Private Censorship Private Censorship
As we survey the cultural landscape after the atrocities of September 11, we ought to note the special danger posed to free expression by media concentration.
Oct 11, 2001 / Mark Crispin Miller
Patriot Games Patriot Games
Patriotism requires no apologies. Like anti-Communism and anti-Fascism, it is an admirable and thoroughly sensible a priori assumption from which to begin making more nuanced jud...
Oct 11, 2001 / Column / Eric Alterman
The Crash The Crash
The new war on terror isn't going to be of much use in combating the present plunge in America's well-being. Well before the twin towers fell to earth the country was entering a ...
Oct 11, 2001 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
The Limits of War The Limits of War
The war in Afghanistan, coming after the atrocities of September 11, provokes a welter of contradictory emotions. On the one side, a desire for justice and a yearning for security...
Oct 11, 2001 / The Editors
New War, Old Weapons New War, Old Weapons
President Bush has stated that his global campaign against terrorism will be a "new kind of war," in which traditional military approaches will give way to a more innovative mix o...
Oct 11, 2001 / William D. Hartung
Press Watch Press Watch
The press conference that Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld held shortly after the United States began bombing Afghanistan on October 7 was painful to behold. The questions posed ...
Oct 11, 2001 / Michael Massing
Letter From Ground Zero: October 11, 2001 Letter From Ground Zero: October 11, 2001
Annihilation and the Ways of Peace
Oct 11, 2001 / Jonathan Schell
Boodle & Airline Security Boodle & Airline Security
The attacks of September 11 have not only exposed the failures of our intelligence apparatus and the "blowback" problem of US foreign policy. They have also stripped bare how one ...
Oct 11, 2001 / Micah L. Sifry
A Two-Pronged Approach to the Afghan People A Two-Pronged Approach to the Afghan People
By night our missiles rain on them, By day we drop them bread. They should be grateful for the food-- Unless, of course, they're dead.
Oct 11, 2001 / Column / Calvin Trillin
New World Order New World Order
As I write, the world is filled with fear. I am having one of those reactions that psychologists describe as a stress response. I suppose I'm not alone, though. A friend calls an...
Oct 11, 2001 / Column / Patricia J. Williams