Moe Foner, 1916-2002 Moe Foner, 1916-2002
Moe Foner, labor activist and member of a well-known left-wing family, who died January 10 at the age of 86, will be remembered with fondness and respect by Nation readers. From a...
Jan 17, 2002 / The Editors
Enron: Crony Capitalism Enron: Crony Capitalism
The rise and fall of the house of Enron should trigger comprehensive investigations--civil, criminal and Congressional. The full scope of relations between Enron and its cronies ...
Jan 17, 2002 / The Editors
In Our Orbit In Our Orbit
"Court rise!" begins D.D. Guttenplan's courtroom thriller The Holocaust on Trial. "With the clerk's shout we stop talking and struggle to our feet. David Irving v. Penguin Books ...
Jan 17, 2002 / Books & the Arts / The Editors
What Price Stimulus? What Price Stimulus?
"Not over my dead body will they raise your taxes," George W. Bush cryptically proclaimed. The press dutifully translated what he really meant, but few commented on the tasteless...
Jan 10, 2002 / The Editors
In Fact… In Fact…
ENRON: WHERE DOES THE BUCK STOP? The Justice Department and several Congressional committees are starting to look under the Enron rock. Representative Henry Waxman has been shoo...
Jan 10, 2002 / The Editors
GE and the Hudson GE and the Hudson
Last spring Richard Pollak asked in these pages, "Is GE Mightier Than the Hudson?" (May 28, 2001). Given the Environmental Protection Agency's December 4 decision to dredge the P...
Jan 3, 2002 / The Editors
Chaos in Argentina Chaos in Argentina
The violent popular uprising in Argentina and abrupt collapse of its government should be understood as a warning bell, reminding the governing elites how unstable--and unjust--t...
Jan 3, 2002 / The Editors
Mission Unilateralism Mission Unilateralism
The Bush administration's abandonment of the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty was a win for Rumsfeld's Defense Department—but it could be an obstacle for the State Depar...
Dec 20, 2001 / The Editors
Big Media, Bad News Big Media, Bad News
Media consolidation is creeping in slowly while the public’s attention is elsewhere—is it too late to fight back?
Dec 20, 2001 / The Editors
Bush’s Domestic War Bush’s Domestic War
Recent calamitous events—9/11, the recession, Enron's collapse—haven't affected the Bush administration's aims: tax cuts, drilling and Social Security '...
Dec 13, 2001 / The Editors