In Our Orbit In Our Orbit
"Ishall never be able to forget," writes Christopher Hitchens of the poems of the slain Wilfred Owen, "the way in which these verses utterly turned over all the furniture of my mi...
Mar 22, 2001 / Books & the Arts / The Editors
Auschwitz: The Counterlife Auschwitz: The Counterlife
There is a brief but arresting passage in Primo Levi's 1947 classic memoir Survival in Auschwitz (originally titled If This Is a Man) about a French Jewish inmate he identifies...
Mar 22, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Lawrence N. Powell
Gleaners Over Gladiators Gleaners Over Gladiators
During the false calm that descends between the announcement of Oscar nominations and the bad-TV night of their awards, the smug nominees are routinely re-released to a presumably...
Mar 22, 2001 / Books & the Arts / B. Ruby Rich
Hymn Hymn
Sounds that twisted around the room like smoke, bludgeoning, blossoming, where I did not want to find them, but I find them over and over. Father, bless your hair. Bless your hamm...
Mar 22, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Yerra Sugarman
On Bush Breaking His Campaign Pledge To Limit Carbon Dioxide Emissions* On Bush Breaking His Campaign Pledge To Limit Carbon Dioxide Emissions*
Yes, W. once took the view That CO2 is bad for you. He says he's had a turnabout: We make this stuff when breathing out, So dangerous is what it's not. From lobbyists you le...
Mar 22, 2001 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Tweedledee, Indeed Tweedledee, Indeed
My dictionary defines "myopia" as "a lack of discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning." This would have been a pretty good definition of the accusation...
Mar 22, 2001 / Column / Eric Alterman
The Worst Drug Laws The Worst Drug Laws
Adrian Wilson can't make a lobbying trip to Albany anytime soon: The New York State Department of Corrections does not escort its prisoners to the state capital for teach-ins. B...
Mar 22, 2001 / The Editors
Bush’s Global Warmers Bush’s Global Warmers
Four days after the press reported that he was about to cut climate-altering carbon dioxide emissions from power plants, George W. Bush caved in to the Neanderthal wing of the ...
Mar 22, 2001 / Ross Gelbspan
Taking Care of Business Taking Care of Business
The corporate class is flying high in Washington. With George W. Bush--CEO style and all--in the White House and the Republicans controlling Congress, the business community has b...
Mar 15, 2001 / The Editors
In Fact… In Fact…
CAMPAIGN FINANCE UPDATE As the Senate geared up for a debate on the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform bill (McFein for short), which bans soft money, Democratic Senator Rob...
Mar 15, 2001 / The Editors