The Pope’s Monopoly on Reason The Pope’s Monopoly on Reason
Pope Benedict XVI's controversial speech is indeed a call for dialogue among all religions. But what kind of dialogue is possible if the Pope believes his ideas are "rational" and ...
Sep 21, 2006 / Tarif Khalidi and Muhammad Ali Khalidi
United Professionals, Unite! United Professionals, Unite!
In 2002, Barbara Ehrenreich and Thomas Geoghegan wrote in The Nation, "The underlying reason for organized labor's decline is that our labor laws do not let people join unions, fr...
Sep 21, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Drop the Debt Drop the Debt
I'm in hearty agreement with Sam's post about Harvard and Princeton's decision to eliminate early admissions. It's a good move, but in reality will effect a handful of low-to-mid-...
Sep 21, 2006 / The Nation
A Just Response A Just Response
The most effective response to terrorism involves nonmilitary actions in cooperation with the global community and within a framework of domestic and international law.
Sep 21, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Fidel Lives Fidel Lives
Few Americans, especially those in government, know much about Cuba. And nowhere is that more evident than in the coverage of Fidel Castro's illness and the transition of power.
Sep 21, 2006 / Feature / Ned Sublette
Single-Issue Solipsism Single-Issue Solipsism
NARAL ProChoice America wants its sisters in Connecticut to support Joe Lieberman. Are they out of their minds?
Sep 21, 2006 / Column / Katha Pollitt
From Flying Saucers to 9/11 From Flying Saucers to 9/11
The world is in tumult, but in the heart of Empire, the level of creative political energy runs flat along the bottom of the graph.
Sep 21, 2006 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
George W. Bush and Some Republican Senators Discuss the Geneva Conventions George W. Bush and Some Republican Senators Discuss the Geneva Conventions
The Decider takes on that bothersome Constitution and that meddling Congress.
Sep 21, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Rewriting the Sixties Rewriting the Sixties
Decency is a subjective perception. And so arbitrary.
Sep 21, 2006 / Paul Krassner
Spanish Justice Spanish Justice
The courts of Spain have already tried human rights violators from Chile and Argentina. Those responsible for torturing, imprisoning and killing 200,000 Mayans during Guatemala's t...
Sep 21, 2006 / Geoff Pingree and Lisa Abend