Ceaselessly Opportuning: On Barbara Guest Ceaselessly Opportuning: On Barbara Guest
Barbara Guest's Collected Poems showcase her knack for catching sight of time in its act of escaping one's grasp.
Mar 5, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
A Nazi Zelig: Jonathan Littell’s The Kindly Ones A Nazi Zelig: Jonathan Littell’s The Kindly Ones
The Kindly Ones, Jonathan Littell's fictive memoir of a Nazi SS officer, is intentionally sickening and an unquestionably brilliant success.
Mar 5, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Samuel Moyn
Lifestyles of the Rich and Generous? Lifestyles of the Rich and Generous?
Will the skewed values of the boom years give way to a spirit of generosity toward the poor?
Mar 5, 2009 / Column / Katha Pollitt
The Third Obama The Third Obama
Dope smokers take heart at Obama's stance on medical marijuana.
Mar 5, 2009 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Ten Things You Can Do to Stay in Your Home Ten Things You Can Do to Stay in Your Home
Advice and resources for preventing or fighting foreclosure.
Mar 5, 2009 / The Nation
Tom Geoghegan’s Run Tom Geoghegan’s Run
Tom Geoghegan may not have prevailed at the polls, but he won the ideas primary.
Mar 5, 2009 / John Nichols
Green Power Struggle Green Power Struggle
An act of civil disobedience at a coal-fired generator in DC shows the movement to halt global warming is now in its second act.
Mar 5, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Noted. Noted.
Max Fraser on Republic Windows & Doors, John Nichols on the FCC and on Obama's pick for commerce secretary, Loren Lynch on carbon caps
Mar 5, 2009 / The Editors
Obama’s Iraq Exit Obama’s Iraq Exit
Obama's exit plan leaves unresolved the role of private security contractors and the residual force of as many as 50,000 troops that will remain in place.
Mar 5, 2009 / The Editors
Comes the Change Comes the Change
Obama's first budget is an audacious plan to transform America. But in sad testament to how deeply we've fallen, it is not bold enough.
Mar 5, 2009 / Robert L. Borosage