Society

More Danger in Sniper Case More Danger in Sniper Case

With sniper suspect now in jail, DAs are fighting tooth and nail. They're in a monumental race To see who gets to try this case

Oct 31, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Blowback: From Unruh to Muhammad Blowback: From Unruh to Muhammad

America is living in the blowback years.

Oct 31, 2002 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

Theories of Relativity Theories of Relativity

During one pleasant dinner aboard the Nation cruise, one of my tablemates told an amusing story about Einstein giving a lecture in which he stated that he expected the solar sy...

Oct 31, 2002 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

In Cold Type In Cold Type

Until and unless a nonhuman animal becomes a legal person, she will remain invisible to civil law." This quote from the legal profile in Bark magazine's fall issue in many ways...

Oct 31, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Amy Wilentz

The Right Way to Have Sex The Right Way to Have Sex

Debbie Nathan is an attendee of Feminist Futures, a New York-based study group whose organizers include Leonore Tiefer.

Oct 31, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Debbie Nathan

A Nation at Risk A Nation at Risk

A year ago Congress overwhelmingly approved George W.

Oct 31, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Peter Sacks

More Surveillance on the Way More Surveillance on the Way

The USA Patriot Act was passed with much fanfare last October, but it was soon clear that lawmakers passed the package without examining all the parts.

Oct 30, 2002 / Feature / Robin Mejia

Spending for Growth Spending for Growth

One of the great disappointments of recent decades is that Democrats have more or less swallowed whole the underlying economic theories of their Republican rivals.

Oct 24, 2002 / Jeff Madrick

Can You Spell Cannon Fodder? Can You Spell Cannon Fodder?

The New York City public school system doesn't have the money, time or organizational skills to make sure every child has a dictionary--or a desk.

Oct 24, 2002 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Rockin’ in the Free World Rockin’ in the Free World

In a weapons producing nation under Jesus In the fabled crucible of the free world Camera crews search for clues amid the detritus And entertainment shapes the land

Oct 24, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman

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