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Melville at Sea Melville at Sea

In 1851, when the 32-year-old Herman Melville published his masterpiece Moby-Dick, he was already known as a man who'd consorted with cannibals. His first book, Typee: A Peep at P...

May 2, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Brenda Wineapple

For Which We Stand For Which We Stand

Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy has been traveling around the country recently as part of a nationwide post-9/11 effort to promote debate about civic values in schools and co…

May 2, 2002 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

The Saudis and Their Oil Rigs The Saudis and Their Oil Rigs

(Sung to the tune of "The Farmer and the Cowman" from Oklahoma!) The Saudis and their oil rigs are our friends. Oh, the Saudis and their oil rigs are our friends. They...

May 2, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Oprah Learns Her Lesson Oprah Learns Her Lesson

Is this it? The end of the Oprah Book Club as we know it? It's Thursday, April 4, at approximately 3:45 pm. In less than twenty-four hours, virtually everyone in America will ...

May 2, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Kathy Rooney

Listing Left, Listing Right Listing Left, Listing Right

Devotees of "balanced," "objective," "fair" and "evenhanded" nonfiction--well, they be hurtin' in these early days of the twenty-first century. Enough, perhaps, to demand that sel...

May 2, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Carlin Romano

Kerrey’s Case: Not Closed Kerrey’s Case: Not Closed

One year after the story broke that a Navy SEAL team under his command was involved in an atrocity during the Vietnam War, former Nebraska Senator Bob Kerrey stood before a packed...

May 2, 2002 / Eyal Press

In Our Orbit In Our Orbit

The Past Ahead of Us "History," wrote James Baldwin, "does not refer merely, or even principally, to the past. On the contrary, the great force of history comes from the fact...

May 2, 2002 / Books & the Arts / The Editors

In Our Orbit In Our Orbit

"The original inspiration for The New Intifada," explains Roane Carey in his foreword to this volume, "arose out of disgust at the mainstream media's consistent misrepresentation ...

May 2, 2002 / Books & the Arts / The Editors

On Justifying Intervention On Justifying Intervention

The twentieth century was arguably the bloodiest in modern history, earning from one commentator the moniker of the Age of Barbarism. From the Nazi genocide, to the killing fields...

May 2, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Joseph Nevins

The New Old Glory The New Old Glory

Lynne Cheney sees the world in black and white. Or, rather, in red, white and blue.

May 2, 2002 / Books & the Arts / James W. Loewen

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