In Praise of Diasporism, or, Three Cheers for Irving Berlin In Praise of Diasporism, or, Three Cheers for Irving Berlin
This is no time for petty feuds over doctrinal purity, but for organized resistance to the Occupation.
Apr 9, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Adam Shatz
In Praise of Secularism In Praise of Secularism
To arms, freethinkers! Religious zealots have hijacked your government!
Apr 1, 2004 / Feature / Susan Jacoby
The Battle Over the Pledge The Battle Over the Pledge
It's offended people from the start; now the Supreme Court will wade in--again.
Mar 18, 2004 / Feature / Elisabeth Sifton
A Vote for Honesty A Vote for Honesty
Click here to read Lowenberg's dispatch from the March 20 peace march in Madrid.
Mar 18, 2004 / Editorial / Samuel Loewenberg
Terror & Truth in Spain Terror & Truth in Spain
The horrific bombings in Spain, which claimed more than 200 lives, were sad proof that terrorists can achieve success when their target is a government that has distanced itself ...
Mar 18, 2004 / Editorial / The Editors
Adaptation Adaptation
So Mel Gibson has been persecuted all the way to the bank.
Mar 11, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
The Protocols of Mel Gibson The Protocols of Mel Gibson
My friends had one question for me after I saw Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ: Is it anti-Semitic?
Mar 11, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Katha Pollitt
A Passion for Hatred That Mocks Christ’s Message A Passion for Hatred That Mocks Christ’s Message
Mel Gibson's movie is a blood libel against the Jewish people.
Mar 2, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Robert Scheer
Blind Faith Blind Faith
From the moment when Mel Gibson began promoting The Passion of the Christ--was it only ten years ago?--he has insisted that his goal was to be true to the Gospel text.
Feb 26, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Letter From Paris Letter From Paris
In the form of a law regarding the wearing of the Islamic hijab, women's bodies are a battlefield--again.
Feb 26, 2004 / Feature / Maria Margaronis