Two Primary-Season Versions of ‘Hickory Dickory Dock’ Two Primary-Season Versions of ‘Hickory Dickory Dock’
It ain't no nursery rhyme.
Jan 16, 2008 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Letters Letters
Readers respond to Gary Younge on The Obama Effect, exchange views with Henry Siegman on Israel and comment about the subprime mortgage meltdown.
Jan 16, 2008 / Our Readers and Henry Siegman
Nationalists Stirring in Iraq Nationalists Stirring in Iraq
An emerging Sunni-Shiite coalition could change the face of Iraq--if the United States steps back and gets out of the way.
Jan 16, 2008 / Feature / Bob Dreyfuss
A Great Deal of Work A Great Deal of Work
Edmund Wilson's politics have long been criticized, but his views were more nuanced than you might think.
Jan 16, 2008 / Books & the Arts / George Scialabba
Lawyers for the Poor Muzzled in Subprime Mess Lawyers for the Poor Muzzled in Subprime Mess
Civil legal aid attorneys could have sounded the alarm years before the subprime scandal began destroying the lives of urban poor--but Congress wouldn't let them.
Jan 16, 2008 / Feature / Laura K. Abel
Those Ungrateful Saudis Those Ungrateful Saudis
After all he's done for them, why is it that Bush only gets a 12 percent favorability rating in Saudi Arabia?
Jan 16, 2008 / Column / Robert Scheer
Michigan’s Ominous Message for Hillary Clinton Michigan’s Ominous Message for Hillary Clinton
DETROIT -- The question in Tuesday's Michigan Democratic primary was not whether Hillary Clinton could beat anybody. The question was whether Clinton could beat nobody. As the o...
Jan 16, 2008 / John Nichols
King’s Legacy of Change King’s Legacy of Change
No single person can be the agent of change: the vision must come from all of us.
Jan 16, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Grace Lee Boggs
Hillary’s Real MLK Problem Hillary’s Real MLK Problem
"Change" is this year's Democratic battle cry, but if you don't know how it happens, you're not likely to make it happen yourself.
Jan 15, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Barbara Ehrenreich
Vulnerability is the New Inevitability Vulnerability is the New Inevitability
Hillary Clinton now faces long odds in Nevada and South Carolina -- and that may work to her advantage. Clinton has a cyclical tendency to rise and fall and rise and fall, only to...
Jan 15, 2008 / Ari Melber