Letter From Ground Zero: December 6, 2001
With the Taliban engaged in Afghanistan, where will the US now train its sights?
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December 24, 2001 Issue
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Editorial
Press Watch
Cable news peddles a soft-shoe rendition of what matters on the global stage, with certain exceptions.
Wars Without End
Now that the Taliban is on the run, the 'war on terror' broadens its scope.
Enron’s Rise and Fall
Enron's collapse is a perfect illustration of deregulation and capitalism without a conscience.
Reaping the Whirlwind
As Washington casts its glance on the Israel-Palestine situation, the usual aspersions against Palestinians are uttered again.
Deported… Disappeared?
Recently deported, Ghasson Dahduli is now missing in Jordanian custody, and his family worries about what he's being subjected to.
Column
More Juice?
What plagued the O.J. Simpson trial—corruption, malfeasance and a breakdown of the rule of law—is exactly what the 'war on terror' is achieving in its blind ...
Sharon or Arafat: Which Is the Sponsor of Terror?
Israel responds to a suicide bombing with untrammeled military repression—which action is terrorism (if not both)?
‘Objectivity’ RIP
As the country tilts toward war, media voices are craven in their obsequiousness.
Connect the Enron Dots to Bush
The connections between Enron and the Bush administration run deep—and they should be investigated.
Feature
Bush’s Globalized NATO
As envisioned by the Administration, it's unilateralism with a multilateral face.
Letter From London
Europe and the United States have begun to follow diverging scripts on the war.
In Defense of ‘Just War’ Thinking
The only acceptable purpose of war is to restore peace on a more durable basis.
Religion and the War Against Evil
'Modernity' isn't the archfiend. But as often preached, it appears so to many.
Lessons in Islam From India
Disdained by the majority culture, Muslims turn for self-respect to absolutism.
Up Against Ashcroft
Civil liberties get short shrift in this perilous time of antiterrorism measures.
Bush’s Nuclear Brinksmanship
Books & the Arts
Witnessing Germany
Eric Weinberger reviews The Healing Wound: Experiences amd Reflections on Germany, 1938–2001, by Gitta Sereny.
Holocaust Imponderables
Paul Reitter reviews Essays on Hitler's Europe, by István Deák.
Community Values
Allison Xantha Miller reviews The Rise and Fall of Synanon: A California Utopia, by Rod Janzen, and Shoes Outside the Door: Desire, Devotion and Excess at San Franc...
Static Electricity
Stuart Klwans reviews two films: In the Bedroom, by Todd Field, and The Man Who Wasn't There, by the Coen brothers.
