‘Secundus Defecated Here’: What Ancient Graffiti Means Today ‘Secundus Defecated Here’: What Ancient Graffiti Means Today
If you’re under the false impression that the world is falling into utter moral disrepair, turn your eyes toward Pompeii.
Jul 26, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Cord Jefferson
Mitt Romney’s Bankster Ball Mitt Romney’s Bankster Ball
With the soon-to-be GOP nominee collecting checks from executives of banks tied to the Libor scandal, Americans have a right to ask which team Romney is on.
Jul 26, 2012 / John Nichols
Feel the Burn: Making the 2012 Heat Wave Matter Feel the Burn: Making the 2012 Heat Wave Matter
This scorching summer could be a global warming landmark—if we demand climate action from our leaders.
Jul 25, 2012 / Mark Hertsgaard
Alexander Cockburn: He Beat the Devil Alexander Cockburn: He Beat the Devil
The Nation’s longest-running columnist was a witty, brilliant, coruscating presence in our pages for almost thirty years.
Jul 25, 2012 / Victor Navasky
Noted Noted
John Nichols on Romney’s Libor pals, George Zornick on Colorado’s gun laws, Michael Z. Youhana on WikiLeaks in Guatemala and Zoë Schlanger on tar sands.
Jul 25, 2012 / Various Contributors
Remembering Alex Remembering Alex
For what the ancients called avarice and iniquity, Alex’s hate was pure. No writer had a deadlier sting against the corruptions of empire.
Jul 25, 2012 / JoAnn Wypijewski
Mitt Romney’s Tax Returns Mitt Romney’s Tax Returns
Demands come from left and from right. Mitt Romney, though, says he’ll sit tight. We’ve given you people enough, Says Ann, sounding suddenly tough. Conspiracy theories abound. Mitt’s critics relentlessly pound. Why go through this sort of ordeal? What doesn’t Mitt want to reveal? Some shelters far off from our shore? Well, sure, but there has to be more. And, really, we already know His tax rate is terribly low. Could some corporate losses have meant That one year he paid not a cent? What’s in there to make voters squeal? What doesn’t Mitt want to reveal? What deed was so sleazy that he’ll So desperately try to conceal Exposure with such stubborn zeal? What fiddling did Romney feel Showed even a wealthy big wheel Who feels some gray area’s appeal Is slippery, just like an eel? What doesn’t Mitt want to reveal?
Jul 25, 2012 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Let’s Just Say It: The Republicans AND the Media Are the Problem Let’s Just Say It: The Republicans AND the Media Are the Problem
No wonder the public remains so misinformed, as bigfoot pundits not only whitewash Republican extremism but paint Obama’s soggy centrism in false hues as its ideological equi...
Jul 25, 2012 / Column / Eric Alterman
With Aurora, Another Mass Killing Shocks America. Why? With Aurora, Another Mass Killing Shocks America. Why?
James Holmes’s rampage was horrifying, but it was not unfathomable.
Jul 25, 2012 / Column / Gary Younge
WikiLeaks: The Latin America Files WikiLeaks: The Latin America Files
As Ecuador grants asylum to Julian Assange, here is a closer look at Cablegate in Latin America.
Jul 25, 2012 / Feature / Peter Kornbluh