4 Editor's Note Matthew Rothschild 6 Letters 8 Comment A Woman's Right Is in Peril 11 No Comment Columns 12 Ruth Conniff tells Democrats to stop being so defensive. 14 Nat Hentoff denounces the practice of outsourcing torture. 16 On the Line Features 20 A Farewell to Ossie Davis Barbara Ransby I last saw him two years before he died, and even then he was still a proud, handsome man. 22 The Trouble with Tasers Anne-Marie Cusac Tasers are becoming ever more prevalent even though their safety is increasingly in question. 28 Between the Mullahs and Bush Nicholds—Schmidle Washington's belligerent rhetoric toward Tehran is driving Iran's student movement toward nationalism. Cover 33 Seymour Hersh Davis Barsamian "It doesn't matter what the American people think," says the investigative reporter. 'There's going to be an awful lot more body bags." Culture 40 The Yes Men Cometh Gabriel Paletz How to spoof a corporation in the age of the Internet. 42 Poem Michael Kriesel 44 Will Durst breaks down Bush's new budget. 45 Books Matthew Rothschild reviews The Impossible Will Take a Little While: A Citizen's Guide to Hope in a Time of Fear, edited by Paul Rogat Loeb, and Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities, by Rebecca Solnit. 50 Molly Ivins prescribes healing laughter.
4 Editor's Note Matthew Rothschild 6 Letters 8 Comment A Woman's Right Is in Peril 11 No Comment Columns 12 Ruth Conniff tells Democrats to stop being so defensive. 14 Nat Hentoff denounces the practice of outsourcing torture. 16 On the Line Features 20 A Farewell to Ossie Davis Barbara Ransby I last saw him two years before he died, and even then he was still a proud, handsome man. 22 The Trouble with Tasers Anne-Marie Cusac Tasers are becoming ever more prevalent even though their safety is increasingly in question. 28 Between the Mullahs and Bush Nicholds—Schmidle Washington's belligerent rhetoric toward Tehran is driving Iran's student movement toward nationalism. Cover 33 Seymour Hersh Davis Barsamian "It doesn't matter what the American people think," says the investigative reporter. 'There's going to be an awful lot more body bags." Culture 40 The Yes Men Cometh Gabriel Paletz How to spoof a corporation in the age of the Internet. 42 Poem Michael Kriesel 44 Will Durst breaks down Bush's new budget. 45 Books Matthew Rothschild reviews The Impossible Will Take a Little While: A Citizen's Guide to Hope in a Time of Fear, edited by Paul Rogat Loeb, and Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities, by Rebecca Solnit. 50 Molly Ivins prescribes healing laughter.
