The Last of the “Sewer Socialists” The Last of the “Sewer Socialists”
"There is always a charge that socialism does not fit human nature. We've encountered that for a long time. Maybe that's true. But can't people be educated? Can't people learn to ...
Jul 14, 2006 / John Nichols
Rage Against the MSMachine Rage Against the MSMachine
The Yearly Kos Convention revealed a blogosphere whose media critique is hampered by its political ambitions. Why can't progressives repair the press, not dismantle it?
Jul 14, 2006 / Feature / Lakshmi Chaudhry
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