Code of Misconduct Code of Misconduct
Michael Ignatieff has written eloquently from some very cruel places--Rwanda, Bosnia, Afghanistan.
Oct 10, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Erika Munk
Fate and Fundamentalism Fate and Fundamentalism
The distinguishing feature of most fundamentalist belief systems is a literal conception of the relation between words and meaning.
Oct 9, 2001 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
The ‘War of the Future’ The ‘War of the Future’
Even before the smoke cleared from the recent US missile attacks we were told to brace ourselves for a newly declared "war on terrorism," the "war of the future." From the lips o...
Oct 9, 2001 / The Editors
Reply to Hitchens’s Rejoinder Reply to Hitchens’s Rejoinder
It is unfortunate that with such serious issues to attend to, Christopher Hitchens insists on wasting time on irrelevant and fanciful diatribes against assorted enemies, the lates...
Oct 5, 2001 / Feature / Noam Chomsky
Kabul’s Health Apartheid Kabul’s Health Apartheid
On September 6, Afghanistan's Taliban extremists ordered all hospitals in the capital city of Kabul to partly or completely suspend medical services to women.
Oct 4, 2001 / Max Block
Kabul’s Patriarchy With Guns Kabul’s Patriarchy With Guns
The capture by Taliban guerrillas of the Afghan capital, Kabul, however short- or long-lived, has come after two years of one of the most obnoxious interventions by one state in t...
Oct 4, 2001 / Feature / Fred Halliday
Letters Letters
WE SHINE FOR ALL Chicago Your magazine remains a beacon of hope for all of us, even those who revile you for your progressive values--because we all lose...
Oct 4, 2001 / Our Readers
Indispensable Indispensable
(An old Nat "King" Cole song, as sung by Rudy "King" Giuliani) Indispensable, that's what I am. I'm an icon now, like Uncle Sam. I'm the rock this town is built up...
Oct 4, 2001 / Column / Calvin Trillin
NYC’s Mayoral Muddle NYC’s Mayoral Muddle
In our August 20 issue we endorsed Mark Green, a lifelong liberal who has been running as a liberal centrist, for mayor of New York City. Two weeks before a runoff election aga...
Oct 4, 2001 / Michael Tomasky
All in the Name of Security All in the Name of Security
The Administration is using September 11 to curtail our civil liberties.
Oct 4, 2001 / Feature / Bruce Shapiro