Syria’s Dangerous Gambits Syria’s Dangerous Gambits
Ostracized by the Bush Administration, Syria is flirting with rogue status. But if Washington restarts dialogue, there is plenty of room for common ground.
Nov 12, 2007 / Feature / Mohamad Bazzi
Susan Faludi: America’s Terror Dream Susan Faludi: America’s Terror Dream
A discussion with the author of The Terror Dream: Fear and Fantasy in Post-9/11 America, the master narrative of our national security myth.
Nov 12, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Rashi Kesarwani
Writers Strike, Silence Falls Writers Strike, Silence Falls
As the screenwriters strike enters its second week, take a moment to appreciate those without whom late night comics are struck mute, movies are left unmade and on TV, there's no...
Nov 12, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Barbara Ehrenreich
Executive Excess on Capitol Hill Executive Excess on Capitol Hill
Faced with a no-brainer fix to close a tax loophole, Senate Democrats are dithering, caught between the interests of their donors and their voters.
Nov 12, 2007 / Feature / Chris Hayes and Charlie Cray
11th Hour, 11th Day, 11th Month 11th Hour, 11th Day, 11th Month
On the 11th hour of the 11th Day of the 11th month, the guns of World War I fell silent. And a war that should never have been fought – arguably by anyone, certainly by Ameri...
Nov 11, 2007 / John Nichols
Norman Mailer–The Good Father Norman Mailer–The Good Father
My mother and Norman Mailer were longtime friends. So it made sense that Betsy Mailer and I were roommates in our first year of college. On the big moving day, out of NYC to Princ...
Nov 11, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Clinton Under Fire for Planting Fake Questions Clinton Under Fire for Planting Fake Questions
Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign came under fire over the weekend for planting fake questions at town hall events--and the netroots are on to her
Nov 11, 2007 / Feature / Ari Melber
Norman Mailer: He Went Down Swinging Norman Mailer: He Went Down Swinging
There is much, much to be said of Norman Mailer, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and world-class rabble-rouser who died Saturday at age 84. But the pugilistic pensman would perhaps...
Nov 10, 2007 / John Nichols
The New Face of Al Jazeera The New Face of Al Jazeera
Is the popular Arabic satellite network becoming more Islamist and sectarian?
Nov 9, 2007 / Feature / Kristen Gillespie
What’s Next For ‘ENDA With No Gender’? What’s Next For ‘ENDA With No Gender’?
Congressional democrats, civil rights groups and now the New York Times frame The Employment Non-Discrimination Act as an example of the politics of the possible. But an almost-de...
Nov 9, 2007 / The Nation