National Security? National Security?
Israel must decide if it wants a Jewish homeland in Palestine, or all of Palestine as a Jewish state.
Dec 13, 2001 / Column / Christopher Hitchens
Pennies in the Hat Pennies in the Hat
Christmas can be a consumeristic orgy, but consider some gift-giving alternatives to improve the world.
Dec 13, 2001 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Connect the Enron Dots to Bush Connect the Enron Dots to Bush
The connections between Enron and the Bush administration run deep—and they should be investigated.
Dec 11, 2001 / Column / Robert Scheer
‘Objectivity’ RIP ‘Objectivity’ RIP
As the country tilts toward war, media voices are craven in their obsequiousness.
Dec 7, 2001 / Column / Eric Alterman
Sharon or Arafat: Which Is the Sponsor of Terror? Sharon or Arafat: Which Is the Sponsor of Terror?
Israel responds to a suicide bombing with untrammeled military repression—which action is terrorism (if not both)?
Dec 7, 2001 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn
More Juice? More Juice?
What plagued the O.J. Simpson trial—corruption, malfeasance and a breakdown of the rule of law—is exactly what the 'war on terror' is achieving in its blind que...
Dec 7, 2001 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
It Is Crazy to Curtail Due Process Rules It Is Crazy to Curtail Due Process Rules
America's enemies are not uniquely 'evil,' and it's naive to think of them as such.
Dec 4, 2001 / Column / Robert Scheer
The Ends of War The Ends of War
Now that the Taliban regime has fallen in Afghanistan, that group's leaders can face fair and open trials for their crimes against humanity.
Nov 29, 2001 / Column / Christopher Hitchens
After the Taliban After the Taliban
Laura Bush might put on a good face for women's rights in Afghanistan, but her husband's handwork works against women in other places.
Nov 29, 2001 / Column / Katha Pollitt
One Problem One Problem
Yes, jury trials in public are a right, Says Cheney. Then he says that in this fight No terrorist deserves that sort of trial, Though otherwise it's certainly our style. Without a trial, though, how do we decide To whom this definition is applied? We grab a guy, but is the guy we've got An undeserving terrorist or not?
Nov 29, 2001 / Column / Calvin Trillin