The Saudis and Their Oil Rigs The Saudis and Their Oil Rigs
(Sung to the tune of "The Farmer and the Cowman" from Oklahoma!) The Saudis and their oil rigs are our friends. Oh, the Saudis and their oil rigs are our friends. They...
May 2, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin
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
Losing the Peace? Losing the Peace?
As Afghanistan struggles to recover, the United States prepares to move on.
Apr 25, 2002 / Feature / Michael Massing
Letter from Lebanon Letter from Lebanon
Hostility to the Palestinians has all but evaporated, thanks to Sharon's war.
Apr 25, 2002 / Feature / Adam Shatz
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
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
Le Pen: The Center Folds Le Pen: The Center Folds
Earthquake. Cataclysm. Electroshock. The 9/11 of French politics. These were the recurring terms that established political leaders of both left and right used to characterize ...
Apr 25, 2002 / Doug Ireland
Sharon’s Bulldozers Sharon’s Bulldozers
Only the blind or those who diplomatically avert their eyes could not see the purpose of Israel's systematic destruction of Palestinian Authority offices and those of numerous cul...
Apr 18, 2002 / The Editors
The Sacking of Argentina The Sacking of Argentina
The IMF deserves to be blamed. But so does the country's willing political class.
Apr 18, 2002 / Feature / Tim Frasca
What Israel Has Done What Israel Has Done
Seeking to eliminate the Palestinians as a people, it is destroying their civil life.
Apr 18, 2002 / Feature / Edward W. Said