The Torturer’s Apprentice The Torturer’s Apprentice
Alan Dershowitz prides himself on his credentials as a civil libertarian, and to judge by most of the essays in his latest book, Shouting Fire: Civil Liberties in a Turbulent A...
Apr 25, 2002 / Books & the Arts / William F. Schulz
Letter from Lebanon Letter from Lebanon
Hostility to the Palestinians has all but evaporated, thanks to Sharon's war.
Apr 25, 2002 / Feature / Adam Shatz
Backlash Babies Backlash Babies
A long time ago I dated a 28-year-old man who told me the first time we went out that he wanted to have seven children. Subsequently, I was involved for many years with an alre...
Apr 25, 2002 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Discovery/The Nation ’02 Prizewinners Discovery/The Nation ’02 Prizewinners
The Nation announces the winners of Discovery/ The Nation, the Joan Leiman Jacobson Poetry Prize. Now in its twenty-eighth year, it is an annual contest for poets whose work ha...
Apr 25, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Various Poets
Losing the Peace? Losing the Peace?
As Afghanistan struggles to recover, the United States prepares to move on.
Apr 25, 2002 / Feature / Michael Massing
Bill Simon’s Enron Ties Bill Simon’s Enron Ties
California GOP gubernatorial candidate Bill Simon Jr. has portrayed himself as a savvy businessman who can deal successfully with the state's financial woes. But Simon's ties to E...
Apr 25, 2002 / Jason Leopold
The Days of May The Days of May
What date shall I assign to Chris Marker's magnum opus, A Grin Without a Cat? This rugged oak of an essay-film, whose gnarls trace the growth and withering of decades of leftis...
Apr 25, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Le Pen: The Center Folds Le Pen: The Center Folds
Earthquake. Cataclysm. Electroshock. The 9/11 of French politics. These were the recurring terms that established political leaders of both left and right used to characterize ...
Apr 25, 2002 / Doug Ireland
Single Standards Single Standards
Nothing is more to be despised, in a time of crisis, than the affectation of "evenhandedness." But there are two very nasty delusions and euphemisms gaining ground at pre...
Apr 25, 2002 / Column / Christopher Hitchens
The Enron Nine The Enron Nine
Some prestigious Wall Street firms may have been involved in a Ponzi scheme.
Apr 25, 2002 / Feature / William Greider