What Are They Reading? What Are They Reading?
THE WHITE APPLES. By Jonathan Carroll. Oxford. 384 pp pp. $$24.95.
Sep 19, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Carl Bromley
De-Saddamization, Not Disarmament De-Saddamization, Not Disarmament
"No sensible person wants to go to war if war can be avoided." So said Secretary of State Colin Powell on September 15. Next time he is at the White House,...
Sep 18, 2002 / David Corn
Curtain Call for the Puppet Show Curtain Call for the Puppet Show
On August 1, 2000, Philadelphia police rounded up seventy-five activists inside a West Philadelphia warehouse. It was the second day of the Republican National Convention, and th...
Sep 17, 2002 / Feature / Gwen Shaffer
US Rep. Rahall Speaks in Iraq US Rep. Rahall Speaks in Iraq
US Rep. Nick Rahall's policy pronouncements tend toward announcements about extending water and sewer service in southern West Virginia, or the erection of safety barriers on dang...
Sep 17, 2002 / John Nichols
Gujarat’s Gendered Violence Gujarat’s Gendered Violence
Women's bodies were central battlegrounds in the worst bout of Hindu-Muslim bloodletting to grip India in over ten years, in the western Indian state of Gujarat beginning on Fe...
Sep 16, 2002 / Feature / Ruth Baldwin
Bush Tells UN, Make War or I Will Bush Tells UN, Make War or I Will
Let us stipulate that Saddam Hussein is a scumbag. He has run a brutal and murderous dictatorship, repressed significant numbers of his people, sought to de...
Sep 12, 2002 / David Corn
The Case Against War The Case Against War
A rebuttal to eight arguments put forward by proponents of an invasion of Iraq.
Sep 12, 2002 / Feature / Stephen Zunes
Fascism’s Firm Footprint in India Fascism’s Firm Footprint in India
The Indian state is criminally culpable for the murder of Muslims in Gujarat.
Sep 12, 2002 / Feature / Arundhati Roy
The Right’s Moral Trouble The Right’s Moral Trouble
Thanks to corporate scandals, conservatives are finally on the defensive.
Sep 12, 2002 / Feature / Fred Block
Slut Patrol Slut Patrol
In some parts of China, local officials keep track of women's menstrual periods. We haven't come to that, but anyone who thinks women's reproductive and sexual privacy is secure in...
Sep 12, 2002 / Column / Katha Pollitt