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The Poet Laureate Consultant to the Library of Congress talks about spontaneous demonstrations, his hope for poetry, and why he doesn't read criticism anymore.
The Nation was central to Eisenhower's understanding of the military-industrial complex.
Lewis was a true Renaissance man, a lover of music, history, literature, language, botany, geography, sports, boating, cards—the list is endless—all of which enliven his puzzles.
Teresa Stack remembers our colleague Gene Case; Esther Kaplan reports on Sarah Shourd's return home from Iran.
Katrina vanden Heuvel on the passing of Iris Dornfeld McWilliams; Rajeshree Sisodia on new accountability for energy firms.
This essay, from the August 23, 1947, issue of The Nation, is a special selection from The Nation Digital Archive. If you want to read everything The Nation has ever published on India and Southeast Asia, click here for information on how to acquire individual access to the Archive--an electronic database of every Nation article since 1865.
A new participatory documentary captures the excitement of Obama's election.
How The Nation's special issue on the bureau brought down the wrath of J. Edgar Hoover.
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The article presents the poem "If George W. Bush Had Worked Up The Nerve To Ask Dick Cheney To Be More Forthcoming About His Hunting Accident," by Calvin Trillin. First Line: Perhaps there's some more info you could share. Last Line: Just take a walk.
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Corrections to the articles "A Letter to the American Left," by Bernard-Henri Lévy and "Exile on K Street," by Jeremy Scahill that were published in the February 20, 2006 issue are presented.
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The article presents the poem "On the Report by House Republicans (Yes, Republicans) That Excoriates the Bush Administration For Its Fumbling Response to Hurricane Katrina," by Calvin Trillin. First Line: Though Bushmen had claimed that word never reached; Last line: But others as well did a heckuva job.
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The article looks at why the United States Congress passed the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and the similarities between Presidents Richard Nixon and George W. Bush in their authorization of warrant-less wiretaps. Operation Shamrock and Operation Minaret were two abuses by the National Security Agency that prompted Congress to pass the Surveillance Act. The article examines other wiretap abuses by Nixon, including the Salisbury intercepts and the Huston Plan.
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The article presents the poem "Government's the Problem," by Calvin Trillin.
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Corrections to articles in previous issues including "Subject to Debate" by Katha Pollitt in the January 16, 2006, Pollitt's column in the January 30, 2006 issue and ¿The New Face of the Campus Left,¿ by Sam Graham-Felsen in the February 13, 2006 issue are presented.
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The article presents the poem "I Dreamt That George W. Bush Adopted James Frey's 3-Step Program--Denial, Larry King and Oprah--To Get to the Truth About the War in Iraq," by Calvin Trillin. First Line: At first, when people said he'd lied, Last Line: For thousands, though, it comes too late.
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The author comments on U.S. President George W. Bush's defense of the National Security Agency's warrantless wiretapping of Americans. Richard Nixon infamously defended his approval of warrantless wiretapping of U.S. citizens involved in the 1970s antiwar movement. Nixon was proved wrong. Bush appears not to have learned the lesson that Presidents are not above the law. This government's assertion of uncheckable executive powers is one of several myths the Administration has propagated in a public relations effort to convince the public of a transparently unconvincing argument.
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A poem by Calvin Trillin is presented, entitled "On Roy Blunt's Promise To Reform Lobbying Rules If He Becomes House Majority Leader." First line: I must be blunt where Blunt's concerned: Last line: Then I'm the Sultan of Brunei.
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The poem "George W. Bush Explains the 'Signing Statement' Issued When He Signed John McCain's Anti-Torture Amendment Into Law," by Calvin Trillin, is presented.
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