In Fact… In Fact…
STUDS'S KIND OF TOWN We join the city of Chicago in congratulating our friend and colleague Studs Terkel on his ninetieth birthday. By mayoral proclamation, May 16 was Studs Terk...
May 23, 2002 / Editorial / The Editors
Knowledge (and Power) Knowledge (and Power)
For Senator Clinton to flourish a copy of the New York Post--the paper that has called her pretty much everything from Satanic to Sapphist--merely because it had the pungent headli...
May 23, 2002 / Column / Christopher Hitchens
Malign Neglect Malign Neglect
Children in New York City's public schools are being shortchanged--again.
May 23, 2002 / Feature / Jonathan Kozol
Rebel With a Cause Rebel With a Cause
The re-education of former World Bank chief economist Joseph Stiglitz.
May 23, 2002 / Feature / Eyal Press
The Israel Lobby The Israel Lobby
On May 2 the Senate, in a vote of 94 to 2, and the House, 352 to 21, expressed unqualified support for Israel in its recent military actions against the Palestinians. The resol...
May 23, 2002 / Editorial / Michael Massing
Letters Letters
TORTURE 'OFF THE BOOKS'? Cambridge, Mass. William Schulz, in his respectful but selectively critical review of "less than two of [Shouting Fire]'s 550 page...
May 23, 2002 / Letters / Eric Alterman, William F. Schulz, and Our Readers
Dick Cheney’s Primer on the Constitution Dick Cheney’s Primer on the Constitution
So what's it called if during war you criticize the President for any reason? Treason. And how long does this war go on (and this is where this theory's really pretty clever)? ...
May 23, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin
McKinney Redux McKinney Redux
During the long months of post-September 11 presidential invincibility, no member of Congress climbed further out on the what-did-Bush-know-when limb than Representative Cynthia M...
May 23, 2002 / Editorial / John Nichols
Dire Consequences Dire Consequences
This soon-to-be-classic Ed Sorel cartoon is available only in our print edition. Sorry!
May 23, 2002 / Editorial / Edward Sorel
What Are They Reading? What Are They Reading?
Pick: THE PARANOID STYLE IN AMERICAN POLITICS and Other Essays.
May 23, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Gene Santoro