In This Issue
Our jails overflow with nonviolent drug offenders. Have we reached the point where the drug war causes more harm than the drugs themselves?
A conservative Republican asks: What would happen if there were no profit in drugs?
Drugs, race, and some pretty skewed numbers.
Over the years, churches have had a lot to say about alcohol and drug policy. Some of it has been helpful.
Beyond community service, colleges educate for social change.
Columnists
Into the formless void comes the "night of the spirit."
What would Jesus do? Turn the police horses into bunnies.
Table of Contents
Cover Story
Our jails overflow with nonviolent drug offenders. Have we reached the point where the drug war causes more harm than the drugs themselves?
A conservative Republican asks: What would happen if there were no profit in drugs?
Over the years, churches have had a lot to say about alcohol and drug policy. Some of it has been helpful.
Features
The Gallery at the American Bible Society in New York City recently presented
"Reflections on Glass: 20th Century Stained Glass in American Art and
Architecture." This kaleidoscope of glisten
Commentary
Columns
Into the formless void comes the "night of the spirit."
What would Jesus do? Turn the police horses into bunnies.
Culture Watch
Be careful when you opt to wander off the beaten path; what you come
across might change your direction altogether.
Nine polite, well-dressed men and women walked into the Catonsville,
Maryland, draft board office May 17, 1968, tussled briefly with staff members there
(apologized profusely
Jonathan Schell, author of such highly acclaimed books as The Fate of the Earth and The Gift of Time, has now written perhaps his most important work, The Unconquera
The ability to laugh, we know, is vital. To do so in the midst of
terror and anxiety is even more important.
On Feb. 9, 2003, Orion magazine took out a full-page
advertisement on page five of The New York Times.
It's hard to imagine a noteworthy book about the civil rights
movement that doesn't include the powerful ingredients of religion and faith.
Fortunately, two new publications e
Departments
Poetry:
Reading Gilgamesh on the Day 500,000 Protesters Marched Against George W. Bush and Lockheed Martin's War on Iraq
Reading Gilgamesh on the Day 500,000 Protesters Marched Against George W. Bush and Lockheed Martin's War on Iraq
Go to the Cyclops, to their metalworks, to buy your armaments—
they with concentric ringwork branded into their foreheads;
Despite Jesus' greeting to the disciples, the weeks following his resurrection are
anything but peaceful for the struggling community.
It's a partnership that reads like a parable: Invest some talents around springtime, trust the farmer to sow good seed, then bring home the harvest all summer long.
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By the time you read this, the snow in Washington, D.C., will have melted, we think.
Between the Lines
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