Against Rationalization Against Rationalization
It was in Peshawar, on the Pakistan-Afghanistan frontier, as the Red Army was falling apart and falling back. I badly needed a guide to get me to the Khyber Pass, and I decided tha…
Sep 20, 2001 / Column / Christopher Hitchens
Bush and bin Laden Bush and bin Laden
America must pursue the culprits while cultivating allies in the Muslim world.
Sep 20, 2001 / Feature / Dilip Hiro
Toward a Global New Deal Toward a Global New Deal
At the close of every great and violent social conflict comes due a bill of rights. Following the barbarism of World War II, the United Nations' 1948 Universal Declaration of Huma...
Sep 20, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Greg Grandin
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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