Come Off It, Kayo! Come Off It, Kayo!
Throwing the book at people is nothing new, but in our post-9/11 world the screws are tightening. Take San Francisco, whose District Attorney is Terence "Kayo" Hallinan, a progre...
Jan 24, 2002 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
License to Ink License to Ink
The subtitle sounds bad, but keep in mind that Thorstein Veblen considered subtitling his book on academics "A Study in Total Depravity." The really bad news concerns the title: ...
Jan 24, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Caleb Crain
Building the Peace Building the Peace
"I stand before you today as a citizen of a country that has had nothing but disaster, war, brutality and deprivation against its people for many years," Hamid Karzai, leader of ...
Jan 24, 2002 / The Editors
Share Revenue, Save Jobs Share Revenue, Save Jobs
To the economy, September 11 now appears to have been a transient shock. Sales, confidence and the stock market plunged, but then returned. As the dead cat bounced, optimists dec...
Jan 24, 2002 / James K. Galbraith
‘The Ghat of the Only World’: Agha Shahid Ali in Brooklyn ‘The Ghat of the Only World’: Agha Shahid Ali in Brooklyn
The first time that Agha Shahid Ali, the great Kashmiri poet, spoke to me about his approaching death was in April of last year. The conversation began routinely. I had telephone...
Jan 24, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Amitav Ghosh
What Young Voters Want What Young Voters Want
They're looking for help with college and a reason to believe in government.
Jan 24, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Anna Greenberg
Bush’s Other War Bush’s Other War
Questions about Enron's links to the White House and Dick Cheney's Energy Task Force are reassuring. They mean that the nation, after the September 11 attacks, is now confident e...
Jan 24, 2002 / David Helvarg
In Fact… In Fact…
WHO'S A LIAR? In a paid ad on page 12 Verso asks the question "Did the Holocaust industry's lead attorney, Burt Neuborne, lie in The Nation?" Our advertising policy carries a pre...
Jan 24, 2002 / The Editors
Disabling a Civil Right Disabling a Civil Right
The Supreme Court has made a decision that is wrongheaded, and wrong.
Jan 24, 2002 / Feature / Mary Johnson
Political Twist Political Twist
Congress returns--will the Democrats challenge Bush?
Jan 24, 2002 / Feature / John Nichols