Volume Three, Number 1 · January 2002

There's more (and less) on heaven and earth...
by BAZ
What does your antiquated telephone do all day while you're off gadding about with cellphones?
7 January 2002

Bush's Racist Slur
by Kendall Clark and Bijan Parsia
Bush's use of a racist slur -- and subsequent failure to apologize for such a use -- is an intolerable coarsening of the present situation.
10 January 2002

Criticizing Cornel
by Kendall Clark
Across the conventional political spectrum, Cornel West has become unfair game.
14 January 2002

How We Hate Democracy
by Dru Oja Jay
Before we can talk about the best course for helping the developing world, we have to stop explicitly undermining its development.
15 January 2002

The "War on Terror": Sense and Nonsense
by Dru Oja Jay
Allowing the distortions of propaganda to insinuate themselves into everyday language is a danger to truth and democracy.
17 January 2002

A Tip for Epic Fantasy Authors and Film Directors
by BAZ
Some casting decisions really should be left to the pros.
26 January 2002