Judging the Wise Guys Judging the Wise Guys
It's that time of the decade again; time to ask the time-honored question, "Whither the Public Intellectual?" We did it in the 1980s when Russell Jacoby first published his still...
Jan 10, 2002 / Column / Eric Alterman
Not All, Only a Few Return Not All, Only a Few Return
(after Ghalib) Just a few return from dust, disguised as roses. What hopes the earth forever covers, what faces? I too could recall moonlit roofs, those nigh...
Jan 10, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Agha Shahid Ali
Let Down His Rich Pals? Over His Dead Body Let Down His Rich Pals? Over His Dead Body
Talk about the politics of class struggle. George W. Bush now is apparently willing to give his life to make the rich richer.
Jan 10, 2002 / Column / Robert Scheer
Tattletales for an Open Society Tattletales for an Open Society
"Former Yankee virtues, common sense, scepticism if not suspicion of authority, a belief in the mastery of the future, have been driven underground.
Jan 10, 2002 / Various Contributors
Tattletales for an Open Society Tattletales for an Open Society
Read Senator Joe Lieberman's letter to ACTA. Read comments from other new members of Tattletales for an Open Society. Read Eric Scigliano's Naming-and un-naming-Names.
Jan 9, 2002 / Martin J. Sherwin
Killing Sanctions in Iraq Killing Sanctions in Iraq
Killing Sanctions in Iraq Killing Sanctions in Iraq New Haven, Conn. David Cortright's "A Hard Look at Iraq Sanctions" [Dec. 3] was a slick attempt to defend...
Jan 3, 2002 / David Cortright and Our Readers
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