New World Order New World Order
As I write, the world is filled with fear. I am having one of those reactions that psychologists describe as a stress response. I suppose I'm not alone, though. A friend calls an...
Oct 11, 2001 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Code of Misconduct Code of Misconduct
Michael Ignatieff has written eloquently from some very cruel places--Rwanda, Bosnia, Afghanistan.
Oct 10, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Erika Munk
Fate and Fundamentalism Fate and Fundamentalism
The distinguishing feature of most fundamentalist belief systems is a literal conception of the relation between words and meaning.
Oct 9, 2001 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
The ‘War of the Future’ The ‘War of the Future’
Even before the smoke cleared from the recent US missile attacks we were told to brace ourselves for a newly declared "war on terrorism," the "war of the future." From the lips o...
Oct 9, 2001 / The Editors
Reply to Hitchens’s Rejoinder Reply to Hitchens’s Rejoinder
It is unfortunate that with such serious issues to attend to, Christopher Hitchens insists on wasting time on irrelevant and fanciful diatribes against assorted enemies, the lates...
Oct 5, 2001 / Feature / Noam Chomsky
Nation Notes Nation Notes
Arundhati Roy, author of The God of Small Things, whose essay deploring India's decision to test atomic weapons appeared in The Nation ("The End of Imagination," September 28, 19...
Oct 4, 2001 / The Editors
Hitting Terrorism’s Roots Hitting Terrorism’s Roots
While the Bush Administration continues to build an international coalition it hopes will allow it to strike back effectively at those responsible for the September 11 attacks, ...
Oct 4, 2001 / The Editors
Signs of the Times Signs of the Times
Protests against symbols of capitalism find themselves in a transformed landscape.
Oct 4, 2001 / Feature / Naomi Klein
Policy Profiteers Policy Profiteers
Battling the war profiteers of World War I, Robert La Follette reminded America that "wealth has never yet sacrificed itself on the altar of patriotism." The progressive senato...
Oct 4, 2001 / John Nichols
Letters Letters
WE SHINE FOR ALL Chicago Your magazine remains a beacon of hope for all of us, even those who revile you for your progressive values--because we all lose...
Oct 4, 2001 / Our Readers