Letters Letters
JURY DUTY--I New York City A Trial by Jury, both the book and Carl T. Bogus's review ["A Verdict on the System," Dec. 10, 2001], were interesting and insig...
Jan 17, 2002 / Michael Massing, Wallace Shawn, and Our Readers
Reforming Welfare–Take Two Reforming Welfare–Take Two
As Congress revisits the welfare debate, it's time to look at what the law has wrought.
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
Crime in the Suites Crime in the Suites
There are more Enrons out there; the rot is systemic.
Jan 17, 2002 / Feature / William Greider
Divide and Misrule Divide and Misrule
One of the old school of the British colonial service, a man with the irresistible name of Sir Penderel Moon, wrote a book about the end of empire and titled it Divide and Quit. At...
Jan 17, 2002 / Column / Christopher Hitchens
For Her Own Good For Her Own Good
With the "family cap," the state says to welfare moms: no more babies!
Jan 17, 2002 / Feature / Karen Houppert
Three Poems Three Poems
* Zero built a nest In my navel. Incurable Longing. Blood too-- From violent actions It's a nest belonging to one But zero uses it And its pleasure is its ow...
Jan 17, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Fanny Howe
The Hollywood Three The Hollywood Three
When The Majestic was about to be released--it's the movie, you will recall, in which Jim Carrey plays a blacklisted screenwriter who suffers from amnesia--someone asked me to to...
Jan 17, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
2001 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize 2001 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize
The Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize of $10,000, awarded annually for the most outstanding book of poems published in the United States by an American, is administered mutually by th...
Jan 17, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Ann Lauterbach