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Salvador Memories Salvador Memories

An exhibit at the International Center of Photography showcasing the brutal images of the civil war in El Salvador should remind the Pentagon and the public that the "Salvador Opt...

Oct 26, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Scott Sherman

Sweet Victory: United Methodist Church Calls For Withdrawal Sweet Victory: United Methodist Church Calls For Withdrawal

It's one thing when former high-ranking members of your own Administration come out against your war. It's another thing when two-thirds of the country calls the invasion and occu...

Oct 26, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Say It Ain’t So, Big Leagues Say It Ain’t So, Big Leagues

Strip-mining the Dominican Republic for talent, Major League Baseball periodically plucks one lucky boy from his home and family and gives him a dream for a better life. But what h...

Oct 26, 2005 / Feature / Dave Zirin

Corruption of Hope in Brazil Corruption of Hope in Brazil

Luis Inacio Lula da Silva came into power in 2002 on a wave of populist support for an era of socialist politics and participatory democracy. But da Silva has offered the people of...

Oct 26, 2005 / Feature / Hilary Wainwright

Hitler in Virginia Hitler in Virginia

Two offensive attack ads in the Virginia governor's race have backfired on Republican candidate Jerry Kilgore and his attack-dog media consultant. Does this mean GOP smear tactics ...

Oct 26, 2005 / Feature / Max Blumenthal

The Question of Kurdistan The Question of Kurdistan

The Kurds have almost no natural resources and suffer from a culture of corruption. But their call for autonomy is a serious threat to the building of a united Iraq.

Oct 26, 2005 / Feature / Christian Parenti

Passion Passion

It isn't the choir of small boys, casting about, singing shyly or
It isn't  with perfect oval mouths,

Oct 26, 2005 / Books & the Arts / David Mason

Writer’s Block Writer’s Block

An e-mail from my rabbi, who's moved to the West Coast,
says they're "happier than pigs in shit." Something
forced about that. People with a new grandchild don't boast

Oct 26, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Alan Feldman

The Uncertainty Principle The Uncertainty Principle

By writing a novel about a conventional novelist writing about a conventional man, J.M. Coetzee's latest work illuminates the role of the novel and cuts through typical and tired t...

Oct 26, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Pankaj Mishra

The War of the Liberals The War of the Liberals

Power and the Idealists clings to the notion that the Iraq War was waged for humanitarian ideals, while At the Point of a Gun documents the inner torment of humanitarian interventi...

Oct 26, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Holmes

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