Policy Profiteers Policy Profiteers
Battling the war profiteers of World War I, Robert La Follette reminded America that "wealth has never yet sacrificed itself on the altar of patriotism." The progressive senato...
Oct 4, 2001 / John Nichols
Where Are the Women? Where Are the Women?
Are there any people on earth more wretched than the women of Afghanistan? As if poverty, hunger, disease, drought, ruined cities and a huge refugee crisis weren't bad enou...
Oct 4, 2001 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Season’s Greetings Season’s Greetings
Telluride, Toronto and After For folks involved in film, seasonal clocks can be set by the annual confluence of international film festivals (Telluride, Toronto, New York, Edinb...
Oct 4, 2001 / Books & the Arts / B. Ruby Rich
The Clash of Ignorance The Clash of Ignorance
Labels like "Islam" and "the West" serve only to confuse us about a disorderly reality.
Oct 4, 2001 / Feature / Edward W. Said
A Rejoinder to Noam Chomsky A Rejoinder to Noam Chomsky
The two related questions before the house are these. Can the attacks of September 11 be compared to an earlier outrage committed by Americans? And should they be so compared? ...
Oct 4, 2001 / Column / Christopher Hitchens
Public Statement on Pacifica Public Statement on Pacifica
Several individuals have attributed to me certain statements on the issue of the situation known as the "Pacifica Crisis." As I am quite capable of speaking for myself without ea...
Oct 4, 2001 / Feature / Marc Cooper
Trading on Terror Trading on Terror
Moving to exploit a shifting political landscape in the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, President Bush's Congressional ...
Oct 3, 2001 / Feature / John Nichols
Intelligence Test Intelligence Test
Another Pearl Harbor! That was the reaction of many after hijackers managed to turn airliners into low-tech cruise missiles and kill 6,000 people.
Oct 3, 2001 / Feature / David Corn
Thugs Make Unreliable Allies Thugs Make Unreliable Allies
Are we losing it? Have the recent acts of terrorism caused us to cut our moorings in a flood of outrage and frustration?
Oct 3, 2001 / Column / Robert Scheer
Reply to Hitchens Reply to Hitchens
I have been asked to respond to recent Nation articles by Christopher Hitchens (website, September 24; magazine, Oct. 8), and after refusing several times, will do so, though only…
Oct 1, 2001 / Feature / Noam Chomsky