New China Hand New China Hand
Quite recently yet another of Jasper Becker's indispensable dispatches from China appeared in his newspaper, the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post. "Every year," Becker re...
Feb 1, 2001 / Books & the Arts / James North
Path of Least Resistance? Path of Least Resistance?
"Yes, nonviolence is a noble ideal, but do you really think it would stop a Hitler?" Or a street thug, a dictator, a death squad? Pacifists are long accustomed to these...
Feb 1, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Colman McCarthy
In Fact… In Fact…
NAME THE PRESIDENT CONTEST Face it: Just saying the words President Bush causes many of our readers to gag. Typical is Lois Phillips Hudson, who writes: "Though I might mumble t...
Feb 1, 2001 / The Editors
Wiesel Words Wiesel Words
Is there a more contemptible poseur and windbag than Elie Wiesel? I suppose there may be. But not, surely, a poseur and windbag who receives (and takes as his due) such grotesque d...
Feb 1, 2001 / Column / Christopher Hitchens
Dear Alan: Butt Out Dear Alan: Butt Out
Political cross-dressing by the Democrats ended on January 25 in Washington when their erstwhile conservative patron, Alan Greenspan, abruptly jilted them. Under Bill Clinton's t...
Feb 1, 2001 / The Editors
Soul to Seoul Soul to Seoul
In our retrograde era, "the personal is political" might better be put "politics sure messes up progressive lives." This past December, just after the Supreme Court completed the...
Feb 1, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Micaela di Leonardo
‘Bonjour, Jean’ ‘Bonjour, Jean’
Michèle Montas, widow of journalist Jean Dominique, wants justice in Haiti.
Feb 1, 2001 / Feature / Edwidge Danticat
The Emperor’s Old Clothes The Emperor’s Old Clothes
Bush's national security advisers aren't up to the tasks before them.
Feb 1, 2001 / Feature / Bruce Cumings
Letter From Manila Letter From Manila
Estrada is gone, but corruption remains.
Feb 1, 2001 / Feature / Walden Bello
The Great Florida Recount The Great Florida Recount
The great Florida recount is under way.
Jan 31, 2001 / Feature / David Corn