U.S. says no to deals
Rebel troops surrounding Taliban forces in Kunduz tried again Monday to persuade the government troops to surrender amid heavy bombing by U.S. warplanes and reports that fighters linked to the...
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Alliance trying to quell fears of seizing power
With much of Afghanistan wrested from the ruling Taliban regime, rebel leaders sought Thursday to allay growing fears that they were bent on monopolizing power in a post-Taliban government, promising...
Ladies man?
A new exhibition at the Morgan Library on the inimitable life of poet, playwright, critic, aesthete and decadent Oscar Wilde has raised an old, nagging question: Just what was going...
Attacks awakened nation’s patriotism, Mrs. Bush says
A "great good" came out of the horrible events of Sept. 11 in that America underwent an instant and profound change to a more communal, giving and patriotic society, First...
Experimental war birds pull combat duty
The anti-terrorist war in Afghanistan has become a proving ground for a new type of aerial weapon--one whose chief advantage is that it does not need a pilot. The official...
Photographing the look of love
Nudity and love need not be pornography. Those who have seen Nicholas Nixon's exhibitions at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Museum of Modern Art must surely agree that...
Meat and potatoes
The singular phenomenon that is Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company has produced yet another star. You may remember Kathryn Erbe (the name is German, and means "inheritance") for playing, among other...
Enemy’s top leaders elude attacks
U.S. air strikes in Afghanistan have killed some leaders of the Taliban military and the Al Qaeda terrorist network, but not their top cadre, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Monday....
Missile shield testing delayed
Reflecting a new mood of cooperation with Moscow, the U.S. has delayed testing of its missile defense system while strategic arms talks are under way with Russia, Defense Secretary Donald...
Pentagon chief says U.S. expects to find Al Qaeda leader
The dragnet for Osama bin Laden has failed thus far, largely because of a dearth of timely intelligence on the Saudi exile's whereabouts, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Thursday. Nevertheless,...