Caveat Caveat
There's a caveat on the living trees, but don't chop up the dead wood: especially not the trunks stretched hollow, homes of snakes and echidnas. When it rains hard they drum a bold message, and when the wind stirs through these sacred woodlands they pipe like great church organs. That's your patois. Understand. Understand.
Jan 7, 2009 / Books & the Arts / John Kinsella
East of Eden East of Eden
James Dean makes his motion picture debut in this Elia Kazan movie film of John Steinbeck's novel set in rural California, just prior to America's involvement in World War I.
Jan 7, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Robert Hatch
The Way People Feel About the End of the Bush Administration and the Future of George W. Bush The Way People Feel About the End of the Bush Administration and the Future of George W. Bush
Don't let the door hit you...
Jan 7, 2009 / Column / Calvin Trillin
The ‘Yes We Will’ Campaign Begins The ‘Yes We Will’ Campaign Begins
The election of Barack Obama brought unprecedented hope to students and educators, now it's time to turn that energy into action.
Jan 7, 2009 / YouTube
Yes to Special Elections for Senators Yes to Special Elections for Senators
Tom Geoghegan makes the constitutional case in the New York Times. Notwithstanding my support for seating Roland Burris, I think as a general matter, governors shouldn't (and don'...
Jan 7, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Seat Burris Seat Burris
In light of the news that Diane Feinstein has broken with Senate Democrats and called for Roland Burris to be seated, I just want to note for the record, she's absolutely right. (...
Jan 7, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Feingold’s Outline for a Constitutional Presidency Feingold’s Outline for a Constitutional Presidency
The new U.S. Senate is struggling to constitute itself this week, and the picture is a sorry one. Fights over how and when to seat potential members -- who have arrived via contr...
Jan 7, 2009 / John Nichols
Moral Blindness on Gaza Moral Blindness on Gaza
Why are we--in the media, politics and intelligentsia--so indifferent to the death and destruction in the latest phase of this interminable conflict?
Jan 7, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer
Geoghegan’s Running Geoghegan’s Running
By now, you've probably seen the very, very excellent news that Tom Geoghegan is running to replace Rahm Emanuel as the congressman from Illinois' 5th district. Tom is a friend an...
Jan 7, 2009 / Chris Hayes