May 28, 2012

In the Magazine

Cover: Cover photo of Trina Garnett by Lynn Garnett, design by Milton Glaser Incorporated

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Letters

Bruce Springsteen, Death of a Salesman, Barbara Ehrenreich, Iran

Why Is NATO Necessary?

We should shrink the alliance’s budget and ambitions and focus on the greatest threat to the West: economic crisis.

The Editors

Europe Rejects Austerity

The financial crunch has broken the illusion of stability, exposing a deeper crisis of representation.

Maria Margaronis

Noted

Richard Kim on Obama and same-sex marriage, Connor Guy on the truth about Tasers, Hannah Murphy on Activist New York

Can the Euro Avert Collapse?

As politicians dither, the threat of default spreads from Greece to Spain and Italy.

Andy Robinson

Inside True the Vote

A spinoff of the King Street Patriots Texas Tea Party, True the Vote aims to have 1 million poll watchers in place by November.

Brentin Mock

Deadline Poet

Adieu, Sarkozy

Calvin Trillin

The Liberal Media

Jazz Fest and the Ghosts of New Orleans

In a city divided by extremes, the festival brings together all kinds of people to cook up something marvelous.

Eric Alterman

Throwaway People: Teens Sent to Die in Prison Will Get a Second Chance

Trina Garnett accidentally set a fatal fire when she was 14. That was in 1976. Could today’s Supreme Court ruling against juvenile life without parole finally bring her home?

Liliana Segura

Don't Buy the Spin: How Cutting the Pentagon's Budget Could Boost the Economy

Spending the same money on education, or clean energy, would bring many more jobs—among other benefits.

Robert Pollin and Heidi Garrett-Peltier

International Criminal Court on Trial in Kenya

Has the ICC struck a blow against impunity or heightened tensions—or both?

Karen Rothmyer

If Charles Taylor Can Be Tried for War Crimes, Why Not Kissinger?

The former Liberian dictator abetted the atrocities of a proxy army. Henry Kissinger did the same in Indonesia/East Timor.

Reed Brody

Time to Revive the Postal Service

It’s smart politics—the PO is popular, and could be a great community aid in the digital era.

John Nichols

Book

Grand Flattery: The Yale Grand Strategy Seminar

Why are Yale and other top universities teaching a Grand Strategy seminar if the conditions that seemed to call for grand strategizing no longer exist?

Thomas Meaney and Stephen Wertheim

Book

An Enduring Condition: On War Time

For Mary Dudziak, we are now experiencing a time of permanent war, one that does not bother everyday Americans.

Peter Maass

Poem

funeral coffee tea

Michael Casey

Book

Pieces of a Man: On Gil Scott Heron

The musician’s posthumous memoir, The Last Holiday, is as rich and ambiguous as his declaration that “The Revolution Will Not be Televised.”

Franklin Bruno