Earth in the Balance Earth in the Balance
It is life that Joy Williams is after in this book about (at times overwhelmingly or bizarrely) death. Ill Nature means her anger, her attitude, but it really means sick Nature. ...
Oct 18, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Joseph McElroy
Profiles in Cowardice Profiles in Cowardice
My three favorite media stories in recent weeks were how Bill "Politically Incorrect" Maher kept his job at ABC-TV, how Ann Coulter got herself fired from National Review and how ...
Oct 18, 2001 / Victor Navasky
Can Mark Green Heal NYC? Can Mark Green Heal NYC?
New York's Democratic mayoral primary revealed the city's racial fault lines.
Oct 18, 2001 / Feature / Jack Newfield
War and Peace War and Peace
How depressing was the October 13 peace rally in Washington Square? Well, the Bread and Puppet Theater performed--that should give you an idea. "It's the sixties all over again,"...
Oct 18, 2001 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Letter From Ground Zero: October 18, 2011 Letter From Ground Zero: October 18, 2011
Seven Million at Risk
Oct 18, 2001 / Jonathan Schell
Profits of Fear Profits of Fear
Every closet in my medical office is suddenly filled with samples of Ciprofloxacin, an ordinary antibiotic intended primarily for use with bladder infections. This week, every pat...
Oct 18, 2001 / Dr. Marc Siegel
On V.S. Naipaul’s Nobel Prize On V.S. Naipaul’s Nobel Prize
So V.S. Naipaul finally gets the prize. It's said he's willing, through unblinking eyes, To make his observations, then recall The bleakest Third World countries, warts and al...
Oct 18, 2001 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Letters Letters
TERRORI$T CA$H--$TAY$ CLEAN St. Clairsville, Ohio Lucy Komisar's June 18 "After Dirty Air, Dirty Money," on money-laundering [posted on the Nation web...
Oct 18, 2001 / Roane Carey and Our Readers
Operation Enduring Protest Operation Enduring Protest
Liza Featherstone will be reporting periodically on the antiwar movement for The Nation. This article is part of the Haywood Burns Community Activist Journalism series, sponsored ...
Oct 18, 2001 / Feature / Liza Featherstone
The Left Debates September 11 The Left Debates September 11
The Left Debates September 11 The
Oct 17, 2001 / Our Readers