Noted. Noted.

The country's off-track; Blackwater's back in business; J. Goodrich blogs at The Nation.com.

Apr 10, 2008 / The Nation

You Ain’t a Goin’ Nowhere You Ain’t a Goin’ Nowhere

Bush today about Petraeus' request for a "pause" in troop withdrawals:

"He'll have all the time he needs."

Apr 10, 2008 / Chris Hayes

Norman Mailer-Requiem for a Champion Norman Mailer-Requiem for a Champion

Don DeLillo described him as a writer who "gave America a literature worthy of her vastness." Joan Didion spoke of his 1000 page nonfiction masterpiece "The Executio...

Apr 10, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Torturers Torturers

By now, everyone is familiar with Hannah Arendt's famous phrase "the banality of evil" Like many I was disposed to view some of the most abhorrent abuses of the Bush administrat...

Apr 10, 2008 / Chris Hayes

Iraq’s Ruined Library Soldiers On Iraq’s Ruined Library Soldiers On

Five years ago this week, US troops stood by as mobs sacked Iraq's revered National Library and Archives. Despite little outside help, a cultural treasure soldiers on.

Apr 10, 2008 / Books & the Arts / R.H. Lossin

C’est Terrible! C’est Terrible!

When in trouble, reach for nuclear subs.

Apr 9, 2008 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

Sweatin’ to the Koran Sweatin’ to the Koran

What do burqas, Osama and fascism have to do with six hours of man-free exercise time at Harvard?

Apr 9, 2008 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Phil Donahue’s War Phil Donahue’s War

His new documentary is breaking the taboo that says Americans cannot stomach the reality of the Iraq War.

Apr 9, 2008 / Books & the Arts / John Nichols

The Torture Memo The Torture Memo

How could two really smart government lawyers authorize torture in arguments that have no foundation in law?

Apr 9, 2008 / Stephen Gillers

Mark Penn Must Go Mark Penn Must Go

Mark Penn's quasi-demotion is too little, too late.

Apr 9, 2008 / The Editors