Back to Salem Back to Salem
Off goes former Father Paul Shanley to state prison in Massachusetts for twelve to fifteen years, convicted of digitally raping and otherwise sexually abusing Paul Busa two decad...
Feb 17, 2005 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Dazed and Confused Dazed and Confused
Perhaps no cultural phenomenon has been as successful at demonizing alcohol as MTV's The Real World. Watch it sometime. You'll never want to drink again.
Feb 17, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Suzy Hansen
Constantine Constantine
About two-thirds of the speaking characters in Constantine are either demons or angels.
Feb 17, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Arthur Miller Arthur Miller
When a figure like the playwright Arthur Miller dies, his greatness swells in retrospect in a mound of accumulated tributes and memories; attention is paid to the plays--so deepl...
Feb 17, 2005 / The Editors
Negroponte’s Dark Past Negroponte’s Dark Past
How many times can I write the same piece about John Negroponte?
Today George W. Bush named him to the new post of Director of National Intelligenc...
Feb 17, 2005 / David Corn
Free-Speech Fights Free-Speech Fights
Rummaging through Yale University's library shelves in early 2001 to prepare a talk on news media and genocide, I came across a study of nineteenth-century Colorado newspapers by...
Feb 17, 2005 / Bruce Shapiro
Beyond Boycotts Beyond Boycotts
Absent George W. Bush's undergoing a conversion like St. Paul's on the road to Damascus, there probably won't be much good environmental news out of Washington in Bush's second t...
Feb 17, 2005 / Mark Hertsgaard
Tort ‘Reform’ Triumphs Tort ‘Reform’ Triumphs
Click here to read Zegart's October 25, 2004 Nation piece to read more on the right wing's drive for tort "reform."
Feb 17, 2005 / Dan Zegart
Rushed Rushed
Al Franken's decision not to run for the Senate is a loss for the people of Minnesota and the country, but at least he'll have more time for his very funny radio show and books. I...
Feb 17, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Lynne Stewart Trial The Lynne Stewart Trial
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Feb 17, 2005 / David Cole