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Another Thousand Points of Light Another Thousand Points of Light

Few presidents in the history of the United States have been given the opportunity handed George W. Bush to lead the nation to higher ground. No president, with the possible exce...

Feb 1, 2002 / John Nichols

Letter From Pôrto Alegre Letter From Pôrto Alegre

PÔRTO ALEGRE, BRAZIL--In their last full day of discussion and debate, the thousands of delegates attending the World Social Forum were asking themselves not only what they...

Jan 31, 2002 / Feature / Marc Cooper

Letters Letters

ABOUT THAT AD... In light of Norman Finkelstein's effort to peddle his vituperative book by taking out advertisements in The Nation [see page 17] calling me a liar, I ha...

Jan 31, 2002 / Burt Neuborne

Politically Incorrect Politically Incorrect

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Jan 31, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener

Enron Hearings Enron Hearings

(With apologies to Stephen Foster) The Enron hearings stretch ahead, Doo-dah, doo-dah, Until the final soundbite's said. Oh, doo-dah day. Pols will posture night...

Jan 31, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Shall We Leave It to the Experts? Shall We Leave It to the Experts?

Enron's power project in India demonstrates who benefits from globalization.

Jan 31, 2002 / Feature / Arundhati Roy

Fusion Biopolitics Fusion Biopolitics

In the next few weeks the Senate will hold hearings and vote on legislation that would outlaw the cloning of human embryos, either for the purpose of medical experimentation or t...

Jan 31, 2002 / Jeremy Rifkin

Filipineza Filipineza

In the modern Greek dictionary, the word "Filipineza" means "maid." If I became the brown woman mistaken for a shadow, please tell your people I'm a tree. Or its curli...

Jan 31, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Bino A. Realuyo

Pierre Bourdieu, 1930-2002 Pierre Bourdieu, 1930-2002

The death on January 23 of the French philosopher and sociologist Pierre Bourdieu came as the American chattering classes were busy checking the math in Richard Posner's Public I...

Jan 31, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Katha Pollitt

Victory for Viet Vets Victory for Viet Vets

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Jan 31, 2002 / Peter Montague and Maria B. Pellerano

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