Eduardo Galeano: Stories of Almost Everyone Eduardo Galeano: Stories of Almost Everyone
Why are so many people so scared? Maybe it's because of our rulers' enormous 'fear machine.' So says Eduardo Galeano, in this rare interview.
Jun 1, 2009 / GRITtv
Slide Show: Blockbuster Movies Slide Show: Blockbuster Movies
In the spirit of the summer movie season, a look back at The Nation's coverage of classic popcorn epics.
May 28, 2009 / Photo Essay / The Nation
Return of the Fabulous Return of the Fabulous
In the end, the vote was silly or sad, but for eighteen weeks on American Idol, Adam Lambert was Everyman and Everygayman, skating the edge of ecstasy and terror.
May 27, 2009 / Books & the Arts / JoAnn Wypijewski
Live Long and Prosper: Star Trek and More Live Long and Prosper: Star Trek and More
J.J. Abrams's Star Trek, Ron Howard's Angels & Demons, Olivier Assayas's Summer Hours
May 27, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Vice: The Dispiriting Legacy of Dick Cheney Vice: The Dispiriting Legacy of Dick Cheney
Assessing the stealth, subterfuge and delusion of the Cheney vice presidency.
May 27, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Holmes
Colin Powell and Rush Limbaugh Battle for the Soul of the Republican Party Colin Powell and Rush Limbaugh Battle for the Soul of the Republican Party
Fellowship of the ring.
May 27, 2009 / Column / Calvin Trillin
i am enCentering the amen New i am enCentering the amen New
for Peter Gizzi crush tamarind and the brown thirst of Quivira the hollow sound of the silence of travail the tipp iron toe of aventura coronado . x -plore for the first time like in imagen childhood the time of the world of the mesa. but this one is "real" the opponents are vivid & feather'd & red not one of these is yr father here the world that we thought of as round after all becomes arid & flat in its trail full of deep stony echoes & the steep sound of phonemes as if God is a well where there is no language of water. no meaning of silver of mineral flood that we know in our langurous rivers . but here is only the archer wind . is this why we are hearin feathers? . the future sits across from us squat & vivid on a burn -ing horse. not a cross. w/its arrows there are no orchards here. no wine no other kind of time for these sorrows
May 27, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Kamau Brathwaite
Steve Earle’s Labor of Love Steve Earle’s Labor of Love
The music on Townes, Steve Earle's tribute to Townes Van Zandt, is simple and literally homespun. There is sinew to this music, and blood in the words.
May 26, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Charles P. Pierce
Chop Shops Chop Shops
Over a decade ago, in his novel The Ax, Donald E. Westlake captured the ruthlessness and anomie of economic Darwinism.
May 26, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Charles Taylor
Cheney vs. Obama: The No-So-Epic Battle Cheney vs. Obama: The No-So-Epic Battle
Jon Stewart surveys the coverage and content of President Obama's and Dick Cheney's concurrent national security speeches.
May 22, 2009 / The Daily Show