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His Terrible, Swift Sword His Terrible, Swift Sword

You're familiar, of course, with the Wall Street Journal.

Dec 17, 1998 / Feature / Michael Tomasky

The Gift of Time The Gift of Time

The case for abolition of nuclear weapons.

Feb 2, 1998 / Jonathan Schell

Coup in Algeria Coup in Algeria

CORRECTION: 28 percent of registered voters chose the Islamic Salvation Front. (3/2/92).

Jan 2, 1998 / Daniel Singer

Islam Through Western Eyes Islam Through Western Eyes

This essay, by the late Edward Said, from the April 26, 1980, issue of The Nation, is a special selection from The Nation Digital Archive. If you want to read everything The Nation...

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Edward W. Said

LOS ANGELES, CA - DECEMBER 8: O. J. Simpson sits in Superior Court in Los Angeles 08 December 1994 during an open court session where Judge Lance Ito denied a media attorney's request to open court transcripts from a 07 December private meeting involving prospective jurors. Final selection of alternate jurors by attorneys in the double murder case is expected later this afternoon. (Photo credit should read POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

America and the Simpson Trial America and the Simpson Trial

This article originally appeared in the March 13, 1995 issue.

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Patricia J. Williams

The Strange Case of Baby M The Strange Case of Baby M

I think I understand Judge Harvey Sorkow's ruling in the Baby M case.

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Katha Pollitt

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 / Daniel Singer

GATT & the Shape of Our Dreams GATT & the Shape of Our Dreams

Maastricht, NAFTA, GATT....

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / 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

Why I’m Not Running for President Why I’m Not Running for President

I'll admit that my realistic chances of becoming President are right down there with Quayle's I.Q.

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Gloria Steinem

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