Society

Anti-Semite? Self-Hating Jew? Moi? Anti-Semite? Self-Hating Jew? Moi?

That the Boston Globe is a great newspaper can be in no doubt, as its brave (though flawed) reporting on sexual abuse in the Catholic Church has recently demonstrated.

Mar 10, 2005 / Column / Eric Alterman

Grim Fairy Tales Grim Fairy Tales

It seemed too bizarre to be anything but apocryphal, but, hey, I heard it on NPR: William Poole, a high school junior from Kentucky, was taken into custody and charged with threa...

Mar 10, 2005 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Jews Without Borders Jews Without Borders

Although revered in certain circles as something close to holy writ, Edward W.

Mar 9, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Lazare

Time to End Recidivism Time to End Recidivism

What about the 178 women who will be released from US prisons every day of the year?

Mar 4, 2005 / Richard M. Aborn

The Cheese Stands Alone The Cheese Stands Alone

Beijing Plus 10, the follow-up on the momentous 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, is opening at the United Nations as I write, and like other UN gatherings since ...

Mar 3, 2005 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Hunter S. Thompson Hunter S. Thompson

He said he wanted his ashes shot out of a cannon. "A great funeral" was what he wanted, he told his son. Then he walked into the kitchen and shot himself dead in the head.

Mar 3, 2005 / Warren Hinckle

Filibustering the Truth Filibustering the Truth

For more on judicial nominations, see Garrett Epps's "Judicial Jeopardy: Questions for Nominees."

Mar 3, 2005 / Judd Legum and Christy Harvey

Accounting for Torture Accounting for Torture

As an attorney with the Center for Constitutional Rights, David Cole represents Maher Arar and Ahmed Abu Ali in their civil cases against the government.

Mar 3, 2005 / David Cole

Too Young to Die Too Young to Die

The immediate outcome of the Supreme Court's 5-to-4 decision in Roper v.

Mar 3, 2005 / The Editors

The Motorcycle Gangs

The Motorcycle Gangs The Motorcycle Gangs

A portrait of an outsider underground.

Mar 2, 2005 / Feature / Hunter S. Thompson

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