Harry Potter and the Half-Baked Epic Harry Potter and the Half-Baked Epic
The last book in J.K. Rowling's saga is marked by throwaway references to a post-9/11 world and derivative insights that never add up to a coherent moral vision.
Jul 26, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Lakshmi Chaudhry
Fred Thompson, Neocon Fred Thompson, Neocon
He has a strong claim on the neoconservative heart, and if he ends up in the White House, the moribund neocons will rise again.
Jul 26, 2007 / David Corn
The Populist Moment? The Populist Moment?
Economic populism is the new flavor in politics, but it won't be authentic unless it's driven by and for the people.
Jul 26, 2007 / The Editors
War Made Easy War Made Easy
In 2005, Norman Solomon released his book, War Made Easy, which exposes the manner in which US presidents manage to sell war, like clockwork, through the same fallacious arguments...
Jul 26, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Specialist Town Goes to Washington Specialist Town Goes to Washington
Yesterday in the Cannon House Office Building, Room 334, it was standing room only as the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs held a hearing titled "PTSD and Personality Disorder...
Jul 26, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Our Veterans Have Spoken… Our Veterans Have Spoken…
Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America and our readers exchange views on "The Hidden War: Iraq Veterans Bear Witness" with authors Chris Hedges and Laila Al-Arian.
Jul 25, 2007 / Our Readers, Chris Hedges, and Laila Al-Arian
All Politics is International All Politics is International
Matthew Blake reports from Capitol Hill: In his 1961 inaugural address, John F. Kennedy gave a vision of American service that would lead to establishment of the Peace Corps, famo...
Jul 25, 2007 / Ari Berman
Purple America Purple America
Democrats are poised to seize a historic opportunity to win back voters in the South and West they started losing four decades ago.
Targeting Alaska’s Terrible Two Targeting Alaska’s Terrible Two
Alaska Senator Ted Stevens and Representative Don Young, the dynamic duo that brought us the infamous "Bridge to Nowhere," have long been known as the unrepentant kings o...
Jul 25, 2007 / Ari Berman
Clinton, Kissinger and the Corruptions of Empire Clinton, Kissinger and the Corruptions of Empire
Of all the corruptions of empire, few are darker than the claim that diplomacy must be kept secret from the citizenry. This hide-it-from-the people faith that only a cloistered g...
Jul 25, 2007 / John Nichols