One Problem One Problem
Yes, jury trials in public are a right, Says Cheney. Then he says that in this fight No terrorist deserves that sort of trial, Though otherwise it's certainly our style. Without a trial, though, how do we decide To whom this definition is applied? We grab a guy, but is the guy we've got An undeserving terrorist or not?
Nov 29, 2001 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Alien’s Law Alien’s Law
Noncitizens in the United States face an increasingly harsh Ashcroft-run Justice Department.
Nov 29, 2001 / Bruce Shapiro
Jazzing Politics Jazzing Politics
Don Byron and Dave Douglas put the political back into jazz.
Nov 29, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Gene Santoro
After the Taliban After the Taliban
Laura Bush might put on a good face for women's rights in Afghanistan, but her husband's handwork works against women in other places.
Nov 29, 2001 / Column / Katha Pollitt
In Our Orbit In Our Orbit
Reviews of Grace Schulman's The Paintings of Our Lives and Stephen F. Cohen's Failed Crusade.
Nov 29, 2001 / Books & the Arts / The Editors
Can Patriotism Be Compassionate? Can Patriotism Be Compassionate?
Moral concern begins with the local, but shouldn't stop there.
Nov 29, 2001 / Feature / Martha C. Nussbaum
Press Watch Press Watch
The Times fans the flames of public fear around the anthrax attacks.
Nov 29, 2001 / Michael Massing
Marketplace of Ideas or Tag Sale? Marketplace of Ideas or Tag Sale?
A review of Lawrence Lessig's The Future of Ideas: The Fate of the Commons in the Connected World.
Nov 29, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Steven Johnson
The Ends of War The Ends of War
Now that the Taliban regime has fallen in Afghanistan, that group's leaders can face fair and open trials for their crimes against humanity.
Nov 29, 2001 / Column / Christopher Hitchens
Students Wrestle With War Students Wrestle With War
Embattled campus activists hone their message about the crisis in Afghanistan.
Nov 29, 2001 / Feature / Liza Featherstone