Articles

The Iraq Veterans Memorial The Iraq Veterans Memorial

Americans voted their disapproval of the President's Iraq strategy in November, yet as we approach the fourth anniversary of Bush's invasion, he has chosen to escalate the conflic...

Jan 18, 2007 / Peter Rothberg

The High Cost of the Home Team The High Cost of the Home Team

Big-money athletics cannot help but sabotage what our colleges and universities are for: instruction and research.

Jan 18, 2007 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman

Freshmen Favor Fair Trade Freshmen Favor Fair Trade

In case anyone missed the fact that the new Democrats who were elected to the House in November are economic populists who the free trade policies advanced by the Bush administrat...

Jan 18, 2007 / John Nichols

No Blank Check on Iran No Blank Check on Iran

The Iraq Study Group recommended that the Bush Administration engage Iran. Instead, the Administration chose to threaten it. In recent weeks President Bush attacked Iran in a sp...

Jan 18, 2007 / The Nation

Savage Wars of Peace Savage Wars of Peace

Ruth Scurr reviews The First Total War, a study of Napoleonic France that illuminates the causes of all-out war.

Jan 18, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Ruth Scurr

The President and the Prophet The President and the Prophet

The Radical and the Republican traces the antislavery politics of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln.

Jan 18, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner

My Beef With Vegetarianism My Beef With Vegetarianism

The Bloodless Revolution explores four centuries of arguments for vegetarianism, from good health to fascist politics.

Jan 18, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Lazare

ACLU v. ACLU ACLU v. ACLU

The civil liberties organization is engulfed in a tumultuous family feud over its controversial leader.

Jan 18, 2007 / Feature / Scott Sherman

Get Carter! Iran, Too! Get Carter! Iran, Too!

The Israel lobby retains its grip inside the Beltway, but it's starting to lose its hold on the broader public debate.

Jan 18, 2007 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

A Question and a Follow-up for George W. Bush’s Next Press Conference A Question and a Follow-up for George W. Bush’s Next Press Conference

It's not the surge we're worried about. It's the soldiers.

Jan 18, 2007 / Column / Calvin Trillin

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