Letter From Ground Zero: October 18, 2011 Letter From Ground Zero: October 18, 2011
Seven Million at Risk
Oct 18, 2001 / Editorial / Jonathan Schell
Profits of Fear Profits of Fear
Every closet in my medical office is suddenly filled with samples of Ciprofloxacin, an ordinary antibiotic intended primarily for use with bladder infections. This week, every pat...
Oct 18, 2001 / Editorial / Dr. Marc Siegel
‘Antiterrorist’ Bedfellows ‘Antiterrorist’ Bedfellows
As the war on terrorism gears up, governments around the world are already justifying repression in the name of that cause, while the Bush Administration and its allies send signal...
Oct 11, 2001 / Editorial / Reed Brody
Private Censorship Private Censorship
As we survey the cultural landscape after the atrocities of September 11, we ought to note the special danger posed to free expression by media concentration.
Oct 11, 2001 / Editorial / Mark Crispin Miller
The Limits of War The Limits of War
The war in Afghanistan, coming after the atrocities of September 11, provokes a welter of contradictory emotions. On the one side, a desire for justice and a yearning for security...
Oct 11, 2001 / Editorial / The Editors
New War, Old Weapons New War, Old Weapons
President Bush has stated that his global campaign against terrorism will be a "new kind of war," in which traditional military approaches will give way to a more innovative mix o...
Oct 11, 2001 / Editorial / William D. Hartung
Press Watch Press Watch
The press conference that Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld held shortly after the United States began bombing Afghanistan on October 7 was painful to behold. The questions posed ...
Oct 11, 2001 / Editorial / Michael Massing
Letter From Ground Zero: October 11, 2001 Letter From Ground Zero: October 11, 2001
Annihilation and the Ways of Peace
Oct 11, 2001 / Editorial / Jonathan Schell
Boodle & Airline Security Boodle & Airline Security
The attacks of September 11 have not only exposed the failures of our intelligence apparatus and the "blowback" problem of US foreign policy. They have also stripped bare how one ...
Oct 11, 2001 / Editorial / Micah L. Sifry
The ‘War of the Future’ The ‘War of the Future’
Even before the smoke cleared from the recent US missile attacks we were told to brace ourselves for a newly declared "war on terrorism," the "war of the future." From the lips o...
Oct 9, 2001 / Editorial / The Editors