September 16, 2002 Issue

Feature

The Shame of Meatpacking

Workers in the country’s most dangerous industry are struggling for safety.
Karen Olsson
Miami Heat

An antigay ballot initiative spurs some surprising political coalitions.
Donna Minkowitz
Letter from Iraqi Kurdistan

Kurds want Saddam Hussein gone but are wary about joining a US-led attack.
Michael Howard
The American Creed

US values rest historically on a spiritual foundation grounded in nature.
Forrest Church

Column

Richard Perle: Whose Fault Is He?

Calvin Trillin
Join the EC E-mail Campaign

Katha Pollitt
Hijackers I Have Known

I have met three hijackers in my life, and I hope I do not sound crabby and disillusioned if I add that the standard of hijacking is not what it used to be.
Christopher Hitchens
Dick Cheney’s Nightmare of Peace

In the dreams of Dick Cheney, to which I am not privy, I imagine there are boldly contrasting scenes of victory and despair.
Robert Scheer

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