Israel’s Choice Israel’s Choice
Returning to Israel after an extended absence can be a disturbing experience.
Nov 21, 2002 / Neve Gordon
Intelligentsia at Play Intelligentsia at Play
Tom Stoppard's 'Coast of Utopia'
Nov 21, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Carol Rocamora
Report From Gujarat Report From Gujarat
Abida Bano sits on the floor of a crowded makeshift relief building in Ahmedebad, the largest city in Gujarat, holding her 10-month-old daughter.
Nov 21, 2002 / Feature / Miranda Kennedy
Straw Liberals and False Prophets Straw Liberals and False Prophets
One big problem with liberal and leftist debate about Al Qaeda or Iraq is that it rarely seems to have much to do with Al Qaeda or Iraq.
Nov 21, 2002 / Column / Eric Alterman
Atop the Volcano Atop the Volcano
Gioconda Belli--poet, novelist, society belle reborn as Sandinista comrade--has written a memoir of the Nicaraguan struggle that reads like a romance--a romance with politics a...
Nov 14, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Anderson Tepper
Mystery in Milan Mystery in Milan
On March 16, 1972, readers in Italy and throughout the publishing world were shocked by the day's headlines.
Nov 14, 2002 / Books & the Arts / André Schiffrin
Back in the USSR Back in the USSR
The study of the Soviet Union in the United States, as distinguished from random journalism, memoirs and polemics, began on the right foot.
Nov 14, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Abraham Brumberg
Half a Victory at the UN Half a Victory at the UN
Iraq's decision to accept the United Nations Security Council resolution, passed unanimously on November 8, sets in motion a tightly scripted plan for UN arms inspectors to ret...
Nov 14, 2002 / Phyllis Bennis
The Silver Lining of General Rove’s Victory In the Midterm Elections The Silver Lining of General Rove’s Victory In the Midterm Elections
The talk of war has done its job.
Rove's hopes were far exceeded.
So maybe, with the voting done,
The war itself's not needed.
Nov 14, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin
The Antiwar Movement and Its Critics The Antiwar Movement and Its Critics
Do we have an antiwar movement? We're getting there.
Nov 14, 2002 / Column / Alexander Cockburn