Netanyahu’s Fig Leaf Netanyahu’s Fig Leaf
So finally, after weeks of seamy backroom maneuvering, Benjamin Netanyahu has formed the new Israeli government, so bloated with ministries doled out as party favors that it was be...
Mar 31, 2009 / Roane Carey
Higher Education Takes a Hit Higher Education Takes a Hit
As university budgets dwindle, adjunct professors around the country are looking to unionize in a desperate effort to protect their jobs.
Mar 31, 2009 / Feature / Gabriel Arana
From My Inbox: WRRAP Says Thanks; UPDATE From My Inbox: WRRAP Says Thanks; UPDATE
Despite hard times which have made philanthropy hard for many, readers responded to the appeal in my last post for donations for the Women's Reproductive Rights Assistance Project...
Mar 31, 2009 / Katha Pollitt
US Envoy Writes of Israeli Threats US Envoy Writes of Israeli Threats
In a forthcoming memoir, John Gunther Dean writes about not only pressure from pro-Israeli officials in Washington but attempts on his life for reaching out to the Palestinians.
Mar 31, 2009 / Feature / Barbara Crossette
Carmageddon ’09: Obama’s Lemon Aid Carmageddon ’09: Obama’s Lemon Aid
When Detroit gives the American public lemons we give them billions of dollars.
Mar 31, 2009 / The Daily Show
The Senate is Broken The Senate is Broken
Over the weekend, during a drive to and from New York I listened to Steven Johnson's enjoyable and stimulating new book The Invention of Air. It's about a British scientist/preach...
Mar 31, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Blue Gold: Have the Next Resource Wars Begun? Blue Gold: Have the Next Resource Wars Begun?
How we decide to manage water will determine whether our future is peaceful or perilous.
Mar 31, 2009 / Feature / Tara Lohan
Hightower vs. McCain on Afghanistan Hightower vs. McCain on Afghanistan
Jim Hightower debates John McCain (sort of) over the unasked questions with regards to Afghanistan.
Mar 31, 2009 / Brave New Films
Obama’s Democrat Problem Obama’s Democrat Problem
The must-read in this week's news magazines is Jonathan Chait's lacerating piece on Congressional Democrats in The New Republic, in particular the centrists and moderates who are d...
Mar 31, 2009 / Eyal Press
Bridging It Bridging It
With the help of a collector, Sonny Rollins has taken the curating of his career in a new direction.
Mar 31, 2009 / Books & the Arts / K. Leander Williams