Letters Letters
Letters published in the February 22, 2010 issue of the Nation.
Feb 3, 2010 / William Greider, Our Readers, and Fawaz A. Gerges
The Smallest The Smallest
It is in front of the tree. The houses around the windows are lit by it, it turns off and goes upon knees and wherever the bone is almost next to the skin. It has been defamed. It will become undernourished. It is not without end. It is not. It is not what you can let happen, or cause to happen, or has anything at all to do with happening. It happens as it exists without effect. It is the pure in pure mathematics. It is the sully in unsullied rain. It is the pain in painfully. It is also the fully. It is the light in highlight and headlight, the head in headland, the towering in towers, trees, the outstretched in shadows of mountains on plains and lakes. It is not the water in the lake, however, it is not cupped. If it exists, it is unaware of it. It could name itself however, and does. It contains alphabets. It is infinite and therefore the smallest thing.
Feb 3, 2010 / Books & the Arts / James Schuyler
The (Il)legality of Unpaid Internships The (Il)legality of Unpaid Internships
Not being paid for work is illegal, so why aren’t unpaid internships?
Feb 3, 2010 / StudentNation / Morgan Ashenfelter
Video: How to Get Our Democracy Back Video: How to Get Our Democracy Back
Find out Professor Lawrence Lessig's solutions and ideas for how to fix Congress in this video companion to his cover story, "How to Get Democracy Back."
Feb 3, 2010 / The Nation Video
How to Get Our Democracy Back How to Get Our Democracy Back
There will be no change until we change Congress.
Feb 3, 2010 / Feature / Lawrence Lessig
Working America’s Unwanted Jobs Working America’s Unwanted Jobs
Gabriel Thompson's book Working in the Shadows reveals what working like an immigrant in America is really like.
Feb 3, 2010 / MSNBC
Volcker Rules Volcker Rules
Obama's endorsement of what he calls the 'Volcker Rule' for once puts him squarely on the side of ordinary Americans as opposed to the banking bandits who have so thoroughly fleece...
Feb 3, 2010 / Column / Robert Scheer
Note to ESPN’s Jemele Hill: Tim Tebow is not Muhammad Ali Note to ESPN’s Jemele Hill: Tim Tebow is not Muhammad Ali
First let me put my cards on the table. I consider Jemele Hill, sports columnist for ESPN.com to be as incisive and interesting as they come. She has been a frequent and fearless g...
Feb 3, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Dave Zirin
Slide Show: Is 2010 the Year of Real Immigration Reform? Slide Show: Is 2010 the Year of Real Immigration Reform?
Feb 3, 2010 / Photo Essay / The Nation