The Emigrant The Emigrant
On December 14, the German writer W.G. Sebald died, age 57, in a car accident in England, where he had lived for thirty-five years. He had published four remarkable books: fluid, ...
Mar 14, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Benjamin Kunkel
Time After Time Time After Time
Let's start with the Morlocks. In the new film version of The Time Machine, the subterranean carnivores are not merely apelike, as in the H.G. Wells novel. They're Planet of the A...
Mar 14, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
In Fact… In Fact…
GAY RIGHTS IN ALABAMA Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, who defied a 1994 federal court ruling prohibiting him from displaying the Ten Commandments in a state courtroom by placing...
Mar 14, 2002 / The Editors
A Princess’s Story A Princess’s Story
The church bells were pealing for Princess Margaret Rose (as she was known when she was a pretty and vivacious child) as I arrived on a bright, cold Sunday morning. Breaking with t...
Mar 14, 2002 / Column / Christopher Hitchens
Fighting the War at Home Fighting the War at Home
Targeted by authorities, immigrants are organizing to defend their rights.
Mar 14, 2002 / Feature / Liza Featherstone
Enron Untouchables Enron Untouchables
Tom White, who pocketed millions running Enron Energy Services, one of Enron's more egregious frauds, remains Army Secretary even after lying to the Senate about his Enron holding...
Mar 14, 2002 / The Editors
Bush Goes Nuclear Bush Goes Nuclear
George W. Bush went out of his way to praise America's allies in his speech marking the six-month anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. In a clear...
Mar 14, 2002 / The Editors
Guantanamo Limbo Guantanamo Limbo
International law offers too little protection for prisoners of the new war.
Mar 14, 2002 / Feature / Judith Butler
The Fallout of Desperation The Fallout of Desperation
The news that the Pentagon had secret contingency plans to fight terrorism with nuclear weapons has the marks not of considered military doctrine but rather of an infantile tantr...
Mar 12, 2002 / Column / Robert Scheer