Letter From Ground Zero: October 4, 2001 Letter From Ground Zero: October 4, 2001
Our own ‘phony war.’
Oct 4, 2001 / Jonathan Schell
All in the Name of Security All in the Name of Security
The Administration is using September 11 to curtail our civil liberties.
Oct 4, 2001 / Feature / Bruce Shapiro
NYC’s Mayoral Muddle NYC’s Mayoral Muddle
In our August 20 issue we endorsed Mark Green, a lifelong liberal who has been running as a liberal centrist, for mayor of New York City. Two weeks before a runoff election aga...
Oct 4, 2001 / Michael Tomasky
Indispensable Indispensable
(An old Nat "King" Cole song, as sung by Rudy "King" Giuliani) Indispensable, that's what I am. I'm an icon now, like Uncle Sam. I'm the rock this town is built up...
Oct 4, 2001 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Letters Letters
WE SHINE FOR ALL Chicago Your magazine remains a beacon of hope for all of us, even those who revile you for your progressive values--because we all lose...
Oct 4, 2001 / Our Readers
A Rejoinder to Noam Chomsky A Rejoinder to Noam Chomsky
The two related questions before the house are these. Can the attacks of September 11 be compared to an earlier outrage committed by Americans? And should they be so compared? ...
Oct 4, 2001 / Column / Christopher Hitchens
Public Statement on Pacifica Public Statement on Pacifica
Several individuals have attributed to me certain statements on the issue of the situation known as the "Pacifica Crisis." As I am quite capable of speaking for myself without ea...
Oct 4, 2001 / Feature / Marc Cooper
Trading on Terror Trading on Terror
Moving to exploit a shifting political landscape in the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, President Bush's Congressional ...
Oct 3, 2001 / Feature / John Nichols
Intelligence Test Intelligence Test
Another Pearl Harbor! That was the reaction of many after hijackers managed to turn airliners into low-tech cruise missiles and kill 6,000 people.
Oct 3, 2001 / Feature / David Corn
Thugs Make Unreliable Allies Thugs Make Unreliable Allies
Are we losing it? Have the recent acts of terrorism caused us to cut our moorings in a flood of outrage and frustration?
Oct 3, 2001 / Column / Robert Scheer