Satellite Dylan
Richard Goldstein : As a satellite radio DJ, Bob Dylan is reaching a new generation of fans, who admire his music but, unlike earlier admirers, do not see him as a prophet.
Ed Morales looks at the political impact of Hispanic radio, Thomas Geoghegan comments on the Bush Administration's bumbling managers, Margaret Spillane salutes Samuel Beckett.
Articles
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Ferment Over 'The Israel Lobby'
Philip Weiss : Criticisms of the Israel lobby have circulated for years, but it took two professors and the Iraq War to inject realist ideas into the debate.
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Help Wanted: GOP Managers
Thomas Geoghegan : With executive pay scales soaring, only bumblers are willing to work for the Bush Administration.
Letters
Editorials & Comment
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Songs of Protest
: As the war in Iraq causes more devastation, courageous musicians are using song to move a nation.
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Sweet Victories
A Green Salute
Katrina vanden Heuvel & Sam Graham-Felsen : In celebration of Earth Day, The Nation salutes those who took part in the top five environmental victories of the year.
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Taking Liberties
Lost in Translation
David Cole : Good translators speak for others, not for themselves. So why is a translator for Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman being prosecuted as a co-conspirator?
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Press Watch
The Media Is the Mensaje
Ed Morales : Outspoken DJs on Spanish-speaking radio are giving immigrant activists a loud, clear voice.
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Sacrifice Play
Dave Zirin : By selecting George Mitchell to head a steroids inquiry, Major League Baseball keeps the focus strictly on players, not on the owners who silently encourage abuse.
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Beckett at 100
Margaret Spillane : No playwright has given plainer witness to the planet's most violent century or borne such loving witness to the dispossessed.
Reviews
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Behind Enemy Lines
Raffi Khatchadourian : New scholarship sheds light on Osama bin Laden's rhetoric, charisma and complex religious and political vision.
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From Piety to Politics
Mahmood Mamdani : Three new books examine the distinctions between religious and political Islam.
Columns
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DEADLINE POET
Adieu, Scott McClellan
Calvin Trillin : Goodbye to a Bush official who has been remarkably consistent.
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DIARY OF A MAD LAW PROFESSOR
The Deciderator
Patricia J. Williams : Bush's goofily unmoored positioning of himself as "the decider" duncifies us all.
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THE LIBERAL MEDIA
Bush's Other War
Eric Alterman : The FBI's bid to examine Jack Anderson's papers is the latest battle in the Bush Administration's war against the media.
Web
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TruthDig
My Mother, the Illegal Alien
Robert Scheer : As the May Day protests, they evoked memories of an earlier generation of immigrants who lived with the fear of deportation.
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The Gospel of Scooter
Richard Lingeman : A political nightmare, with a scriptural spin, tells the true story of two nefarious lords and their faithful servant.
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Jane Jacobs's Genius
Roberta Brandes Gratz & Stephen A. Goldsmith : A tribute to Jane Jacobs's extraordinary vision of urban life and her passionate care for people and places.
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Howl
Getting Hosed
Nicholas von Hoffman : As oil profits soar, Americans are getting hosed at the gas pump, and Congress can't decide whether to raise taxes, lower them or throw money at the voters.
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House Panel Shoots Down Net Neutrality
Jeff Chester : Despite pressure from Internet mavens, Congress edged closer this week to a pay-as-you-go Internet.
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