The ‘Kennedy Court’ The ‘Kennedy Court’
By casting the decisive vote in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld and other contentious disputes, Justice Anthony Kennedy plays a crucial role in a Supreme Court that may soon veer off in an extr...
Jul 14, 2006 / David Cole
Lawyers Challenge Bush Lawyers Challenge Bush
Citizens, lawyers and constitutional scholars of all political stripes have reason to be concerned about President Bush's use of "signing statements," which assert his right to ign...
Jul 14, 2006 / Mickey Edwards
Lawless in Gaza Lawless in Gaza
The latest bloodshed in Gaza and Lebanon demonstrates that there will be no end of violence until Israel agrees to negotiate with the democratically elected Palestinian leadership.
Jul 14, 2006 / The Editors
A Conversation With Robert Rubin A Conversation With Robert Rubin
The former Treasury Secretary speaks candidly on the inherent inequities of globalization and the political, social and economic challenges that lie ahead.
Jul 14, 2006 / Feature / William Greider
Sea Sick Sea Sick
Reviews of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Edmond, The Motel, Gabrielle, Time to Leave and The Blood of My Brother.
Jul 13, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Short Takes Short Takes
Stick Out Your Tongue.
By Ma Jian. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 93 pp. $16.
Jul 13, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Christine Smallwood and Katherine Ryder
Empire as a Way of Life Empire as a Way of Life
Two new histories of British imperial rule in India take the narrow view. In fact, the scandal of empire can be isolated neither to Europe nor to the past.
Jul 13, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Linda Colley
Legal Weapon Legal Weapon
International law offers protection to the oppressed. In Are Women Human?, feminist legal scholar Catharine A. MacKinnon exposes the hypocrisy of not extending the same protectio...
Jul 13, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Martha C. Nussbaum
From Imperialism to Empire From Imperialism to Empire
The crises faced by Bush signal not only the errors of his Administration but the end of imperialism itself--and the emergence of new, more dangerous forces.
Jul 13, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Michael Hardt
Swing-Time in New Mexico Swing-Time in New Mexico
In the ultimate swing district of the ultimate swing state, Patricia Madrid is trying to unseat New Mexico Representative "Leather" Heather Wilson. Is her Mountain State liberalism...
Jul 13, 2006 / Feature / Marc Cooper