Prince Wins Prince Wins
Best performance on American Idol's finale: Prince--preening, prancing and dancing. Most astounding fact: 63.4 million votes were cast for the two finalists. Show host Ryan Seac...
May 25, 2006 / The Nation
Hayden Hijinks Hayden Hijinks
If there actually was an opposition party in Washington, the nomination of Air Force General Michael Hayden to serve as director of the Central Intelligence Agency would have been...
May 25, 2006 / John Nichols
With God On Our Side With God On Our Side
If it were up to me, we'd keep religion and politics completely apart. I think one of the best things about America is the idea of the wall between church and state. But it's not ...
May 25, 2006 / Peter Rothberg
Letters Letters
April brought downpours of mail on two subjects: "Can the Left Get Right With God?" (April 24), articles on religion by Dan Wakefield, Fr
May 24, 2006 / Our Readers
Sweet Victory: A Wake-Up Call from Alaska Sweet Victory: A Wake-Up Call from Alaska
Co-written by Sam Graham-Felsen. Al Gore's new film, An Inconvenient Truth, which finally hits theatersthis week, makes the case with devastating clarity: globalwarming is not a ...
May 24, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Keeping It Real Keeping It Real
In Songs of Experience, Martin Jay examines modern debates over the relationship between theory and the lived world.
May 24, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Jackson Lears
Anatomy of a Murder Anatomy of a Murder
Cynthia Carr's Our Town seeks to uncover hidden truths about a 1930 lynching in small-town Indiana. But Carr fails to break the code of silence that many of the town's inhabitants,...
May 24, 2006 / Books & the Arts / David Bradley
House Vote Harms Palestine, Israel, US House Vote Harms Palestine, Israel, US
Jimmy Carter has been blunt: Despite the fact of a Palestinian election result that was not to their liking, the former president says, "it is unconscionable for Israel, the Unit...
May 24, 2006 / John Nichols
Frist Goes Ape Frist Goes Ape
At least Bill Frist will have something to fall back on when that presidential run doesn't pan out: operating on gorillas. Just look at these cute pictures. Wearing safari-themed...
May 24, 2006 / The Nation
Seeking Justice Where There Is No Peace Seeking Justice Where There Is No Peace
As conditions worsen in Darfur, the nascent International Criminal Court, whose mandate is to bring genocidaires to justice in a chaotic environment hostile to the rule of law, is ...
May 24, 2006 / Feature / Anja Tranovich