War of Words War of Words
An argument over how US officials should speak about terrorism bodes ill for this political season.
McCain’s Pastor Hagee on Hitler and the Jews McCain’s Pastor Hagee on Hitler and the Jews
John Hagee, the controversial pastor who has endorsed John McCain, argued in a late 1990s sermon that God sent Hitler to help the Jews get to the promised land (Israel, not Auschwi...
May 22, 2008 / Jon Wiener
Obama Gets Farm Bill Right Obama Gets Farm Bill Right
The federal farm bill that President Bush vetoed and that the Congress has enacted despite him is, to be sure, a flawed document. For instance, there are still too many of the wro...
May 22, 2008 / John Nichols
Torturing Iron Man Torturing Iron Man
The Pentagon does a star turn in Iron Man, and the summer blockbuster turns the realities of the war in Afganistan upside down. Will anyone notice?
May 21, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Nick Turse
Election 2008: Where They Stand Now Election 2008: Where They Stand Now
Here's the latest on Barack Star, the Presumptive Deludee, the Ex-First Black President and more.
May 21, 2008 / Column / Ward Sutton
Letters Letters
Kudos for 'Back Talk'
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May 21, 2008 / Christian Parenti and Our Readers
Republican Bonding Republican Bonding
No daylight between these two characters.
May 21, 2008 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Kennedy–The Senate’s Fighting Liberal Kennedy–The Senate’s Fighting Liberal
"I would not be here as a presidential candidate were it not for some of the battles he fought as a senator. He battled for voting rights and civil rights when I was a child. I st...
May 21, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Dirty Work Dirty Work
First we outsourced torture to others. Now others outsource it to us! U.S. military personnel at Guantanamo Bay allegedly softened up detainees at the request of Chinese intellig...
May 21, 2008 / Chris Hayes
The Iron Laws of Imprisonment, Bush-style The Iron Laws of Imprisonment, Bush-style
Back in the mid-1990s, in my book, The End of Victory Culture, I wrote the following about the adventure films of my childhood (and those of earlier decades): "For th...
May 21, 2008 / TomDispatch