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Bush Vs. Green Bush Vs. Green

Barbara Kingsolver, renowned author of The Poisonwood Bible and Prodigal Summer, wrote this call-to-action against the profound threats the new administration poses to

Apr 15, 2001 / Barbara Kingsolver

In Fact… In Fact…

VILLARAIGOSA IN LA Labor Democrat Antonio Villaraigosa's raucous victory party at Union Station on April 10 was rife with the symbolism of a Los Angeles undergoing radical change...

Apr 12, 2001 / The Editors

Letters Letters

'FALSE AND DISTORTED' New York City Christopher Hitchens's diatribe on Professor Elie Wiesel's essay on Jerusalem in the New York Times is a false and distor...

Apr 12, 2001 / Our Readers

Science or Politics? Science or Politics?

A question for the new millennium: When there is no paper, is there still a paper trail? Answer: Not unless you vacuum the Internet and print the download.

Apr 12, 2001 / Feature / Terry J. Allen

Chasing the Chador Chasing the Chador

Pauline Kael (that scamp) once called the Italian neorealist classic The Earth Trembles "the best boring movie ever made." Today the earth is inundated with Iranian neo-neorealism...

Apr 12, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Tim Appelo

Forked-Tongue Budget Forked-Tongue Budget

Resident Bush's budget brandishes the camouflaged conservatism that is the hallmark of this disingenuous Administration. It advertises a 4 percent increase in discretionary spendi...

Apr 12, 2001 / Robert L. Borosage

Justice: The First Casualty of Truth? Justice: The First Casualty of Truth?

If Gen. Augusto Pinochet had not been arrested in England on the night of October 16, 1998, the truth about his crimes would never have been fully revealed and democracy in Chile ...

Apr 12, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Reed Brody

Uptown Girl Uptown Girl

"These pieces are not confessions," Meghan Daum declares in the foreword to My Misspent Youth, an anthology of articles she wrote for The New Yorker, Harper's and other magazines....

Apr 12, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Caleb Crain

Balkans Breakdown Balkans Breakdown

With former Serbian dictator Slobodan Milosevic finally under arrest, the time is right for a wider look at the Balkans. George W. Bush should seize the moment to deal expeditious...

Apr 12, 2001 / Dusko Doder

Voters Rising Voters Rising

As John Lantigua recounts on page 11, the Florida election travesty looks even seamier in retrospect than it did at the time. Worse yet, as secretaries of state from across the co...

Apr 12, 2001 / The Editors

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