New York State of Mind New York State of Mind
After two elegantly written, consistently engaging, critically praised, ambitious if not entirely satisfying novels, the prodigiously gifted Colson Whitehead has given the read...
Nov 13, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Phillip Lopate
Bush Flunks Schools Bush Flunks Schools
If "no child left behind" meant what it said, it would offer help, not sanctions.
Nov 13, 2003 / Feature / Susan Ohanian
Egypt’s Islamist Dilemma Egypt’s Islamist Dilemma
Militant leaders now preach peace, but they may have won the ideological war.
Beyond Globophobia Beyond Globophobia
Instead of blaming globalization for our economic ills, why not take it over?
Nov 13, 2003 / Feature / Doug Henwood
Lula Raises the Stakes Lula Raises the Stakes
He's challenging US-style globalization.
Nov 13, 2003 / Feature / William Greider and Kenneth Rapoza
Why Chickenhawks Matter Why Chickenhawks Matter
Click here for info on Alterman's best-selling book What Liberal Media: The Truth About Bias and the News
Nov 13, 2003 / Column / Eric Alterman
Waving the Flag Waving the Flag
All right, so maybe Howard Dean could have thought of a better way of reaching out to white Southern men than saying he wanted "to be the candidate for guys with Confederate fl...
Nov 13, 2003 / Column / Katha Pollitt
A Silver-Lining View of George Bush’s Not Attending Military Funerals, Lest He Become Associated With Bad News A Silver-Lining View of George Bush’s Not Attending Military Funerals, Lest He Become Associated With Bad News
At least there's no Bush eulogy
On why they had to die.
It's better that they're laid to rest
Without another lie.
Nov 13, 2003 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Rocking the Hip-Hop Vote Rocking the Hip-Hop Vote
Russell Simmons was never a young voter. The 46-year-old hip-hop tycoon cast his first vote in a presidential election seven years ago, he says, at the age of 39.
Nov 13, 2003 / Kristin V. Jones