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The Base Camp of Christendom The Base Camp of Christendom

Pat Buchanan surely holds the record for the greatest impact on a presidential election with the fewest votes. With less than 0.43 percent of the tally nationally, he still manag...

Feb 21, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Philip A. Klinkner

Not Betsy Rosses Not Betsy Rosses

For a while I thought about designing a flag. Something bigger, blurrier than "nation." I imagined a hovering planet on a field of blue, and "United We Stand" could be written un...

Feb 21, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Eileen Myles

Campaign Finance Reform Campaign Finance Reform

We're told that this campaign reform is not The end-all of the sleaziness we've got. But it must have some worthwhile changes in it If Tom DeLay and Hastert are agin it.

Feb 21, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Denmark Vesey: A New Verdict Denmark Vesey: A New Verdict

A historian questions whether he led a slave revolt, but his heroism still stands.

Feb 21, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener

In Cold Type In Cold Type

Some magazines have an identity problem, and some don't. The New York Review of Books doesn't, as you may have noticed. It's relentlessly highbrow, which is how we like it. For t...

Feb 21, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Amy Wilentz

Better Safe…? Better Safe…?

In my last column, I called the expansion of profiling that has occurred since September 11 "equal opportunity." I meant it ironically, but a surprising number of people took me ...

Feb 21, 2002 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Letters Letters

BRIDEFARE OF FRANKENSTEIN Minneapolis Katha Pollitt ["$hotgun Weddings," Feb. 4] makes many very excellent points about the horrors of "bridefare," but she...

Feb 21, 2002 / Our Readers

Unhappy Anniversary Unhappy Anniversary

The McLaughlin Group is about to "celebrate" its twentieth anniversary. We might as well "celebrate" the discovery of anthrax. The show flatters itself--and its corporate ...

Feb 21, 2002 / Column / Eric Alterman

The Homeland Security Initiative The Homeland Security Initiative

Barbara Coe is not your typical sixty-something silver-haired-senior-in-polyester.

Feb 21, 2002 / Feature / Bill Berkowitz

Protesting Black Hawk Down Protesting Black Hawk Down

It's one thing to have Somali groups protesting Black Hawk Down for what they say is an inaccurate and racist portrayal of Somalis.

Feb 21, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Adrian Brune

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