Taking the Hospital Taking the Hospital

In the postelection world, holding evangelical Protestantism up to the light has become all the rage, which does seem somewhat like shutting the barn door after the horse has lef...

Nov 11, 2004 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Pin the Terrorist on the Donkey Pin the Terrorist on the Donkey

It's impossible to pinpoint any single factor that determined the Democrats' defeat on election day, but a significant disadvantage that is going unremarked in the discussion of ...

Nov 11, 2004 / Column / Eric Alterman

After Arafat After Arafat

"My first reaction is: God bless his soul," answered George W.

Nov 11, 2004 / Graham Usher

Yasir Arafat Yasir Arafat

Yasir Arafat died just as he lived most of his life, giving mixed signals to the world, provoking rivalries among intimates and arousing wild speculation from allies and enemies ...

Nov 11, 2004 / The Editors

Fears of a World Divided Fears of a World Divided

Disillusionment is the most painful of emotions.

Nov 4, 2004 / Maria Margaronis

The Costs of War The Costs of War

TERI WILLS ALLISON

Teri Wills Allison, a massage therapist and a member of Military Families Speak Out, lives near Austin, Texas.

Nov 4, 2004 / Feature / Various Contributors

The UN Deserves an Apology The UN Deserves an Apology

"I want to cast my vote in favor of the United Nations."

Nov 2, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer

War Games War Games

In the players' handbooks that once circulated among commedia dell'arte troupes, the wandering actors of early modern Italy used to set down inventories of the lazzi, or comic tu...

Oct 28, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Who Rules Afghanistan Who Rules Afghanistan

Behind the democratic facade.

Oct 28, 2004 / Feature / Christian Parenti

Carlyle Covers Up Carlyle Covers Up

Less than twenty-four hours after The Nation disclosed that former Secretary of State James Baker and the Carlyle Group were involved in a secret deal to profit from Iraq's debt ...

Oct 28, 2004 / Column / Naomi Klein