Missile Shield or Holy Grail? Missile Shield or Holy Grail?
Nike-Zeus, Nike-X, Sentinel, Safeguard, Star Wars, X-ray lasers, spaced-based neutron particle beams, Brilliant Pebbles, Ground-Based Midcourse National Missile Defense, Midcours...
Jan 10, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Walter C. Uhler
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