America to Me America to Me
What, exactly, does America look like to people like Michael Richards, Mel Gibson and Richard Viguerie?
Dec 8, 2006 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Latin Left Turn Latin Left Turn
Hugo Chávez was re-elected not for his admiration of Castro but for presiding over a robust economy and aggressively improving the lot of Venezuela's poor.
Dec 8, 2006 / Daphne Eviatar
John Lennon’s Legacy John Lennon’s Legacy
On the anniversary of John Lennon's murder (Dec. 8, 1980), I've been thinking about his famous argument with Gloria Emerson in December, 1969 – filmed by...
Dec 8, 2006 / Jon Wiener
Sweepstakes of Greed, 2006 Sweepstakes of Greed, 2006
It's getting close to New Year's and time for annual awards. And in the 2006 Sweepstakes of Greed, the winners are...
Dec 7, 2006 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Gates’s GOP Critics Gates’s GOP Critics
Yesterday the Senate confirmed Robert Gates as Secretary of Defense by a vote of 95 to 2. Who were the two dissenters? Barbara Boxer? Russ Feingold? John Kerry? Nope. Republicans...
Dec 7, 2006 / The Nation
The Anthropic Principle The Anthropic Principle
Two red drinks--pure alcohol, with a maraschino cherry--in
the bar next door, deep in the afternoon. While I hide in my
Dec 7, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Eleanor Lerman
The Mayans The Mayans
The scowl is caught in jadeite.
The flattened face on a green bead
displayed in the orchestral light of the museum
also boards the train on Steinway Street.
Dec 7, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Eleanor Lerman
The Bondage Club The Bondage Club
In the morning we put on our sharp blue suits and
go to hear the delegates speak through broken teeth.
These are the women whose names the press must be
Dec 7, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Eleanor Lerman
That Sure Is My Little Dog That Sure Is My Little Dog
Yes, indeed, that is my house that I am carrying around
on my back like a bullet-proof shell and yes, that sure is
my little dog walking a hard road in hard boots. And
Dec 7, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Eleanor Lerman
2006 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize: Eleanor Lerman 2006 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize: Eleanor Lerman
Eleanor Lerman's poems sing a song that is bravely gloomy, but they sing it with a fierce and earned dignity.
Dec 7, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Tony Hoagland