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Jon Wiener

Contributing Editor

Jon Wiener started writing for The Nation in 1984. Since then he's written more than 100 stories and reviews for the magazine, many about American history, university politics, and California life. He's also professor of history at the University of California, Irvine, and a Los Angeles radio host. His most recent book is Historians in Trouble: Plagiarism, Fraud, and Politics in the Ivory Tower (New Press).

Currently

  • Judging Thomas

    November 8, 2007

    A close look at Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas reveals a deeply conservative and increasingly bitter man.

  • Letters

    August 8, 2007 Subscribe

  • Al Franken's Rising Fortunes

    August 3, 2007

    It's early in the game, but his bid to unseat Minnesota Republican Senator Norm Coleman is gaining strength.

  • President Rudy

    July 30, 2007

    How much worse a president would Rudy Giuliani be than George W. Bush? Author Kevin Baker counts the ways.

  • End of an Era at the 'LA Weekly'

    June 27, 2007

    The Rupert Murdoch effect: The progressive LA Weekly has gone from a well-reported newspaper to a flashy tabloid with "gotcha" articles.

  • A Day in the Life: 'Sgt. Pepper' Turns 40

    May 31, 2007

    Four decades later, much of the thrill is gone from The Beatles' magnum opus. Except for one song.

  • Letters

    May 23, 2007 Subscribe

  • The Chutzpah Industry

    May 2, 2007

    Alan Dershowitz is at it again, campaigning to deny tenure to a DePaul University professor who criticized him.

  • Terror at the Nixon Library

    February 8, 2007

    A new exhibit inadvertently displays why Americans might be confused about what terrorism is and how to fight it.

2006

  • The Last Lennon File

    December 20, 2006 Subscribe

    The controversy over newly released files on John Lennon is less about Lennon than about excessive government secrecy.

  • America, Through a Glass Darkly

    October 5, 2006

    An intellectual biography of Richard Hofstadter rides a wave of nostalgia for this artful historian and liberal icon of the 1950s and '60s.

  • Israeli Doves Challenge the War

    August 7, 2006

    According to the Western media, most Israelis, including leading peace advocates, support the ongoing war in Lebanon. But Israeli doves are beginning to speak out. Will it make a difference?

  • Curing Fanaticism

    February 1, 2006

    Amos Oz reflects on the political and diplomatic implications of Hamas's recent victory and its impact on opportunities for peace.

  • UCLA's Dirty Thirty

    January 26, 2006

    Negative media coverage has succeeded in undermining support among prominent conservatives for a UCLA alumni group that paid students to target and expose left-leaning faculty.

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