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
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
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
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
Big Tobacco Big Tobacco
Uncovering the industry's multibillion-dollar global smuggling network.
Apr 18, 2002 / Feature / Mark Schapiro
It’s Only a Beginning It’s Only a Beginning
Nearly four years have elapsed since that merry month of May when France and the whole world were taken aback by a sudden and momentous upheaval.
Apr 17, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Singer
Sharon Wears Oppressor’s Cloak Sharon Wears Oppressor’s Cloak
What is the fundamental difference between Slobodan Milosevic and Ariel Sharon? The former is on trial for war crimes, while the latter still leads an occupying army.
Apr 16, 2002 / Column / Robert Scheer
Unsigning the ICC Unsigning the ICC
History will record April 11, 2002, as a day of enormous significance in the effort to achieve the rule of law in the conduct of international affairs. It marks the day the Treaty...
Apr 11, 2002 / John B. Anderson
Witness in the Territories Witness in the Territories
In the last days of March, at the end of a five-day voyage with seven fellow members of the International Parliament of Writers (IPW) through the battered archipelago of reservat...
Apr 11, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Russell Banks