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When it comes to the environment in general, the President must answer charges that his campaign sales pitch was little more than bait and switch. Almost immediately upon taking office, the soothing candidate who made it a point to sound so many green themes on the stump began to govern...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Global Warming: A Climate Of Despair | 4/9/2001 | See Source »

...also the world's fault that so many young people in the Middle East, South Asia and Central Asia face such extraordinary hardships that joining militant groups is the only way out of a life of misery. Many of the terrorist networks' new recruits are downtrodden refugees, fleeing from places like Afghanistan, who find refuge in militant training schools, such as those in northwest Pakistan. These schools offer comfortable housing, clothing, three meals a day and an education (none of which the United Nations was able to provide in the refugee camps). Having been let down by everyone else...

Author: By Nader R. Hasan, NADER R. HASAN | Title: Islam Is Not the Enemy | 3/21/2001 | See Source »

Yes, that most uptight of Asian countries has a surprisingly lively gay scene. Taboo is one of three nightclubs in the Tanjong Pagar suburb that has a large homosexual clientele. At the two 24-hour coffee shops, it's not unusual to see flamboyantly attired drag queens enjoying a late...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Boys Night Out | 3/19/2001 | See Source »

Perhaps it's about accountability. We, who have the freedom to skew our stories--needn't you see our faces? Needn't you look into our eyes as we tell you why Bush's tax plan isn't going to work or why we're ready to single-handedly reclaim...

Author: By Maryanthe E. Malliaris, | Title: I.D.-ology | 3/14/2001 | See Source »

Can we not leave one last place undesecrated by our insatiable lust for oil [NATION, Feb. 19]? If the U.S.'s national security depends on the exploration and drilling of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as one lobbyist would have us believe, shouldn't the country become less dependent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Mar. 12, 2001 | 3/12/2001 | See Source »

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