Fizzling on FISA Fizzling on FISA
Obama and other Senate Democrats should not let a lame-duck Administration compromise our liberties in the name of pursuing terrorists.
Jul 2, 2008 / The Editors
Inside Obama’s Christian Crusade Inside Obama’s Christian Crusade
With little to lose and everything to gain, Obama has lifted high the cross. But are there invisible strings attached?
Jul 2, 2008 / Feature / Max Blumenthal
Dissing Doctors Dissing Doctors
U.S. doctors are wondering if this might be the first year since 2002 that Congress won't intervene to keep Medicare fully funded, since lawmakers failed to pass legislation before...
Jul 1, 2008 / Laura Flanders
To Israel, via J Street To Israel, via J Street
For too long now, when it comes to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and other issues of war and peace in the Middle East, the mainstream media and too many politicians in the US h...
Jul 1, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Naming The Naming
We give our names to things.
This creek is Cobweb Creek,
named for our cat, who is named
for one of the fairies
in A Midsummer Night's Dream
Jul 1, 2008 / Books & the Arts / W. Dale Nelson
The James Gang The James Gang
In Henry James and his family, biographers find a fascinating story of dynastic melodrama.
Jul 1, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Brenda Wineapple
Bill McKibben: The Making of an Environmentalist Bill McKibben: The Making of an Environmentalist
Two new anthologies explore the virtues and occasional shortcomings of Bill McKibben's quest for environmental salvation.
Jul 1, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow
Chilling New Translation of Sophocles’ ‘Ajax’ Chilling New Translation of Sophocles’ ‘Ajax’
A new translation of Sophocles' Ajax derives chilling power from its infidelity to the original text.
Jul 1, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Emily Wilson
The Jindal Mystique The Jindal Mystique
Young and ambitious, Louisiana's Bobby Jindal lands on the GOP VP shortlist.
Jul 1, 2008 / Feature / Deepa Fernandes
Obama’s Evolving Foreign Policy Obama’s Evolving Foreign Policy
He's no George W. Bush, but will Obama's foreign policy bring us back to the days of the bipartisan, establishment consensus?
Jul 1, 2008 / Feature / Bob Dreyfuss