Taking Liberties Taking Liberties
Attorney General John Ashcroft has never been one to hide his anger under a bushel.
Dec 2, 2004 / Editorial / David Cole
Dutch Tolerance Tried Dutch Tolerance Tried
“We should therefore claim, in the name of tolerance, the right not to tolerate the intolerant.” So said the philosopher Karl Popper near the end of World War II.
Dec 2, 2004 / Editorial / Maria Margaronis
The Invisible Hand Holds the Remote The Invisible Hand Holds the Remote
What does it mean that a whopping 70 percent of Americans, according to a recent New York Times-CBS News poll, believe that mass culture is responsible for debasing our moral val...
Nov 30, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Robert Scheer
Hostile Obituary for Derrida Hostile Obituary for Derrida
On October 10, the New York Times published a front-page obituary for French philosopher Jacques Derrida.
Nov 24, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Ross Benjamin
Money for Nothing Money for Nothing
To hear conservatives describe it, the only video appearances that hurt John Kerry more than that of Osama bin Laden were those of Hollywood celebrities, who united behind his ca...
Nov 24, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman
Sex & the Clergy Sex & the Clergy
Exit poll results indicating that 22 percent of voters ranked moral values as the most important factor in their support for a presidential candidate have occupied more than thei...
Nov 24, 2004 / Editorial / Frances Kissling
Falluja’s Health Damage Falluja’s Health Damage
Afif Sarhan, an Iraqi physician and journalist, contributed reporting for this article.
Nov 24, 2004 / Editorial / Miles Schuman
The Interpreters of Maladies The Interpreters of Maladies
Derrida was often misunderstood, but rarely worse than in his New York Times obituary. Ross Benjamin explains, in a web-only feature.
Nov 24, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Adam Shatz
The Shock of the Old The Shock of the Old
These remarks introduced a centennial tribute to Isaac Bashevis Singer in October at the 92nd Street Y in New York.
Nov 24, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Morris Dickstein
Lost in America Lost in America
In no literature in the world has the immigrant novel been more varied, more original, more persistent than in ours--and this for the most obvious of reasons.
Nov 24, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Vivian Gornick