Articles

Call in the UN Call in the UN

This year the Nobel Peace Prize committee got it stunningly right when it honored the United Nations and Secretary General Kofi Annan. For all its bureaucratic and political timid...

Oct 18, 2001 / The Editors

Indict Pinochet Indict Pinochet

It's been three years since Gen. Augusto Pinochet was detained in London under the European Anti-Terrorism Convention for crimes that included terrorist atrocities. If George W. B...

Oct 18, 2001 / The Editors

False Positive False Positive

As a child, while waiting for my weekly piano lesson to start, I used to read with pleasure Erma Bombeck's column as it appeared in the Worcester Telegram and Gazette. What prehom...

Oct 18, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Caleb Crain

The Secret War to Come The Secret War to Come

The White House is likely to keep a don't-rock-the-boat Congress in the dark.

Oct 18, 2001 / Feature / David Corn

A Simple Twist of Fate A Simple Twist of Fate

Serendipity is rotten cotton candy. No, more like actual cotton dipped in rich, drippy chocolate--the confection hawked by Catch-22's greedhead Milo Minderbinder. About a quarter ...

Oct 18, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Tim Appelo

Anthrax Anxiety Anthrax Anxiety

Jitters are not among the clinical symptoms of anthrax.

Oct 18, 2001 / Bruce Shapiro

Operation Enduring Protest Operation Enduring Protest

Liza Featherstone will be reporting periodically on the antiwar movement for The Nation. This article is part of the Haywood Burns Community Activist Journalism series, sponsored ...

Oct 18, 2001 / Feature / Liza Featherstone

The Left Debates September 11 The Left Debates September 11

The Left Debates September 11 The

Oct 17, 2001 / Our Readers

Bush’s Uzbek Bargain Bush’s Uzbek Bargain

After weeks of evasion and deflection, reminiscent of two illicit lovers keen to avoid scandal, the United States and Uzbekistan announced on October 12 that they had made a deal.

Oct 17, 2001 / Feature / Dilip Hiro

They’re Rich, They’re Spoiled, They’re Supporting Terrorists They’re Rich, They’re Spoiled, They’re Supporting Terrorists

What do we bomb next? Saudi Arabia? The Saudis would be a logical target if President Bush were serious about his stated goal of punishing nations that support terrorism.

Oct 16, 2001 / Column / Robert Scheer

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