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Doppler Elegy Doppler Elegy

A flowering no one attends     The enterprise known variously as waking, April, or Bats are disappearing like color into function. I wanted to open In a new window     the eyes of a friend by force if necessary. Amber light     is a useless phrase but will have to do     what painting did Dense smoke from the burning wells for our parents. Ben there is a man at the door who says I've made small changes     he found your notebook throughout in red. The recurring dream     contrived in places Of waning significance     it resembles the hand after a difficult passage opening, a key word in the early Blue of rippled glass atonal circles. They phased us out     across the backward capitals like paper money     Or is that two words

Jul 29, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Ben Lerner

Policing the Gossip Industry Policing the Gossip Industry

The Nation's editor and publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel clashes with Dan Abrams over the responsibilities of mainstream media.

Jul 29, 2009 / MSNBC

Squeeze Insurance Profiteers, Not Medicare Squeeze Insurance Profiteers, Not Medicare

At a critical moment in the tense health care debate -- when the U.S. House and Senate are scrambling to forge compromise reform plans that might be passed before the Congress emb...

Jul 29, 2009 / John Nichols

Letters Letters

Band-Aid Malfunction

Ann Arbor, Mich.

Jul 29, 2009 / Our Readers

Immigrants Sound Off on Honduras Immigrants Sound Off on Honduras

Honduran immigrants in New York City discuss their view of recent events that removed President Manuel Zelaya from office.

Jul 29, 2009 / Joseph Huff-Hannon and Marcos Meconi

William Jennings Bryan William Jennings Bryan

Clarence Darrow may have embarrassed him at the Scopes trial, but William Jennings Bryan will long be remembered as one of the country's greatest progressive crusaders.

Jul 29, 2009 / The Nation

For Hoover For Hoover

Yes, Virginia, this is an endorsement of Herbert Hoover in The Nation.

Jul 29, 2009 / Robert Herrick

Will the Birthers Ever Back Down? Will the Birthers Ever Back Down?

The Nation's Chris Hayes joins guest host Howard Dean for a discussion on the increasingly volatile right-wing fringe group which seems to be gaining traction in the GOP.

Jul 29, 2009 / Countdown

The Need for Strategic Patience on Iran The Need for Strategic Patience on Iran

Does President Obama have the strategic patience he'll need to deal with Iran? It isn't clear. Things are exceedingly unsettled inside Iran, and it's not likely that Iranian le...

Jul 29, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss

Is Taxing the Wealthy Good For Our Health? Is Taxing the Wealthy Good For Our Health?

Does healthcare reform stand a chance against the conservatives' antitax fantasies? Rep. Maxine Waters, Columbia Business School Professor Eric Schoenberg and others weigh in.

Jul 29, 2009 / GRITtv

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