'Arrows for the War'
Kathryn Joyce : The Christian "Quiverfull" movement measures a mother's spiritual resolve by the number of children she raises, each one an arrow in the quiver of God's army.
Bob Moser explores a new Southern strategy, Patricia J. Williams considers the political consequences of the veil, Mark Winne looks at the promise of farmers' markets.
Articles
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A New Idea Grows in Alabama
Mark Winne : Poverty, race and obesity have a lot in common. In Alabama an underfunded federal program addresses the problem by providing fresh produce to low-income residents and seniors.
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Letter From Canada: The New Christian Right
Chris Hedges : Canada's new conservative prime minister is forging ties with US conservatives and evangelicals as Canada moves toward an Americanized Christian state.
Letters
Editorials & Comment
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It's Over for Bush
: As voters expressed their disgust, this election signaled a repudiation of the corrupt Bush regime, a clear antiwar victory and the collapse of the conservative order.
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Measuring the Mandate
John Nichols : Democrats will claim their electoral mandate by understanding how they won: by fielding activist candidates with a clear antiwar message and by defending civil liberties.
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And Now, Iraq
David Corn : The election is over; the war is not. And George W. Bush is suddenly in one tight corner.
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A New Southern Strategy
Bob Moser : The midterm elections proved to Democrats that the South must not be written off. The key to winning rural and working-class voters in Dixie is the same as anywhere else.
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Fixing Elections
Andrew Gumbel : Let's stop obsessing over conspiracy and focus on the real problem: lack of reliability, transparency and accountability in our electoral system.
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Haggard Values
Richard Kim : The homophobic values vote took a body blow in the midterm elections, helped along by hypocrisy in high places.
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A Win for Women
Liza Featherstone : Thanks to a thoughtful grassroots campaign, voters in South Dakota rejected a draconian abortion ban.
Reviews
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art
The Body in Pain
Arthur C. Danto : Fernando Botero's latest series of paintings, inspired by the Abu Ghraib photos, immerse us in the experience of suffering in a way the original photographs never did.
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book
The Business of America
George Scialabba : The American Way of Strategy and Empire's Workshop examine the paradox of idealism and brutality in US foreign policy.
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book
A Civilizing Mission
Amitava Kumar : The Selected Writings of Eqbal Ahmad collects the work of one of our finest postcolonialist critics.
Columns
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DEADLINE POET
A Silver Lining for House Republicans
Calvin Trillin : At least one person in the GOP might feel relieved.
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DIARY OF A MAD LAW PROFESSOR
Keeping Up Appearances
Patricia J. Williams : What are we to make of those who would equate Muslim women who wear the veil with the threat of terrorism?
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THE LIBERAL MEDIA
Time to Abolish the Editorial Page?
Eric Alterman : Do newspapers really need special pages for political pronouncements, stentorian tone and candidate endorsements?
Web
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Dismay Grows Over US Torture School
Patrick Mulvaney : As peace activists converge on Fort Benning for the annual demonstration to shut down the School of the Americas, companion protests are taking place across Latin America, as revulsion grows over US policies on torture.
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Howl
The Death of News
Nicholas von Hoffman : In cities across America, reporters are being laid off, TV stations are cutting back coverage and the newspaper industry is crumbling to dust. When it all shakes out, will Wikipedia be as good as it gets?
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TruthDig
Murtha's No Leftie: He's Right
Robert Scheer : As Democrats choose between a stalwart critic of the Iraq War and a proponent of Bush policies for Majority Leader, Fox News gets in the act, casting centrist Pennnsylvania Rep. John Murtha as a partisan extremist. Huh?
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Stage Left on Choice: Finding a 'middle ground' on abortion is a bad idea
Finding a "middle ground" on abortion is a bad idea.
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Politicians Sweep Midterm Elections
Resounding victories in all states, counties, cities, towns.
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The Kids Are Alright
Campus Progress responds to record youth turnout
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Wait Just a Minute
The questions you should ask a Minuteman.
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What Election?
Sam Graham-Felsen & Ari Berman : Young people voted in larger numbers in the midterm election than they have in 20 years, but most remain disengaged. Sam Graham-Felsen and Ari Berman talk to the no-shows.
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poetry
The Last Antiwar Poem
Rolf Potts : Allen Ginsberg's "Wichita Vortex Sutra," written at the height of the Vietnam War, speaks with a jarring relevance today.
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Wanted: A Real Leader
David Sirota : Steny Hoyer spouts Beltway conventional wisdom no matter what the cost to his party; Jack Murtha has the potential to help revise our national security and economic priorities. Is there really a choice here?
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Ellen Willis, 1941-2006
Friends and colleagues remember Ellen Willis, political essayist, journalist, rock critic and valued contributor to The Nation, who died November 9.
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'C-List Celebrity Killer' Leaves Police Enthusiastically Guessing Who's Next
Following Thursday's gruesome discovery of the remains of former Blossom star Joey Lawrence, law enforcement officials are feverishly speculating on the identity of the killer's next victim.
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