As the Press Turns As the Press Turns
Quick, pinch me--am I still living in the same country? Reading and watching the same media? This "Bob Woodward" fellow who co-wrote a tough piece in the May 18 Washington Post...
May 23, 2002 / Michael Tomasky
Dick Cheney’s Primer on the Constitution Dick Cheney’s Primer on the Constitution
So what's it called if during war you criticize the President for any reason? Treason. And how long does this war go on (and this is where this theory's really pretty clever)? ...
May 23, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin
In Cold Type In Cold Type
haven't done much mental spring cleaning because so much of the last month has been taken up with brooding and spewing about the crisis in the Middle East; no doubt the coming mon...
May 23, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Amy Wilentz
US and Evil Axis–Allies for Abstinence US and Evil Axis–Allies for Abstinence
President Dubya loves to crusade against the "axis of evil" in his war on terrorism--but he formed an unholy alliance with the countries that make up the "axis" to declare war on...
May 16, 2002 / Feature / Doug Ireland
The Big Chill The Big Chill
Fear still haunts the Arab and Muslim communities of Southern California.
May 16, 2002 / Feature / Marc Cooper
The Cops Are Watching You The Cops Are Watching You
September 11 is being used as a reason to build up police intelligence units.
May 16, 2002 / Feature / Bob Dreyfuss
‘Foreign’? ‘Suspicious’! ‘Foreign’? ‘Suspicious’!
Osmín, a Cuban trucker, is living in Florida legally--but that didn't matter to the department of motor vehicles. When he was stopped on May 2 by a policeman who wan...
May 16, 2002 / Feature / Will Evans
Only the Dead Know Brooklyn Only the Dead Know Brooklyn
For more than a century, a recognizable pattern existed among those migrating to New York City: They came first either through Ellis Island or up from the American South, and m...
May 16, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Theodore Hamm
DC’s Virtual Panopticon DC’s Virtual Panopticon
A camera system in the nation's capital is making civil libertarians nervous.
May 16, 2002 / Feature / Christian Parenti
Racial Prescriptions Racial Prescriptions
A recent front-page story in the Boston Globe proclaimed that New England leads the nation in Ritalin prescription levels. Somewhat to my surprise, the prevalence of Ritalin in...
May 16, 2002 / Column / Patricia J. Williams