Politics

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ENRON: WHERE DOES THE BUCK STOP? The Justice Department and several Congressional committees are starting to look under the Enron rock. Representative Henry Waxman has been shoo...

Jan 10, 2002 / The Editors

Lesson Learned Lesson Learned

Bush says he'd take a thousand whacks Before he'd let the income tax Of all the richest people go back up. Remember Daddy's tax-hike fix. An old dog may not learn new tricks,...

Jan 10, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Missile Shield or Holy Grail? Missile Shield or Holy Grail?

Nike-Zeus, Nike-X, Sentinel, Safeguard, Star Wars, X-ray lasers, spaced-based neutron particle beams, Brilliant Pebbles, Ground-Based Midcourse National Missile Defense, Midcours...

Jan 10, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Walter C. Uhler

Let Down His Rich Pals? Over His Dead Body Let Down His Rich Pals? Over His Dead Body

Talk about the politics of class struggle. George W. Bush now is apparently willing to give his life to make the rich richer.

Jan 10, 2002 / Column / Robert Scheer

A Troubling Sentence A Troubling Sentence

UPDATE, January 14

Jan 7, 2002 / Feature / Bob Burtman

Unforgiven Unforgiven

On August 21 in Lake Charles, Louisiana, a struggling oil-refinery town on the Texas border, Wilbert Rideau walked to the center of the modern courtroom, hobbled by shackles. The...

Jan 3, 2002 / Feature / Amy Bach

Primary Predicament Primary Predicament

With little public notice and no serious debate inside the party, Democratic National Committee chairman Terry McAuliffe and his allies have hatched a plan to radically alter the...

Jan 3, 2002 / John Nichols

Fight for Survival in NYC Fight for Survival in NYC

Talk about rebuilding New York, and sooner or later someone will pipe up that out of crisis comes opportunity. It depends on where you stand. Right now what poor and working-clas...

Jan 3, 2002 / JoAnn Wypijewski

Killing Sanctions in Iraq Killing Sanctions in Iraq

Killing Sanctions in Iraq Killing Sanctions in Iraq New Haven, Conn. David Cortright's "A Hard Look at Iraq Sanctions" [Dec. 3] was a slick attempt to defend...

Jan 3, 2002 / David Cortright and Our Readers

Johnnie Walker Blackened Johnnie Walker Blackened

That would-be martyr John Walker--the mujahid of Marin County--has done something more than give a bad name to my favorite Scotch whiskey. He has illuminated the utter unfitness of...

Jan 3, 2002 / Column / Christopher Hitchens

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