Rolf Potts

Rolf Potts is a writer best known for promoting an ethic of independent travel. His work, reported from over fifty countries, has appeared in National Geographic Traveler, Slate, Conde Nast Traveler, The Guardian and on National Public Radio. He is summer writer-in-residence at the Paris American Academy.

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  • The Last Antiwar Poem

    November 14, 2006

    Allen Ginsberg's "Wichita Vortex Sutra," written at the height of the Vietnam War, speaks with a jarring relevance today.

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» The Notion

A Blow to Privatization in Israel (and Perhaps Beyond) | A potentially historic ruling on prison privatization, in Israel.
Eyal Press
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» The Dreyfuss Report

Can China Help on Afghanistan? | Beijing wants a broader role in the Middle East and South Asia. Will Obama bring them in?
Robert Dreyfuss
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» Editor's Cut

Around the Nation | The week we went Rouge. Plus, Moyers on Afghanistan.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
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» The Beat

Health Care Bill Advances, as Harry Reid Trumps Sarah Palin | The death panelist-in-chief rallied her followers to "KILL THE BILL." But 60 senators decided to follow the real leader.
John Nichols
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» Altercation

Slacker Friday | The "Second Amendment" sale; the raving paranoids of the right.
Eric Alterman

» Act Now!

Toward Copenhagen | A guide to joining the movement against climate change.
Peter Rothberg
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