Bail Out or Slush Fund? | Pork may be the least of our worries. History suggests we should watch for buying votes.
Laura Flanders
Troopergate Conclusion: Palin Abused Her Office | "I find that Governor Palin abused her power," writes investigator in a report released Friday night by GOP dominated Alaska Legislative Council.
John Nichols
Thirty Years' War in Afghanistan | It might be unwinnable -- or it just might take several decades. A sober look at that other war.
Robert Dreyfuss
The Woman Greenspan, Rubin & Summers Silenced | How Brooksley Born might have helped us avert this financial meltdown
Katrina vanden Heuvel
Is the Second Superpower of the Cold War Going Down? | The Soviets were bankrupted by an Afghan War that wouldn’t end. Now, is it our turn?
Tom Engelhardt
Expert Failure | How the elites failed us.
Christopher Hayes
S. Dakota Goes After Choice (Again) | Meet the Rev. Steve Hickey. He believes that S. Dakota has been chosen by God to upend Roe v. Wade.
Peter Rothberg
Are You the Very Model of a Modern Vice-President? | Sarah's not the only one with a special skill.
Katha Pollitt
I'm not sure if Hillary Clinton's tears in New Hampshire were fact or fiction, but it would be fun to see that woven into a future story line. Thanks, Gary...this novel will make The Nation a more interesting place.
Posted by jconnell at 01/11/2008
Terrific opening—snappy dialogue, subtle suggestions of the conflicts to come, timely topic. I’m already in sympathy with protag. More, Gary, more!
Posted by Twister at 01/15/2008
Terrific stuff by an author I've long admired. Looking forward to future installments.
Posted by Bob Levinson at 01/15/2008
Hillary must get elected first before she can do anything...Give her a break!
Posted by magnoliat12 at 01/16/2008
Wonderful stuff. Gary Phillips is one of the most inventive minds working in political fiction.
Posted by john Shannon at 01/20/2008
Outstanding!!! Will be checking in (ok at first I thought Kang was the Klingon dude on Star Trek, but now that I'm informed,I'll be back). Glad to see The Nation branching out like this. National Geographic did so with a "travel novel" serialization by Lorenzo Carcaterra and it made reading the mag very interesting...
Posted by CAC at 01/20/2008