An Inconvenient Truth An Inconvenient Truth

In 1988 US officials helped disguise Saddam's chemical attack on Halabja. But when it came time to justify the 2003 invasion of Iraq, they acted outraged.

Aug 23, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Andrew Cockburn

Words Words

Words charm me
  make me sign
And ask that I
  work
at any salary
  to find them--
Words rush

Aug 22, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Sony Labou Tansi

Spy Games Spy Games

Reviews of The Bourne Ultimatum and The Simpsons Movie.

Aug 9, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Spirited Away Spirited Away

Two writers explore the perversion of our collective imagination and the ways that science and myth shape our understanding of spirituality.

Aug 9, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Thomas Laqueur

from The Larger Nature from The Larger Nature

A sanction gone awry
was my portion to cultivate

Giveth and taketh away

This is how adaptation occurs
A perpetual recycling

Aug 9, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Pam Rehm

Stars and Bars Stars and Bars

How did the American criminal justice system go so wrong?

Aug 9, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Lazare

The Diana/Whore Complex The Diana/Whore Complex

The lovelorn, fragile women the media once revered have given way to skank posses of the skinny, the slutty and the overindulged.

Aug 9, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Lakshmi Chaudhry

Sacco & Vanzetti Today Sacco & Vanzetti Today

History sheds no new light on their guilt or innocence. But it does make clear that their trial and execution was an unjust and intolerable act of barbarism.

Aug 9, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Moshik Temkin

End of the Affair End of the Affair

The Nation Cruise drops its final anchor and its highly politicized passengers head for home.

Aug 6, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Annabelle Gurwitch

A Rally in Juneau A Rally in Juneau

Veterans for Peace in Juneau greeted the Nation cruise when it docked in their city with a rally against the war.

Aug 2, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Doug Henwood