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The Most Patriotic Act The Most Patriotic Act
The drumbeat now begins, as it always does in time of war: We must accept limitations on our liberties. The FBI and CIA should be “unleashed” in the name of national se…
Sep 20, 2001 / Feature / Eric Foner
To the Oracle at Delphi To the Oracle at Delphi
Great Oracle,why are you staring at me, do I baffle you, do I make you despair? I, Americus, the American, wrought from the dark in my mother long ago, from the dark of ancien...
Sep 20, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Lawrence Ferlinghetti
A Just Response A Just Response
We must act effectively but within a framework of moral and legal restraints.
Sep 20, 2001 / Feature / Richard Falk
Justice, Not Vengeance Justice, Not Vengeance
The atrocious attacks on the World Trade Center were massive crimes against humanity in both a real-world sense and in a technical legal sense, as Richard Falk reminds us. As such...
Sep 20, 2001 / The Editors
Nation Notes Nation Notes
The Nation's phone and e-mail were disrupted as a result of the World Trade Center attacks. We are grateful to Public Interest Network Services for advice and technical support en...
Sep 20, 2001 / The Editors
Barbara Lee’s Stand Barbara Lee’s Stand
When Congress voted to authorize the Bush Administration to use military force in response to the September 11 terror attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, Represent...
Sep 20, 2001 / The Editors
The Democrats’ Dilemma The Democrats’ Dilemma
So long, politics? As George W. Bush mounted Operation Noble Eagle, Republicans and Democrats found little over which to disagree. In the days after the September 11 terror attack...
Sep 20, 2001 / David Corn
A Matter of Rights A Matter of Rights
Nothing tests our commitment to principle like terrorism. Before September 11, America banned assassinations of foreign leaders; now the Administration is considering abandoning t...
Sep 20, 2001 / David Cole
The Uses of Adversity The Uses of Adversity
Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head; And this our life, exempt from public haunt, Finds tongues i...
Sep 20, 2001 / Column / Eric Alterman
Dust-up in the Dustbowl Dust-up in the Dustbowl
Oklahoma pushes yet again for 'right to work' legislation.
Sep 20, 2001 / Feature / John Nichols