Society

Target: George Soros Target: George Soros

To declare oneself an unapologetic liberal in mainstream political debate these days is to invite abuse.

Dec 11, 2003 / Column / Eric Alterman

Who Needs Christmas? They Do! Who Needs Christmas? They Do!

When did Christmas shopping become a patriotic duty, the contemporary equivalent of collecting tin cans in World War II?

Dec 11, 2003 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Rosenbaum Inquisition Rosenbaum Inquisition

In 2002, Republicans on a House Judiciary subcommittee trained their sights on an unlikely target: conservative Judge James Rosenbaum, Chief Judge of the US District Court for th...

Dec 11, 2003 / David Rubenstein

Facing the Human Rights Abyss Facing the Human Rights Abyss

A report on the state of global human rights.

Dec 10, 2003 / Feature / Roger Normand

Abortion Distortion Abortion Distortion

Lawmakers who passed the so-called partial birth abortion ban are far removed from women's lives.

Dec 8, 2003 / Feature / Rebecca Ayrey

Protesting to Protect the Constitution Protesting to Protect the Constitution

Three states (Alaska, Arizona and Hawaii) and 219 cities, towns and counties have passed anti-Patriot Act resolutions, ordinances or ballot initiatives. Hundreds more are in prog...

Dec 4, 2003 / The Nation

Occupational Hazards Occupational Hazards

One of the greatest paradoxes of the modern era is the relationship between science and rationalism.

Dec 4, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Omer Bartov

Letter From South Carolina Letter From South Carolina

Shortly after Strom Thurmond died, the flags at the South Carolina Statehouse in Columbia were lowered to half-staff. Every flag except one, that is.

Dec 4, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Paul Wachter

In Defense of the Law of Return In Defense of the Law of Return

It is Israel's compensatory response to the truth of Jewish experience.

Dec 4, 2003 / Feature / Letty Cottin Pogrebin

Bush’s Religious Language Bush’s Religious Language

George W. Bush began to take part in a Bible study group in 1985, after two decades of binge drinking. For two years he studied the Scriptures and put his heavy drinking behind h...

Dec 4, 2003 / Juan Stam

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