Greenspan’s Delusions
The former Fed chief makes his case: everyone, and no one, is to blame for the financial crisis.
Print Magazine
May 3, 2010 Issue
Cover art by: Cover design by Gene Case & Stephen Kling/Avenging Angels
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Editorial
Noted.
David Cole on Dawn Johnsen, Greg Kaufmann on Stephen Friedman's windfall profits and Clarissa A. León on Islam Siddiqui, "pesticide pusher"...
David Cole and John Nichols and Greg Kaufmann and Clarissa A. León
License to Kill?
After 9/11, it's less controversial to kill a suspect in cold blood than to hold him in preventive detention.
Earth to Congress
The current climate change legislation threatens to do more harm than good.
Column
Black by Choice
The first black president has created a definitional crisis for whiteness.
Letter From Berlin
Germany has problems--but on healthcare and gun control, it's way ahead of the States.
Letters
Letters
Letter published in the May 3, 2010, issue of The Nation.
Feature
Living at the ‘Tip of the Spear’
The US military's plans would devastate Guam's environment. Its citizens are fighting back.
Sapping the Superfund’s Strength
As Washington dithers, sites slated for cleanup long ago continue to threaten human health.
Offset Buyers Beware
To Western consumers, carbon offsets sound good on paper—but the devil is in the details.
Cracking Big Coal
Environmentalists chalk up wins on the ground, putting coal companies on the defensive.
The Case for EPA Action
The agency has the tools to regulate greenhouse gases—if Congress doesn't take them away.
Books & the Arts
A Reign Not of This World
Juan Carlos Onetti immerses himself in reality just long enough to fashion an escape. This is his peculiar gift.
Extravagant Disorder
Miroslav Tichy's haphazard, eccentric photographs are disciplined, even rigorous--and indifferent to the claims of their female subjects.
