Reconstruction Watch Part V: We Deserve Answers Reconstruction Watch Part V: We Deserve Answers
In the Washington Post last week, Griff Witte reported that American businessman Philip Bloom--whose companies were awarded $8.6 million in Iraq reconstruction contracts--pleaded ...
Apr 27, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
GOP Retreats on Reform GOP Retreats on Reform
In the ongoing fight to clean up Congress, the reformers won a minor victory when the House Republican leadership was forced to yank its bogus lobbying "reform" bill off the House...
Apr 27, 2006 / The Nation
From Piety to Politics From Piety to Politics
Three new books examine the distinctions between religious and political Islam.
Apr 27, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Mahmood Mamdani
Behind Enemy Lines Behind Enemy Lines
New scholarship sheds light on Osama bin Laden's rhetoric, charisma and complex religious and political vision.
Apr 27, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Raffi Khatchadourian
Help Wanted: GOP Managers Help Wanted: GOP Managers
With executive pay scales soaring, only bumblers are willing to work for the Bush Administration.
Apr 27, 2006 / Feature / Thomas Geoghegan
Ferment Over ‘The Israel Lobby’ Ferment Over ‘The Israel Lobby’
Criticisms of the Israel lobby have circulated for years, but it took two professors and the Iraq War to inject realist ideas into the debate.
Apr 27, 2006 / Feature / Philip Weiss
Bob Dylan and Nostalgia of Patriarchy Bob Dylan and Nostalgia of Patriarchy
A new generation of fans admires his music but does not see him as a prophet.
Apr 27, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Richard Goldstein
Bush’s Other War Bush’s Other War
The FBI's bid to examine Jack Anderson's papers is the latest battle in the Bush Administration's war against the media.
Apr 27, 2006 / Column / Eric Alterman
The Deciderator The Deciderator
Bush's goofily unmoored positioning of himself as "the decider" duncifies us all.
Apr 27, 2006 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Adieu, Scott McClellan Adieu, Scott McClellan
Goodbye to a Bush official who has been remarkably consistent.
Apr 27, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin