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Riders on the Storm Riders on the Storm

Dread ripples through me as I listen to a phone message from our manager saying that we (The Doors) have another offer of huge amounts of money if we would just allow one of our s...

Jun 20, 2002 / Books & the Arts / John Densmore

Framed by the FBI Framed by the FBI

The $4.4 million damages award in June against FBI agents and Oakland police for violating the constitutional rights of environmental activists Darryl Cherney and Judi Bari, wrong...

Jun 20, 2002 / James X. Dempsey

Aid–Let’s Get Real Aid–Let’s Get Real

The Africa trip of Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill and Irish rock star Bono produced a bumper harvest of photo ops and articles about aid to Africa. Unfortunately, media coverage ...

Jun 20, 2002 / Salih Booker and William Minter

Jefferson’s Patsy? Jefferson’s Patsy?

No one has contributed more to the United States than James Madison. He was the principal architect of the Constitution, the brilliant theorist who, more than any other single ind...

Jun 20, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Carl T. Bogus

Islam’s Divided Crescent Islam’s Divided Crescent

On September 23, 2001, midpoint between the horrific events of September 11 and the beginning of the war in Afghanistan, the New York Times ran an intriguing headline. "Forget the...

Jun 20, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Anthony Arnove

Flicking Fallen Angels Off the Head of a Pin Flicking Fallen Angels Off the Head of a Pin

Never did I expect to feel sorrow and pity for the Catholic Church, yet I confess that I do.

Jun 19, 2002 / Column / Robert Scheer

Hightower for President, er, no, Jackson for President Hightower for President, er, no, Jackson for President

To hear Texas populist Jim Hightower and U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. tell it, one of them should be running for president in 2004. Trouble is that each one says the other guy woul...

Jun 17, 2002 / John Nichols

ExxonMobil-Sponsored Terrorism? ExxonMobil-Sponsored Terrorism?

Why are villagers in the Aceh province of Indonesia--or their lawyers--worrying about contributions from Exxon Mobil to George W. Bush and the Republicans?

Jun 14, 2002 / David Corn

Ripped, Mixed-Up and Burned Ripped, Mixed-Up and Burned

On May 14, 2002, the first wave of Internet file-sharing died.

Jun 14, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Daphne G. Carr

Responsible Wealth Trumps Irresponsible Estate Tax Repeal Responsible Wealth Trumps Irresponsible Estate Tax Repeal

Outgoing US Sen. Phil Gramm, R-Texas, was furious when the Senate failed this week to enact his pet project: permanent repeal of the federal estate tax. "This will be a campaign...

Jun 13, 2002 / John Nichols

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