Shakeup in the UK Shakeup in the UK
Nick Clegg has taken the Liberal Democrats into government with the Tories, serving as deputy prime minister to David Cameron, a politician he has called "the con man of Bri...
May 13, 2010 / Feature / Maria Margaronis and D.D. Guttenplan
Britain: The Morning After Britain: The Morning After
Though it's still too soon to declare a winner, Britain's parliamentary election has some clear losers.
May 7, 2010 / The Notion / D.D. Guttenplan
Letters Letters
Letter published in the May 3, 2010, issue of The Nation.
Apr 14, 2010 / Letters / Our Readers, D.D. Guttenplan, and Maria Margaronis
Who Speaks for Human Rights? Who Speaks for Human Rights?
A clash between a feminist activist and a former Guantánamo detainee divides the left.
Mar 18, 2010 / Feature / D.D. Guttenplan and Maria Margaronis
Blair: Shaken, Not Sorry Blair: Shaken, Not Sorry
The Chilcot Inquiry's lesson is the terrible cost to any country that defines the national interest as standing shoulder to shoulder with Washington.
Feb 4, 2010 / Editorial / D.D. Guttenplan
Swing Time: On Morris Dickstein Swing Time: On Morris Dickstein
Morris Dickstein's elegant cultural history of the Great Depression.
Feb 4, 2010 / Books & the Arts / D.D. Guttenplan
Tony Blair Channels Piaf: Je Ne Regrette Rien Tony Blair Channels Piaf: Je Ne Regrette Rien
What did Tony Blair know, and when did he know it?
Jan 29, 2010 / The Notion / D.D. Guttenplan
Memo to Hillary: Friends Don’t Let Friends ♥ Fascists Memo to Hillary: Friends Don’t Let Friends ♥ Fascists
How much should it matter to Americans that David Cameron, who will probably become the Prime Minister of Britain in May, recently took his party out of the main center-right group...
Oct 21, 2009 / The Notion / D.D. Guttenplan
Brighton Beach Postcard Brighton Beach Postcard
Brighton. Short of sashaying over the waves, or flying Harry Potter's Nimbus 2000 (perhaps on loan from his good friend J.K. Rowling) into the Labour Party conference here yester...
Sep 30, 2009 / The Notion / D.D. Guttenplan
The Dog That Didn’t Bark The Dog That Didn’t Bark
Though the punters (that's you, dear reader) aren't usually let in on the secret, it is a truth universally acknowledged among journalists that any story belonging exclusiv...
Jul 13, 2009 / The Notion / D.D. Guttenplan