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The Guns of Kabul

Unless the number of arms is reduced dramatically, peace is unlikely to hold.

Ken Silverstein

Naming—and Un-naming—Names

Critics of the war on terror—or even those who slightly question the Bush administration—may now find themselves on a list of members of a fifth column.

Eric Scigliano

The UN: Bush’s Newest Ally?

It's proven useful of late in Afghanistan, but Annan shouldn't expect miracles.

John G. Ruggie

A New Giant Sucking Sound

China is taking away Mexico's jobs, as globalization enters a fateful new stage.

William Greider

Where Are the Women?

Will women be included in the debate on Afghanistan's future?

Sara Austin

Executive Obstruction

The Bush administration's insistence on secrecy in the Whitey Bulger case raises some unsettling questions.

Bruce Shapiro

The Right in the Classroom

Right-wing climate-change deniers worked hand-in-glove with John Stossel to portray schoolchild as being 'scared green' on a recent ABC special.

Marianne Manilov

Stossel’s Heroes

John Stossel has a conservative stable of pundits when it come to his questionable reporting of evironmental issues.

Mark Dowie

Oregon Rains on Ashcroft

The city of Portland is resisting calls from the Justice Department to racially profile its residents; predictably, right-wing pundits are enraged.

David Sarasohn

Labor: In Fighting Trim

In the wake of losses before and after September 11, labor unions gear up for the next tough fights.

David Moberg

Press Watch

Seymore Hersh has had a string of scoops since September 11, laying bare the covert community's skulduggery. Now, though, it seems he's toeing the government's line in regard to Iran.

Michael Massing

Cuban Embargo-Buster?

Food companies ship supplies to Cuba in the aftermath of Hurricane Michelle, in what could be the beginning of the end for the tediously long US embargo of the island country.

Peter Kornbluh

In Fact…

The Editors

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 'reform.'

The Editors

Unfriendly Skies

The FAA, which had long ignored airlines' requests for help with unruly passengers, is now relying on those same airlines' apparent racial profiling when deciding who gets to fly.

Bruce Shapiro

The Not-So-Pristine Wilderness

The Department of Energy has hit upon a new idea for nuclear waste clean-up: just leave it there and declare the area a wildlife preserve. The animals won't complain.

Matt Bivens

Pennies in the Hat

Christmas can be a consumeristic orgy, but consider some gift-giving alternatives to improve the world.

Katha Pollitt

National Security?

Israel must decide if it wants a Jewish homeland in Palestine, or all of Palestine as a Jewish state.

Christopher Hitchens

Secularism Unlocks the Door to Stability

In rebuilding Afghanistan, lessons should be learned from Turkey and Egypt when it comes to the separation of church and state.

Robert Scheer

Gorbachev’s Revolution

Gorbachev represented a unique change in Soviet statesmanship; two books examine him and the end of the Cold War.

Walter C. Uhler

A Poet Duly Noted

The 'Collected Poems' is an extraordinary book, says reviewer Ian Tromp.

Ian Tromp

The Eurocrush on Books

Mergers and the Internet are changing the publishing industry. What lies ahead?

André Schiffrin

Not Just Village People

Once confined to the closet, gays are now making headway in mainstream society.

George De Stefano

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