An Unlikely King: Hussein in War and Peace An Unlikely King: Hussein in War and Peace

An authoritative new biography of Jordan's King Hussein offers an absorbing diplomatic history of the Middle East.

Sep 3, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Bernard Avishai

Fees for Criminal Offenders Create a Vicious Cycle Fees for Criminal Offenders Create a Vicious Cycle

As they serve prison time, offenders are slapped with fees they can't pay, creating a vicious cycle.

Sep 3, 2008 / Feature / Emily Jane Goodman

War Is Personal War Is Personal

A 25-year-old certified medic, home from Iraq, can't escape the horrors of war.

Sep 3, 2008 / Feature / Eugene Richards

Israel Turns 60 Israel Turns 60

Israeli writers and intellectuals look at their nation and its problems in a more nuanced and realistic way than most Americans.

Sep 3, 2008 / Feature / Eric Alterman

Crossword Classic #16 Crossword Classic #16

From the January 31, 1948, issue.

Sep 3, 2008 / Frank W. Lewis

Puzzle No. 3136 Puzzle No. 3136

ACROSS

 1 and 4 Does it involve going to the glaziers for goods? (6-8)

Sep 3, 2008 / Frank W. Lewis

The Legend of Flyboy McPlane The Legend of Flyboy McPlane

Rolling out of the hangar, ready for war.

Sep 3, 2008 / Column / Robert Grossman

Two Views of Hurricane Gustav and the Republicans Two Views of Hurricane Gustav and the Republicans

The GOP's prayers are answered.

Sep 3, 2008 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Notes on Political Cant Notes on Political Cant

You know how if you repeat a word long and often enough it begins to become a different word: the sounds break off from each other and thin out and you achieve some sort of altere...

Sep 3, 2008 / Chris Hayes

Letters Letters

Readers write back about the debut of a sex column, MoveOn at ten, the demise of newspapers and more.

Sep 3, 2008 / Our Readers