Richard Lingeman | The Nation

A political nightmare, with a scriptural spin, tells the true story of two nefarious lords and their faithful servant.

The Nation is pleased that so many of its contributors are
included on a right-wing list of the most dangerous academics in
America.

Faulkner does Oprah.

This piece first appeared in different form in Billionaires for Bush: How to Rule the World for Fun and Profit (Thunder's Mouth Press).

John Hess, who, it should be said, is one of The Nation's oldest friends and severest critics, once complained to me about an "editor's choice" blurb I'd written, which contained a brief

Lenny Bruce, the potty-mouthed wit who turned stand-up comedy into social commentary, was posthumously pardoned yesterday by Gov. George E.

This is a book that should be on every activist's bed table, like Gideon bibles in hotels.

The
likeness of Nathaniel Hawthorne hanging in the AmLit museum resembles
the shadowy, fading portrait of a distinguished ancestor.

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