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Profiles in Cowardice Profiles in Cowardice

My three favorite media stories in recent weeks were how Bill "Politically Incorrect" Maher kept his job at ABC-TV, how Ann Coulter got herself fired from National Review and how ...

Oct 18, 2001 / Victor Navasky

Earth in the Balance Earth in the Balance

It is life that Joy Williams is after in this book about (at times overwhelmingly or bizarrely) death. Ill Nature means her anger, her attitude, but it really means sick Nature. ...

Oct 18, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Joseph McElroy

Press Watch Press Watch

Since September 11, Thomas Friedman has been in fine form. In his New York Times column, he has composed a letter for George W. Bush to send to Osama bin Laden, urged Vladimir Put...

Oct 18, 2001 / Michael Massing

The Geopolitics of War The Geopolitics of War

Whoever controls Saudi Arabia's oil wields great power over the world economy.

Oct 18, 2001 / Feature / Michael T. Klare

The Devil Made Us Do It The Devil Made Us Do It

"God Diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder," the satirical magazine The Onion has proclaimed, citing "His confusing propensity to alternately reward and punish His creations with little...

Oct 18, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Wendy Kaminer

Wanted: Global Politics Wanted: Global Politics

New types of violence are on the rise, and the only exit route is political.

Oct 18, 2001 / Feature / Mary Kaldor

Court Time for Henry Court Time for Henry

Although it may appear that the aftershocks of September 11 have somewhat deposed the discourse of human rights and international law and replaced it with that of law and order, th...

Oct 18, 2001 / Column / Christopher Hitchens

Respite in a Minor Key Respite in a Minor Key

I would like an unbroken stretch of drizzly weekday afternoons, in a moulting season: nowhere else to go but across the street for bread, and the paper. Later, faces, voices...

Oct 18, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Marilyn Hacker

Mugging the ICC Mugging the ICC

While the United States has spent the past few weeks imploring other countries to cooperate with our war on terrorism, behind the scenes it's apparently retaining an isolationist ...

Oct 18, 2001 / Daphne Eviatar

Peace in Our Time Peace in Our Time

The twin towers had barely toppled before the ubiquitous Henry Kissinger was on TV proclaiming the gravity of the assault and the urgency of American retaliation. The Forrest Gump...

Oct 18, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Carolyn Eisenberg

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