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The Ends of War The Ends of War

Now that the Taliban regime has fallen in Afghanistan, that group's leaders can face fair and open trials for their crimes against humanity.

Nov 29, 2001 / Column / Christopher Hitchens

Press Watch Press Watch

The Times fans the flames of public fear around the anthrax attacks.

Nov 29, 2001 / Michael Massing

Can Patriotism Be Compassionate? Can Patriotism Be Compassionate?

Moral concern begins with the local, but shouldn't stop there.

Nov 29, 2001 / Feature / Martha C. Nussbaum

Second-Class Postals Second-Class Postals

Anthrax scare reveals racial denial: workers on Capitol Hill are evacuated and given protective drugs while exposed postal workers, most of them black, are forgotten.

Nov 21, 2001 / Amy Alexander

Freedom Is History (and Vice Versa) Freedom Is History (and Vice Versa)

George W. Bush, whose administration is addicted to secrecy, wants presidential papers classified indefinitely, not for the usual 12 years.

Nov 21, 2001 / Column / Eric Alterman

Where Were They When It Counted? Where Were They When It Counted?

Bush Administration hijacks the Constitution with the Patriot Act and military tribunals; our supine media wakes up (briefly); Congress sleeps

Nov 21, 2001 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

The Army’s Dream Lab The Army’s Dream Lab

The Institute for Creative Technologies makes Star Wars–type simulations for Army personnel

Nov 21, 2001 / Feature / Marc Cooper

No Last Rights No Last Rights

Attorney General John Ashcroft throws out Oregon's assisted suicide law, against the wishes of a majority of Oregonians and in defiance of a 1997 Supreme Court ruling.

Nov 21, 2001 / David Sarasohn

Letter From Ground Zero: November 21, 2001 Letter From Ground Zero: November 21, 2001

The sudden and unexpected collapse of the Taliban in Afghanistan.

Nov 21, 2001 / Jonathan Schell

Disorder in the Court Disorder in the Court

George W. Bush wants to try terror suspects in in secret military courts. Guilt is presumed over innocence.

Nov 21, 2001 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

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