That Old Orientalism… That Old Orientalism…
That Old Orientalism... New York City The only true characterization of Kanan Makiya in Turi Munthe's review of The Rock: A Tale of Seventh-Century Jerusalem ["Muslim ...
Apr 4, 2002 / Turi Munthe and Joseph Massad
Right Watch Right Watch
With compromise legislation stranded in Congress, the report card on the President's faith-based initiative reads "incomplete." Bush, however, has clearly succeeded on two fronts.
Apr 4, 2002 / Feature / Bill Berkowitz
Monterrey and the World Monterrey and the World
How are we to read the International Conference on Financing for Development, which recently concluded in Monterrey, Mexico? Just another United Nations talkathon?
Apr 4, 2002 / Feature / Patrick Smith
On Issues of War and Peace, Few in Congress Measure Up On Issues of War and Peace, Few in Congress Measure Up
In most western democracies, matters of war and peace are treated as serious political issues, and substantial numbers of elected officials are willing to stand and be counted for...
Apr 3, 2002 / John Nichols
Taiwangate?–Bush Appointees Linked to Secret Slush Funds UPDATE Taiwangate?–Bush Appointees Linked to Secret Slush Funds UPDATE
[FOR TWO UPDATES, SCROLL TO THE END.] Allegations that a past president of Taiwan illegally set up a $100 million secret slush fund to pay for overs...
Apr 2, 2002 / David Corn
Bush Fiddled While Mideast Burned Bush Fiddled While Mideast Burned
There is enough blame to go around for the events that have turned the Camp David promise of peace into the killing fields of the Mideast without dragging in President Bush.
Apr 2, 2002 / Column / Robert Scheer
Peace And Nuclear Disarmament: A Call To Action Peace And Nuclear Disarmament: A Call To Action
"... Come my friends, 'tis not too late to seek a newer world, ..."
Apr 1, 2002 / Dennis Kucinich
W’s Biggest Enron Liability: The Case Against Thomas White Grows W’s Biggest Enron Liability: The Case Against Thomas White Grows
Army Secretary Thomas White, a former high-ranking Enron, told reporters a few days ago that "if I ever get to the point....where the Enron business represe...
Mar 29, 2002 / David Corn
Fighting for America’s Energy Independence Fighting for America’s Energy Independence
Renewables are coming on strong, despite fat subsidies for oil and coal.
Mar 28, 2002 / Feature / Matt Bivens
The Fishnet Fallacy The Fishnet Fallacy
When a girl becomes her school's designated slut, her friends stop talking to her. Pornographic rumors spread with dazzling efficiency, boys harass her openly in the hallways, gir...
Mar 28, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Elaine Blair