October 14, 2002 Issue

Feature

Marking a Massacre

A recent anniversary passed by without receiving much notice in the mainstream media.
Roane Carey
Running Clean in Arizona

Reforms have proven so popular that after two years they may be here to stay.
Marc Cooper
Domestic Terror

When several soldiers killed their wives, an old problem was suddenly news.
Catherine Lutz and Jon Elliston
Afghanistan Imperiled

Extremist forces are making a comeback as American attention turns to Iraq.
Ahmed Rashid
Chill on the Hill

Would-be intelligence watchdogs often lack the knowledge or the will to be effective.
Russ Baker

Editorial

Concerning Hitchens

We note with keen regret that this week marks the final appearance of Christopher Hitchens’s column, “Minority Report.” We have been publishing Christopher for more than twenty years, and the r
The Editors
Nation Notes

Congratulations to Arthur Danto, whose life work will be the subject of a special conference, “Art, Action, History,” open to the public, to be held October 3-5 at Columbia University.
The Editors
A Greener Germany

In the future, German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder and his Social Democrats will have reason to treat their junior coalition partner, the Greens, with more respect.
Paul Hockenos
Wellstone and the War

Even as Minnesota Senator Paul Wellstone announced his opposition to George W.
John Nichols
Warring Democrats

Before nonpresident Al Gore recently weighed in against President Bush’s rush to war in Iraq (for posing “the potential to seriously damage our ability to win the war against terrorism and to w
David Corn
An Open Letter to the Members of Congress

On the eve of the October 2002 vote to authorize the overthrow the government of Iraq by military force, a plea to members of Congress to reject Bush's pre-emptive war went unheeded.

The Editors
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Column

The Sun Can’t Set on This Empire Too Soon

It sure smells like imperialism. That’s the word historians use when powerful nations grab control of desired resources, be it the gold of the New World or the oil of the Middle East.
Robert Scheer
Beyond Good and Evil

So now it’s official.
Katha Pollitt
Taking Sides

I suppose I can just about bear to watch the “inspections” pantomime a second time.
Christopher Hitchens
There’s No, No In Your Eyes

As Sung to Saddam Hussein by George W. Bush

(With apologies to Eddy Howard, and anybody who becomes collateral damage)
Calvin Trillin
Bush Jumps the Gun With Preemptive Strikes

President Bush’s recently announced strategic global doctrine, which for the first time justifies a preemptive US strike against any regime thought to possess weapons of mass destruction, makes a
Robert Scheer

Books & the Arts

In Cold Type

In this season’s Granta, Fintan O’Toole, an Irish writer, speculates that the enduring appeal of the British monarch is that she makes the British crowd feel good about itself, about i
Amy Wilentz
Haunted Hermitage

While going about their business, great artists often make monkeys of the people who write about them.
Stuart Klawans
Rethinking the Second Wave

A few years ago, an intellectual historian uncovered the story of Betty Friedan’s formative years as a Popular Front journalist and activist in the 1940s.
Nancy MacLean
Sense and Sexibility

In 1967 the world-renowned if somewhat Dickensianly named sexologist John Money was offered a case he couldn’t refuse.
Keith Gessen
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