A ‘Thirst for the Divine’ A ‘Thirst for the Divine’
Charles Wright and Charles Simic count among the best poets of their generation. Each career has unfolded with considerable excitement for serious readers of contemporary poetry, ...
May 2, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Jay Parini
Investigating Jenin Investigating Jenin
The Jenin refugee camp's jagged concrete hillside of homes-turned-into-graves has yet to yield all its secrets.
May 1, 2002 / Feature / Charmaine Seitz
Blame Church Arrogance, Not Oversexed Society Blame Church Arrogance, Not Oversexed Society
While it might appear to be sweet revenge for the Inquisition, it is best to resist the impulse to burn some Catholic priests--and the cardinals who covered up their criminal a...
May 1, 2002 / Column / Robert Scheer
God, Make W Faster Than a Speeding Bullet? God, Make W Faster Than a Speeding Bullet?
Do you think Americans should ask God to grant George W. Bush the power to fly? House majority whip Tom DeLay, the ability to predict the future? Senate maj...
Apr 30, 2002 / David Corn
History in a Blur History in a Blur
It seems scarcely to have required a great philosophical mind to come up with the observation that each of us is the child of our times, but that thought must have been receive...
Apr 25, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto
Unmaking of the President Unmaking of the President
The ineffable good luck of George W. Bush seems to be faltering at last. The man became President by an electoral accident that resembled theft. His stock was sinking, his agenda ...
Apr 25, 2002 / The Editors
Strange Marchfellows Strange Marchfellows
The numbers and diversity of the April 20 protests in Washington represented a giant step forward for the antiwar movement. The weekend's events dealt a lethal blow to the notion-...
Apr 25, 2002 / Liza Featherstone
The Enron Nine The Enron Nine
Some prestigious Wall Street firms may have been involved in a Ponzi scheme.
Apr 25, 2002 / Feature / William Greider
Single Standards Single Standards
Nothing is more to be despised, in a time of crisis, than the affectation of "evenhandedness." But there are two very nasty delusions and euphemisms gaining ground at pre...
Apr 25, 2002 / Column / Christopher Hitchens