Holiday Spirit? Holiday Spirit?
It's that familiar season, full of quaint old false beliefs. Like that crazy Santa Claus notion there's such a thing as just desserts. Who's been naughty and who's been nice? It's ...
Dec 23, 2009 / Laura Flanders
Laughter Without a Moral Compass Is Lame Laughter Without a Moral Compass Is Lame
In Paul Krassner's new book, what's obscene is not sex but anything greedy, dishonest or cruel.
Dec 23, 2009 / Feature / Danny Goldberg
Why War Will Take No Holidays in 2010 Why War Will Take No Holidays in 2010
From the point of view of peace or de-escalation, 2010 will be a year of no significance.
Dec 23, 2009 / Feature / Tom Engelhardt
2009: Looking Back on the Year and a Decade 2009: Looking Back on the Year and a Decade
The Nation's Katrina vanden Heuvel joins a panel discussion and takes a look back on the past decade, which some are calling "the worst ever."
Dec 23, 2009 / GRITtv
Christmas Comes Early for Insurance Companies Christmas Comes Early for Insurance Companies
While good children will wait until December 25 to open their presents, Christmas has come early for the bad CEOS of soon-to-be-much-richer insurance companies. Insurance-industr...
Dec 23, 2009 / John Nichols
More Ways to Give! More Ways to Give!
One very irate reader complains in the bletters section that Palestine is missing from my donations column. MADRE, which partners with sister organizations around the world, supp...
Dec 23, 2009 / Katha Pollitt
Demonizing Dean Won’t Absolve This Healthcare Sham Demonizing Dean Won’t Absolve This Healthcare Sham
Howard Dean was roundly condemned for casting aspersions on what even many of its more ardent supporters admit is an obviously flawed bill.
Dec 23, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer
How Soon Was Now? How Soon Was Now?
The death, and afterlife, of the Polaroid.
Dec 23, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
End of the Century End of the Century
Can pop music survive without a mass market, mass acceptance or the drive for mass profits?
Dec 23, 2009 / Books & the Arts / J. Gabriel Boylan
Back Talk: Frederick Wiseman Back Talk: Frederick Wiseman
A conversation with the director of La Danse about the discipline of ballet--and documentary filmmaking.
Dec 23, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Christine Smallwood