Bush’s New Rhetoric on the War Bush’s New Rhetoric on the War
Rhetoric only goes so far in trumping reality--especially when it comes to a messy war. George W. Bush has been on a roll the past two weeks, delivering one...
Dec 19, 2005 / David Corn
Spying and Lying Spying and Lying
"This shocking revelation ought to send a chill down the spine of every American." Senator Russell Feingold, December 17, 2005 As reported by the New York Times on Friday, "M...
Dec 18, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Feingold Beats Bush In Patriot Act Fight Feingold Beats Bush In Patriot Act Fight
Four years ago, U.S. Senator Russ Feingold distinguished himself as the Senate's premier defender of the Constitution, when he cast the chamber's sole vote against enactment of th...
Dec 16, 2005 / John Nichols
The Wonder and Horror of 2005 The Wonder and Horror of 2005
In the gloom of post-election 2004 few people, if any, could have anticipated the wild surprises of 2005. Focusing on three unforeseen developments of the past year, a meditation o...
Dec 15, 2005 / Feature / Rebecca Solnit
‘Nation’ Readers on the Iraq War ‘Nation’ Readers on the Iraq War
Our editorial statement that "The Nation will not support any candidate for national office who does not make a speedy end to the American war in Iraq a major issue in his or h...
Dec 15, 2005 / Our Readers
East Fifth Street: A Poster for the Oresteia East Fifth Street: A Poster for the Oresteia
Pasted bumpily on brick, life-sized. Inside,
in a former foundry's casting vault, my father in the role
of Agamemnon died. A thin-browed bronze mask skating
Dec 15, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Anne Winters
The Displaced of Capital The Displaced of Capital
"A shift in the structure of experience..."
As I pass down Broadway this misty late-winter morning,
the city is ever alluring, but thousands of miles to the south
Dec 15, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Anne Winters
MacDougal Street: Old-Law Tenements MacDougal Street: Old-Law Tenements
We're aware in every nerve end of our tenement's hand-mortared Jersey brick, the plumbing's dripping dew-points, the electric running Direct, and on each landing four hall-johns fitted to the specifics and minima of the 1879 Tenement Housing Act. We lived in its clauses and parentheses, that drew up steep stairways and filled the brown airwells with eyebrowed windows. Unwhistling, the midwinter radiator lists in its pool of rust. A lightcord winds through its light chain; from a plasterless ceiling-slat topples a roach, with its shadow. Downstairs, our Sicilian widow beats the cold ribs with a long-handled skillet, and faucets drum in twenty old-law flats.
Dec 15, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Anne Winters
2005 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize 2005 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize
Anne Winters's The Displaced of Capital, winner of the 2005 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize, is a reflective, documentary and visionary volume of poetry inspired by the city of New Yo...
Dec 15, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Robert Pinsky
Farewell to the Working Class Farewell to the Working Class
Two new books on indolence, How To Be Idle and Bonjour Laziness, issue low-energy cries for political apathy, a shorter work week and the fine art of slacking off.
Dec 15, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Austin Kelley