Indiana Jones’s Temple of Doom Indiana Jones’s Temple of Doom
The recent arrest in Israel of eight apocalyptic cult members, who reportedly planned to take their own lives at the millennium or provoke authorities into killing them, rev...
Jan 14, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Bettina Drew
Narnia Born Again Narnia Born Again
For 300 years, Christopher Wren's Sheldonian Theater has been the center of ceremonial life at Oxford.
Jan 14, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Michael Joseph Gross
Immaculate Contraception Immaculate Contraception
Enter the glass doors at 222 West 14th Street in New York City, and the chaos of traffic horns and tire-screeches, jackhammers and concentrated humanity recedes into a hush.
Jan 7, 1999 / Feature / Jennifer Baumgardner
Western Front Western Front
Fundamentalism is spreading westward; now it has invaded the Maghreb. The results of Algeria's June 12 local elections, in which the Islamic Salvation Front (F.J.S.) won more ...
Jan 2, 1998 / Editorial / Daniel Singer
Papal Polonaise Papal Polonaise
The post-Stalinist regimes of Eastern Europe collapsed in part because of the glaring contrast between theory and practice, promise and fulfillment.
Jan 2, 1998 / Editorial / Daniel Singer
Coup in Algeria Coup in Algeria
CORRECTION: 28 percent of registered voters chose the Islamic Salvation Front. (3/2/92).
Jan 2, 1998 / Editorial / Daniel Singer
Algeria Slides Into Civil War Algeria Slides Into Civil War
Voici le temps des assassins, the bilingual Algerians could exclaim, echoing Rimbaud, when nearly a year ago, their intellectuals began to be slaughtered by Islamic fundamentali...
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
Open Letter to the Born Again Open Letter to the Born Again
Sometimes, our best efforts at peace are betrayed.
Sep 29, 1979 / From the Archive / James Baldwin