Survival in NYC Fight for Survival in NYC

Talk about rebuilding New York, and sooner or later someone will pipe up that out of crisis comes opportunity. It depends on where you stand. Right now what poor and working-clas...

Jan 3, 2002 / JoAnn Wypijewski

Rudy Giuliani, Triumphant Rudy Giuliani, Triumphant

So Rudy is the person of the year. We join the world in offering a cheer To him--a man, some thought, was sent by heaven To guide us through the shock of 9/11. At certain tim...

Jan 3, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Tribunal Injustice Tribunal Injustice

The regulations proposed to implement George W. Bush's order establishing military commissions for the trial of "international terrorists" are mere window dressing and will not c...

Jan 3, 2002 / Herman Schwartz

Primary Predicament Primary Predicament

With little public notice and no serious debate inside the party, Democratic National Committee chairman Terry McAuliffe and his allies have hatched a plan to radically alter the...

Jan 3, 2002 / John Nichols

In This Corner… In This Corner…

Scattered chunks of films littered the theaters this holiday season. Except for The Royal Tenenbaums, which I've told you about, there wasn't a whole movie to be found. Or, to sp...

Jan 3, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Letter From Uzbekistan Letter From Uzbekistan

Desperate to be rid of a repressive regime, many turn to militant Islam.

Jan 3, 2002 / Feature / Raffi Khatchadourian

Johnnie Walker Blackened Johnnie Walker Blackened

That would-be martyr John Walker--the mujahid of Marin County--has done something more than give a bad name to my favorite Scotch whiskey. He has illuminated the utter unfitness of...

Jan 3, 2002 / Column / Christopher Hitchens

Artistic Economics Artistic Economics

At work recently, I went to get a ham sandwich from the university cafeteria. I discovered, to my vocal dismay, that the well-loved food counter offering homemade fare had been t...

Jan 3, 2002 / Books & the Arts / David Hawkes

Plumping for Pinochet Plumping for Pinochet

Why in 1973 did Chile's democracy, long considered the crown jewel of Latin America, turn into Augusto Pinochet's murderous regime? Why did the United States, which helped Pinoch...

Jan 3, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Greg Grandin

Morocco’s Dirty War Morocco’s Dirty War

One country that has escaped the current scrutiny of US backing for Arab dictatorships is Morocco, in part because its human rights situation has improved over the past decade. B...

Jan 3, 2002 / Eric Goldstein

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