Letters
Readers weigh in on the cost of war, efforts to smear Obama and gas-guzzling Hummers.
2002
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Smallpox Vaccines, Medical Ethics & Prozac Cartoon Characters
Dr. Marc Siegel
Dr. Marc answers questions on Prozac cartoon characters, HIV testing of rapists and what's different about obesity in rich and poor countries.
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Mount Rushmore
The history of the Black Hills and the sense of manifest destiny that haunts the monument render the faces more ironic than iconic.
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Debating September 11
Jean-Charles Brisard & David Corn
An exchange on the causes of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
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Classroom Consciousness
What is perhaps most striking about these teenage activists is that they defy the stereotype of their generation, besotted with corporate culture.
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The 'Talibanization' of Bangladesh
While the international community looks the other way, religious fundamentalists are terrorizing the people of Bangladesh.
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Missing--But Not Forgotten
Three decades later, Joyce Horman still hasn't discovered the truth about what happened to her husband in Chile.
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Support for Refuseniks
The refusenik community, and its Israeli support, has grown dramatically in the past months.
2001
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Letter From Ground Zero
The principal reason for saving the lives of the Afghans must, of course, be those lives themselves.
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Signs of the Times
Protests aimed at powerful symbols of capitalism find themselves in a transformed landscape.
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Intelligence Test
In the wake of September 11, there are serious questions regarding the pre-attack performance of the intelligence community.
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Coming Together in Union Square
At its peak, the Union Square vigil saw an incredibly diverse group of New Yorkers united by grief and the desire for peace.
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A Growing Opposition
Many Americans feel that "it's not OK to accept 'collateral damage' of the lives of innocent people for a retaliation against terrorism."
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The End of Innocence
Any real security depends on the active generation of peace and public safety.
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Nuclear Safety
Given the extraordinary events, we're taking extraordinary measures to protect our nuclear plants, right?
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The Dark Smoke
Extremism begets extremism, and the dark smoke of a dark day will not be easily blown away.
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Terror in America
Some of us warned of "the explosion to come." But we never dreamt this nightmare.
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A Hole in the World
It will take months merely to know what happened, far longer to feel so much grief, longer still to understand its meaning.
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Pax Americana
It is as though someone planned not just to terrorize America but to do so by scripting a scenario straight out of Hollywood.