The Court’s Terrible Two The Court’s Terrible Two
Saving the worst for last, on the final day of the term the Supreme Court issued 5-to-4 rulings on school vouchers and drug testing that blow a huge hole in the wall of church-sta...
Jul 3, 2002 / Herman Schwartz
Poisoned Ivy Poisoned Ivy
Much as I hate to, I'm going to start by talking about the damn money. I'm only doing it because almost everyone else is. It's not just the author profiles and publishing-trad...
Jul 3, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Gene Seymour
Rethinking the Death Penalty Rethinking the Death Penalty
Politicians and courts are taking their cues from growing public opposition.
Jul 3, 2002 / Feature / Bruce Shapiro
On the Congressional Response to the ‘Under God’ Controversy On the Congressional Response to the ‘Under God’ Controversy
They pledge allegiance to the thought That every politician ought To take a stand that's foursquare for the Lord. They think if they say, "God is great! Don't separate him fr...
Jul 3, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Paul Wellstone & the Greens Paul Wellstone & the Greens
Paul Wellstone & the Greens Northfield, Minn. I was shocked to open my Nation and read the ill-informed and superficial June 17 "Beat the Devil" column, "The Fut...
Jul 3, 2002 / Our Readers
Cartooning Terror Cartooning Terror
When Ted Rall's cartoon "Terror Widows" appeared on the New York Times website on March 6, angry letters of complaint poured into the
Jul 3, 2002 / Feature / Asa Pittman and Emma Ruby-Sachs
Sunshine on Sweatshops Sunshine on Sweatshops
It's been more than three months since twelve Florida State University students were arrested for setting up a "tent city" in front of the school's administration building.
Jul 2, 2002 / Feature / Jenny Stepp
God’s Got Nothing to Do With the Pledge of Allegiance Furor God’s Got Nothing to Do With the Pledge of Allegiance Furor
Belief in God is not the issue in the continuing brouhaha over the constitutionality of the Pledge of Allegiance. Rather, it's the government's endorsement of a monotheistic God.
Jul 2, 2002 / Column / Robert Scheer
Lonely Votes for Church-State Separation Lonely Votes for Church-State Separation
Anyone searching for hypocrites on issues of prayer and patriotism would be well advised to begin the hunt on Capitol Hill. On most days when Congress is in session, the overwhe...
Jun 28, 2002 / John Nichols
Who’s Afraid of Cornel West? Who’s Afraid of Cornel West?
Writing in a forthcoming issue of The Journal of Israeli History about Israeli revisionism, Mark Lilla of the University of Chicago's Committee on Social Thought makes the obse...
Jun 27, 2002 / Column / Eric Alterman