Time to Choose
Eight Nation contributors make the best case for their candidate.
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John Nichols on Michael Mukasey, Patricia J. Williams on judicial activism in the US and Pakistan, an Elizabeth Willis poem
Articles
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Joseph Biden, Fighter
John Nichols : At a time when too many Democrats are prone to pulling punches, he knows how to throw them. And he has the bruises to show it.
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Hillary Clinton
Ellen Chesler : A progressive who can win--and govern.
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John Edwards
Katherine S. Newman : Like FDR, he's the real deal.
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Christopher Dodd
Bruce Shapiro : Strongest on human rights and civil liberties.
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Mike Gravel
Richard Kim : An inconvenient truth-teller.
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Dennis Kucinich
Gore Vidal : A farsighted populist and pacifist.
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Barack Obama
Michael Eric Dyson : A visionary candidate for a new America.
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Bill Richardson
Rocky Anderson : The broadest experience, smart on Iraq.
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Latin America's Shock Resistance
Naomi Klein : Recent events in the region show how societies can recover from extreme capitalism.
Letters
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Letters
Our Readers : Readers react--positively and negatively--to design changes in the print edition of The Nation.
Editorials & Comment
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Voting for Torture
: By approving Michael Mukasey's nomination for Attorney General despite his evasions on waterboarding, the Senate has led us all across a dangerous line.
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Musharraf's Emergency
Graham Usher : If the United States is so keen on spreading democracy and fighting radical Islamists, why does it continue to back a leader who has suspended the Constitution and gone to war with legal activists?
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Reading Lincoln in Pakistan
Eric Foner : Pervez Musharraf wraps himself in Lincoln's mantle, but no one is fooled.
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Noted.
: Peter Rothberg on extremist judges, Peter C. Baker on Radiohead.
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Nation Notes
: Farewell, David Corn, and best of luck in your new venture. Welcome, Christopher Hayes to The Nation's Washington bureau.
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All Cowboys Out Now
Jeremy Scahill : Firms like Blackwater operate in a demand-based industry, and it is this demand that must be cut off.
Reviews
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ART in America
Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow : Two new books explore the possibilities and ethical complications of assisted reproductive technology.
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Fukú Americanus
William Deresiewicz : Junot Díaz's masterful new novel maps the ambiguities in the modern immigrant experience in America.
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In Our Orbit
David Schiff : Edward Said's musical predilections capture the full complexity of the master theorist.
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Judging Thomas
Jon Wiener : A close look at Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas reveals a deeply conservative and increasingly bitter man.
Columns
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DEADLINE POET
Rudy G. Responds to Accusations of Using Phony Statistics
Calvin Trillin : The GOP front-runner's dubious miracle cure.
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DIARY OF A MAD LAW PROFESSOR
Judicial Activism in a Time of No Irony
Patricia J. Williams : Contemplating Mukasey, Musharraf and the imprisoned lawyers of Pakistan: how easily a modern liberal democracy can slide into a totalitarian state.
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THE LIBERAL MEDIA
Of Lies, Catfights and Rock 'n' Roll
Eric Alterman : Official lies have always been with us. But our political life--as depicted by Maureen Dowd, among others--has been poisoned by the even more insidious unrebuttable lie.
Web
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Howl
The Subprime Bailout
Nicholas von Hoffman : One way or another, banks will get taxpayer help to undo the subprime mess, but it won't be cheap. And the rest of us can bank on getting robbed in the process.
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Come On, People
Amy Alexander : A new book by Bill Cosby and Alvin Poussaint is a tough-love prescription for social change. Why are critics in the black community piling on?
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Bush, Pakistan and the Bomb
Jonathan Schell : The Bush Administration's failed war on terror has stoked the fires it was meant to quench. And in Pakistan, the risk of nuclear terrorisism is on the rise.
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TruthDig
Bush Stands By His Dictator
Robert Scheer : Bush's coddling of Pervez Musharraf defies all reason--and bears some unsettling similarity to his own offenses and misteps as President.
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Immigrant Drivers License Plan Unravels
Andrea Batista Schlesinger & Amy Traub : New York State Governor Eliot Spitzer had a good idea about how to issue driver's licenses to undocumented workers. Too bad he caved.
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The Coming Foreclosure Tsunami
Christopher Hayes : As Congress grapples with the wave of foreclosures and bankruptcies resulting from the subprime mess, why are some Dems siding with the banks?
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poem
More Money, Les Moonves
Annabelle Gurwitch : Seen, heard and observed on the picket line in Los Angeles as the WGA strike enters its second week.
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Syria's Dangerous Gambits
Mohamad Bazzi : Ostracized by the Bush Administration, Syria is flirting with rogue status. But if Washington restarts dialogue, there is plenty of room for common ground.
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Susan Faludi: America's Terror Dream
Rashi Kesarwani : A discussion with the author of The Terror Dream: Fear and Fantasy in Post-9/11 America, the master narrative of our national security myth.
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Writers Strike, Silence Falls
Barbara Ehrenreich : As the screenwriters strike enters its second week, take a moment to appreciate those without whom late night comics are struck mute, movies are left unmade and on TV, there's nothing but reality.
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Executive Excess on Capitol Hill
Charlie Cray & Christopher Hayes : Faced with a no-brainer fix to close a tax loophole, Senate Democrats are dithering, caught between the interests of their donors and their voters.
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Clinton Under Fire for Planting Fake Questions
Ari Melber : Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign came under fire over the weekend for planting fake questions at town hall events--and the netroots are on to her.
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The New Face of Al Jazeera
Kristen Gillespie : Is the popular Arabic satellite network becoming more Islamist and sectarian?
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No-Nukers Sing a New Green Tune
Harvey Wasserman : As the nuclear power plant industry tries to leverage the energy crisis, foes of nuclear power are putting a serious crimp in their plans.
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Gender Card: Hillary Shuffles the Deck
Susan Faludi : Mainstream media pundits claim she's playing the victim. In fact, she's running like a man, playing out a national fantasy to rescue America.
Cover art by Steve Brodner, design by Gene Case & Stephen Kling/Avenging Angels
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