Articles

Fate and Fundamentalism Fate and Fundamentalism

The distinguishing feature of most fundamentalist belief systems is a literal conception of the relation between words and meaning.

Oct 9, 2001 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

The ‘War of the Future’ The ‘War of the Future’

Even before the smoke cleared from the recent US missile attacks we were told to brace ourselves for a newly declared "war on terrorism," the "war of the future." From the lips o...

Oct 9, 2001 / The Editors

Reply to Hitchens’s Rejoinder Reply to Hitchens’s Rejoinder

It is unfortunate that with such serious issues to attend to, Christopher Hitchens insists on wasting time on irrelevant and fanciful diatribes against assorted enemies, the lates...

Oct 5, 2001 / Feature / Noam Chomsky

Kabul’s Health Apartheid Kabul’s Health Apartheid

On September 6, Afghanistan's Taliban extremists ordered all hospitals in the capital city of Kabul to partly or completely suspend medical services to women.

Oct 4, 2001 / Max Block

Kabul’s Patriarchy With Guns Kabul’s Patriarchy With Guns

The capture by Taliban guerrillas of the Afghan capital, Kabul, however short- or long-lived, has come after two years of one of the most obnoxious interventions by one state in t...

Oct 4, 2001 / Feature / Fred Halliday

Letters Letters

WE SHINE FOR ALL Chicago Your magazine remains a beacon of hope for all of us, even those who revile you for your progressive values--because we all lose...

Oct 4, 2001 / Our Readers

Indispensable Indispensable

(An old Nat "King" Cole song, as sung by Rudy "King" Giuliani) Indispensable, that's what I am. I'm an icon now, like Uncle Sam. I'm the rock this town is built up...

Oct 4, 2001 / Column / Calvin Trillin

NYC’s Mayoral Muddle NYC’s Mayoral Muddle

In our August 20 issue we endorsed Mark Green, a lifelong liberal who has been running as a liberal centrist, for mayor of New York City. Two weeks before a runoff election aga...

Oct 4, 2001 / Michael Tomasky

All in the Name of Security All in the Name of Security

The Administration is using September 11 to curtail our civil liberties.

Oct 4, 2001 / Feature / Bruce Shapiro

Letter From Ground Zero: October 4, 2001 Letter From Ground Zero: October 4, 2001

Our own ‘phony war.’

Oct 4, 2001 / Jonathan Schell

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