Blame Church Arrogance, Not Oversexed Society Blame Church Arrogance, Not Oversexed Society
While it might appear to be sweet revenge for the Inquisition, it is best to resist the impulse to burn some Catholic priests--and the cardinals who covered up their criminal a...
May 1, 2002 / Column / Robert Scheer
The Enron Nine The Enron Nine
Some prestigious Wall Street firms may have been involved in a Ponzi scheme.
Apr 25, 2002 / Feature / William Greider
Backlash Babies Backlash Babies
A long time ago I dated a 28-year-old man who told me the first time we went out that he wanted to have seven children. Subsequently, I was involved for many years with an alre...
Apr 25, 2002 / Column / Katha Pollitt
The Torturer’s Apprentice The Torturer’s Apprentice
Alan Dershowitz prides himself on his credentials as a civil libertarian, and to judge by most of the essays in his latest book, Shouting Fire: Civil Liberties in a Turbulent A...
Apr 25, 2002 / Books & the Arts / William F. Schulz
In Cold Type In Cold Type
When I was a teenager on my first trip to Paris, I remember looking out at the Parisians from the window of a taxi as we proceeded along some splendid boulevard and thinking, B...
Apr 25, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Amy Wilentz
Breaking the ‘Consensus’ Breaking the ‘Consensus’
On the morning of April 20, in the nation's capital, activists held two anti-war rallies, each of which drew thousands, almost within sight of one another.
Apr 22, 2002 / Feature / Liza Featherstone
Understanding Ashcroft Understanding Ashcroft
I am beginning to suspect that Nation readers may not fully appreciate the challenges Attorney General John Ashcroft faces. What would you do in his place? Your intelligence agenc...
Apr 18, 2002 / David Cole
Smoking Out Smuggling Smoking Out Smuggling
It's hard to imagine a tale of corporate mischief that would shock veteran observers of the US tobacco industry. But even the most jaded reader may raise an eyebrow at the allegat...
Apr 18, 2002 / The Editors
End Business as Usual End Business as Usual
The Enron "outrage," AFL-CIO president John Sweeney told a rapt crowd of several hundred workers at Milwaukee's Serb Memorial Hall, is "not the story of one corporation's abuses, ...
Apr 18, 2002 / David Moberg