Supreme Court Kills the Old Robocop Dream Supreme Court Kills the Old Robocop Dream
The justices didn’t quote Christian Parenti, but they should have.
Jun 25, 2014 / Back Issues / Richard Kreitner
Dick Cheney Goes All Teddy Roosevelt on Obama and Iraq Dick Cheney Goes All Teddy Roosevelt on Obama and Iraq
There is a model for Dick Cheney’s belief that when it comes to being greeted as liberators, second time’s a charm.
Jun 18, 2014 / Back Issues / Richard Kreitner
Chelsea Dreams Chelsea Dreams
Artists have become the shock troops of gentrification, even at the Chelsea Hotel.
Jun 18, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Richard Kreitner
Great War: The Climate of June 1914 Great War: The Climate of June 1914
The first modern war created the modern Nation.
Jun 16, 2014 / Back Issues / Richard Kreitner
Tawdry Politicking on D-Day Is as Old as the Day Itself Tawdry Politicking on D-Day Is as Old as the Day Itself
A dispatch from the House of Representatives, June 6, 1944.
Jun 6, 2014 / Back Issues / Richard Kreitner
Bowe Bergdahl and the Honorable History of War Deserters Bowe Bergdahl and the Honorable History of War Deserters
The hateful commentary about the soldier’s return is motivated by fear of what his so-called desertion reveals.
Jun 5, 2014 / Back Issues / Richard Kreitner
A Minimum Wage for Writers? ‘The Nation’ (Almost) Proposed It In 1912. A Minimum Wage for Writers? ‘The Nation’ (Almost) Proposed It In 1912.
There is no avoiding the inherently alienating consequences of trying to earn a living through the production of words.
May 30, 2014 / Back Issues / Richard Kreitner
Eyeing the Left Coast: ‘The Nation’ on California, in 1922 and 2003 Eyeing the Left Coast: ‘The Nation’ on California, in 1922 and 2003
‘Wide and luminous’ or ‘grid-locked and addled on speed’?
May 22, 2014 / Back Issues / Richard Kreitner
Come Explore the Treasure Chest That Is Our 1950 ‘Spring Books’ Issue Come Explore the Treasure Chest That Is Our 1950 ‘Spring Books’ Issue
Meditations on writers’ conferences, Schlesinger Jr. on America, an Auden poem.
May 15, 2014 / Back Issues / Richard Kreitner
This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Susan Sontag on the Avant-Garde, Communism and the Left This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Susan Sontag on the Avant-Garde, Communism and the Left
The current production of Sontag:Reborn only begins to portray the complicated relationship between Susan Sontag and The Nation.
Jun 22, 2013 / Blog / Richard Kreitner