Questions for Ashcroft Questions for Ashcroft
As the Senate begins its hearings on the nomination of John Ashcroft as Attorney General, it is important to focus on the different roles that his office plays in the administrati...
Jul 9, 2001 / Leon Friedman
The ‘Scalia Five’: An Exchange The ‘Scalia Five’: An Exchange
The 'Scalia Five': An Exchange As expected, we were deluged with letters regardi
Jul 5, 2001 / Kevin A. Vaillancourt, Kenneth Salottolo, John Chilcott, Shirley Lindquist, Joel Collier, and Lauretta Lange
DynCorp’s Drug Problem DynCorp’s Drug Problem
Could the State Department's antidrug contractors in South America possibly be dabbling in narcotics trafficking?
Jul 3, 2001 / Feature / Jason Vest
GMO? Hell No! GMO? Hell No!
GMO? Hell No! We knew that Danny Kohl's "GM Foods--Another View" [April 16], on genetically modified organism (GMO) technology used in food production, would provoke...
Jun 28, 2001 / Danny Kohl and Our Readers
Death and Texas Death and Texas
The state's justice system crushes poor people like Ernestina Rodriguez.
Jun 28, 2001 / Feature / JoAnn Wypijewski
Beyond the Village Pale Beyond the Village Pale
The United States has one of the highest rates of intrafamilial violence of any nation in the world. As a statistical composite, we Americans are a nation of grieving adults and ...
Jun 28, 2001 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
A New, Simpler Analysis of the Recent Bush-Putin Summit A New, Simpler Analysis of the Recent Bush-Putin Summit
Bush and Putin talk together, To each other's charms succumb. Bush thinks Putin can be trusted. Putin thinks that Bush is dumb. Bush and Putin end their meeting, Smile...
Jun 28, 2001 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Open Letter to Left-Wing Magazines, Including Us Open Letter to Left-Wing Magazines, Including Us
The census makes clear about Latinos what many of us have known for a long time: The power of culture and character is now reinforced by demographics. From a small minority strugg...
Jun 28, 2001 / Earl Shorris
Cold War Ghosts Cold War Ghosts
When the New York Times Op-Ed page called and asked whether I thought the death of Gus Hall, the perennial US Communist Party candidate for President who served time for "conspir...
Jun 28, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Victor Navasky