Censorship 101 Censorship 101
Annals of Higher Education: If recent events at Stanford and Harvard are any indication, the past decade's earnest debates over "political correctness" are over, replaced by ro...
Dec 5, 2002 / Bruce Shapiro
As Miss World Turns As Miss World Turns
The war between religious fanaticism and secular modernity is fought over women's bodies.
Dec 5, 2002 / Column / Katha Pollitt
The US Caged–For Now The US Caged–For Now
Alfred Hitchcock was fond of McGuffins--meaningless plot devices on which the characters obsess while the real, gruesome story moves on elsewhere.
Dec 5, 2002 / Ian Williams
Who Will Tell the People? Who Will Tell the People?
Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers is Daniel Ellsberg's story of his personal journey from being in the early 1960s a "dedicated cold warrior" who supported A...
Dec 5, 2002 / Books & the Arts / David Rudenstine
An Imperial Moment An Imperial Moment
In previous times of war fever, clear voices have called for a return to US ideals.
Dec 5, 2002 / Feature / Jonathan Schell and John Maxwell Hamilton
Legal Victory for Airport Screeners Legal Victory for Airport Screeners
A federal judge hands nine workers an unexpected victory in their battle against a law requiring citizenship for all airport screeners.
Dec 3, 2002 / Feature / Michael Flaherty
Letter to America Letter to America
Resentment of US policies is growing.
Nov 26, 2002 / Feature / Jürgen Habermas
Pentagon Hawks Take Wing Pentagon Hawks Take Wing
A new Defense Department spy office could politicize intelligence gathering.
Nov 26, 2002 / Feature / Jason Vest
Inspections: The White House Fallback Position Inspections: The White House Fallback Position
If nothing shows in spyplane pics
And Blix finds nothing in the sticks,
That still won't put us in a fix.
We'll blame it on Iraqi tricks,
Nov 26, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin