Five Poems by Ko Un Five Poems by Ko Un
Two beggars
sharing a meal of the food they've been given
The new moon shines intensely
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Aug 31, 2006 / Books & the Arts / The Nation
Arnold Breaks with Bush on Global Warming Arnold Breaks with Bush on Global Warming
California's Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger cleanly broke with the White House yesterday by reaching a broad agreement with state Dems to severely cap greenhouse gas em...
Aug 31, 2006 / The Nation
Bush Hushes Nation Bush Hushes Nation
He asks citizens "to quiet down for just one minute" so he could have "a chance to think."
Aug 30, 2006 / The Nation
Tunnel Vision Tunnel Vision
Mr Rumsfeld: ARE we safer, more secure today? NO. Look around the world. You can--once again--pull out that tired page from your playbook and try to divert attention from this adm...
Aug 30, 2006 / The Nation
EPA To New Orleans: Relax! EPA To New Orleans: Relax!
On the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, we're not hearing much about the "toxic gumbo" -- a term reportedly first coined by reporter Ron Nixon, who has written for The N...
Aug 28, 2006 / The Nation
Course Correction Course Correction
. The New York Times carried a very important news story today asits front-page lead. It revealed in devastating detail how Americanworkers have lost ground on wage incomes dur...
Aug 28, 2006 / The Nation
Right is Left in Connecticut Right is Left in Connecticut
Connecticut Rep. Chris Shays, a Republican, is to the left of Joe Lieberman on Iraq. A longstanding hawk on the war, Shays announced yesterday that the US should set a timetable ...
Aug 25, 2006 / The Nation
Doing the Right Thing Doing the Right Thing
One year after Katrina, another hurricane season is upon us, this time as a flurry of "anniversary" specials, documentaries, packaged articles, book anthologies and multimedia web...
Aug 25, 2006 / The Nation
Plan B: A Semi-Sweet Victory Plan B: A Semi-Sweet Victory
The Food and Drug Administration finally approved over-the-counter sales of the "morning-after pill." Sweet victory, right? Not exactly. The approval is only for women ages 18 ...
Aug 25, 2006 / The Nation
Wal-Mart’s Rainbow Connection Wal-Mart’s Rainbow Connection
Citing Sam Walton's legacy, and vowing to shop elsewhere, a coalition of grass-roots organizations -- with a broad base of support -- is furious with Wal-Mart. That's, of course, ...
Aug 25, 2006 / The Nation