How Politically Talented Is Rick Perry? How Politically Talented Is Rick Perry?
The Texas governor has won in state by appealing to the GOP base. But how will that play in a national election?
Sep 7, 2011 / Ben Adler
Slide Show: Washington’s Proxy Wars in Somalia Slide Show: Washington’s Proxy Wars in Somalia
The Shabab, the militant Islamist group with close ties to Al Qaeda, announced a “tactical retreat” from Mogadishu in August. But that doesn’t mean that peace has…
Sep 7, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation
Tell President Obama: Jobs, Not Cuts Tell President Obama: Jobs, Not Cuts
Implore the White House to make every effort to defend Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid.
Sep 7, 2011 / Peter Rothberg
America to Obama, ‘Stand Up for Yourself’ America to Obama, ‘Stand Up for Yourself’
Recent polls show that the country is ready for President Obama to confront the GOP.
Sep 7, 2011 / Jamelle Bouie
With 118 Campaigns Between Them, the GOP Candidates Are All ‘Career Politicians’ With 118 Campaigns Between Them, the GOP Candidates Are All ‘Career Politicians’
Romney may attack Perry, but both are political careerists, as are the other contenders.
Sep 7, 2011 / John Nichols
Visions and Revisions: On T.S. Eliot Visions and Revisions: On T.S. Eliot
Two volumes of T.S. Eliot's letters elucidate how the momentous achievements of his art were determined by moments of awful daring.
Sep 6, 2011 / Books & the Arts / James Longenbach
Uncertainty and Anxiety: On Khrushchev’s Thaw Uncertainty and Anxiety: On Khrushchev’s Thaw
Why did different segments of the Soviet population experience Khrushchev’s reforms in radically different ways?
Sep 6, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Benjamin Nathans
Shelf Life: On Socrates Shelf Life: On Socrates
Bettany Hughes's biography of Socrates is a book that Socrates himself, on a mean day, would have torn to shreds.
Sep 6, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Emily Wilson
Richard Cordray Goes to Capitol Hill, but Addresses Deaf Republican Ears Richard Cordray Goes to Capitol Hill, but Addresses Deaf Republican Ears
Obama's nominee to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau appeared before a Senate committee Tuesday—but Republicans don't think his job should exist.
Sep 6, 2011 / George Zornick
Break Their Hearts: On Chris Bachelder Break Their Hearts: On Chris Bachelder
In his novel Abbott Awaits, Chris Bachelder employs his comic wackiness to great effect.
Sep 6, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Aaron Thier