The Secret Behind the Surge The Secret Behind the Surge
Bob Woodward's new book on the Bush years in Iraq raises the possibility that extrajudicial killings--not the surge--were the biggest factor in reducing violence.
Sep 10, 2008 / Feature / Tom Hayden
Lethal High-Tech Counterinsurgency in Iraq Lethal High-Tech Counterinsurgency in Iraq
Bob Woodward, in "The War Within," has a mysterious passage about the supersecret, high-tech assassination efforts aimed at Iraqi militants. It's all hush-hush, but there is other...
Sep 10, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
The McCain Support That Dare Not Speak Its Name The McCain Support That Dare Not Speak Its Name
Last week's Republican National Convention heard plenty of testimonies to John McCain's character. Indeed, while the frenzy over Sarah Palin's selection as the party's vice presi...
Sep 10, 2008 / John Nichols
Crossword Classic #17 Crossword Classic #17
From the February 7, 1948, issue.
Sep 10, 2008 / Frank W. Lewis
Amy Winehouse and the (Black) Art of Appropriation Amy Winehouse and the (Black) Art of Appropriation
Just about the only thing Amy Winehouse hasn't repackaged from the black music archives is the one thing she could use: a lesson in Motown etiquette.
Sep 10, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Daphne A. Brooks
A Hungry Mind: Giordano Bruno, Philosopher and Heretic A Hungry Mind: Giordano Bruno, Philosopher and Heretic
Ingrid Rowland's Giordano Bruno rediscovers the Renaissance philosopher and heretic.
Sep 10, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Paula Findlen
An Inky, Well-Paneled Place: Comics and the Cold War An Inky, Well-Paneled Place: Comics and the Cold War
Comic books, once the source of cultural panic, have achieved a dominant hold on the public imagination.
Sep 10, 2008 / Books & the Arts / D.D. Guttenplan
Energy for a New Millenium Energy for a New Millenium
Today, Power Vote will announce its official launch with a Washington, DC press conference.
Sep 10, 2008 / StudentNation / The Nation
The New Humanitarian Order The New Humanitarian Order
Recent war crimes charges against the Sudanese president reveal the rights-based politics of the world's "new humanitarian order."
Sep 10, 2008 / Feature / Mahmood Mamdani