World

Saying No to Nuclear Arms Saying No to Nuclear Arms

Calls for an end to nuclear weapons are growing--including in Washington.

Jun 6, 2002 / Feature / Raffi Khatchadourian

Oslo or Helsinki? Oslo or Helsinki?

The pervasive assumption among nearly all of Oslo's proponents was that the undemocratic nature of Yasser Arafat's regime, far from being an obstacle to peace, was actually a strat...

Jun 6, 2002 / Column / Christopher Hitchens

Leash the FBI Leash the FBI

The FBI has come under harsh criticism in recent weeks for its failure to act on information that might have enabled it to thwart the September 11 attacks. Rather than deny the cr...

Jun 6, 2002 / David Cole

Life on the Nuclear Edge Life on the Nuclear Edge

In this issue, on the twentieth anniversary of the June 12, 1982, march of a million people in Manhattan's Central Park protesting nuclear arms, we publish an appeal calling on...

Jun 6, 2002 / The Editors

War Talk War Talk

When India and Pakistan conducted their nuclear tests in 1998, even those of us who condemned them balked at the hypocrisy of Western nuclear powers.

Jun 4, 2002 / Arundhati Roy

Joie de Vivre in the Land of Color-Coded Terrorism Alerts Joie de Vivre in the Land of Color-Coded Terrorism Alerts

I got up Monday feeling mellow:
Expected red, but it was yellow.

May 30, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin

The Mideast War Breaks Out on Campus The Mideast War Breaks Out on Campus

One of the biggest problems Palestine's supporters face is anti-Semitism.

May 30, 2002 / Feature / Liza Featherstone

The Conspiracy Continues… The Conspiracy Continues…

Did you know that the mere act of asking what kind of warning members of the Bush Administration may have received about a 9/11-like attack is just clever hype by that sneaky l...

May 30, 2002 / Column / Eric Alterman

The Job Has Become Too Big for Ashcroft The Job Has Become Too Big for Ashcroft

OK, so maybe John Ashcroft and Robert Mueller are not the sharpest tools in the shed. How else to explain that, after September.

May 29, 2002 / Column / Robert Scheer

The Evolution of Darwinism The Evolution of Darwinism

Popular perception notwithstanding, the theory of natural selection was accepted by every serious evolutionist long before Darwin. Earlier scientists interpreted it as the cleares...

May 23, 2002 / Books & the Arts / David Hawkes

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