April 24, 2006 Issue

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Feature

The Gospel of Scooter

A political nightmare, with a scriptural spin, tells the true story of two nefarious lords and their faithful servant.
Richard Lingeman
A Conversation With Dan Wakefield

Dan Wakefield talks about his new book, The Hijacking of Jesus, and his optimism about the growing power of the religious left.
Eric Stoner
The Nino Scalia Guide to Sicilian Hand Gestures

It can now be revealed that Justice Antonin Scalia has compiled his own secret list of Sicilian hand gestures expressing subtle jurisprudential points.
Garrett Epps
Letter From Baghdad: The Growing Sectarian Divide

Muqtada al-Sadr’s Mahdi Army now confronts both the US Army and the Sunni insurgents.
David Enders
The World According to Karen Finley

Performance artist Karen Finley answers questions about politics, satire and her new book, a fantasy affair between George W. Bush and Martha Stewart.
Bryan Farrell
Bringing God Into It

The secular left consistently disarms itself of what could be its most powerful weapon against the religious right: a spiritual vision of the world.
Rabbi Michael Lerner
Looking for Salvation in All the Wrong Places

Progressive religious leaders should be sensitive to the danger that unexamined God-based public policy presents, whether it comes from the right or the left.
Frances Kissling
Taking Back the Faith

Where are the progressive religious leaders who can fill the shoes of William Sloane Coffin?
Dan Wakefield
‘We Will Not Be Thrown Away!’

Young rebels in France are fighting not for change but for the same rights their parents tried to secure during the 1968 student revolution.
Angelique Chrisafis

Editorial

20,000,000 Chávez Fans Can’t Be Wrong

Joe Wezorek
Where’s ‘Real Security’?

Instead of parroting the Republicans’ “tough” approach to national security, Democratic candidates should distinguish themselves from the Bush Administration by, for starters, setting a date for withdrawal from Iraq.
William D. Hartung
What DeLay Left Behind

To repair the damage Tom DeLay left in his wake, the November elections must be a referendum on the political machine he created, which continues to drive this Congress.
John Nichols
‘The Lobby’

The recent furor over a scholarly article suggesting that the “Israel lobby” drives US Mideast policy presents an opportunity for vigorous open debate on a volatile subject.
The Editors
Immigrants and Us

Progressives should join forces with immigrant advocates to create a broad social movement placing the rights of immigrants at the heart of a struggle for economic justice.
The Editors
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Column

Now Powell Tells Us

The former Secretary of State says he and his department’s top experts never believed that Iraq posed an imminent nuclear threat, but this made little difference to President Bush.
Robert Scheer
Rabbit’s Revenge

Time-honored traditions of Christianity are being challenged by scientists and scholars questioning the motives of Jesus, Judas and the power of prayer.
Nicholas von Hoffman
They Should Have Hissed Barack Obama

The war is coming home, in the form of people dreadfully wounded in body and spirit. Yet Democratic candidates aren’t too worried about their hawkish stance, because the peace movement has no fire in its belly.
Alexander Cockburn
A Considered Jurisprudential Analysis of the Guilty Plea by Yet Another Former Aide to Tom DeLay and DeLay’s Resignation Announcement Three Days Later

DeLay cut his losses when they were cut for him.
Calvin Trillin

Books & the Arts

The World According to Karen Finley

Performance artist Karen Finley answers questions about politics, satire and her new book, a fantasy affair between George W. Bush and Martha Stewart.
Bryan Farrell
Treasure Island

Reviews of Iron Island, Inside Man and Sisters in Law.
Stuart Klawans
The Odd Couple

In Sound and Fury, sportswriter Dave Kindred examines the intersecting lives of Muhammad Ali and Howard Cosell.
Gene Seymour
Inside Man

In America at the Crossroads, Francis Fukuyama critiques the neoconservative movement and its disastrous defense of the Iraq War. But he remains fully committed to the unchecked use of American power.
Perry Anderson
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April 24, 2006 Issue

Feature

A political nightmare, with a scriptural spin, tells the true story of two nefarious lords and their faithful servant.

Dan Wakefield talks about his new book, The Hijacking of Jesus, and his optimism about the growing power of the religious left.

It can now be revealed that Justice Antonin Scalia has compiled his own secret list of Sicilian hand gestures expressing subtle jurisprudential points.

Muqtada al-Sadr’s Mahdi Army now confronts both the US Army and the Sunni insurgents.

Performance artist Karen Finley answers questions about politics, satire and her new book, a fantasy affair between George W. Bush and Martha Stewart.

The secular left consistently disarms itself of what could be its most powerful weapon against the religious right: a spiritual vision of the world.

Progressive religious leaders should be sensitive to the danger that unexamined God-based public policy presents, whether it comes from the right or the left.

Where are the progressive religious leaders who can fill the shoes of William Sloane Coffin?

Young rebels in France are fighting not for change but for the same rights their parents tried to secure during the 1968 student revolution.

Editorial

Instead of parroting the Republicans’ “tough” approach to national security, Democratic candidates should distinguish themselves from the Bush Administration by, for starters, setting a date for withdrawal from Iraq.

To repair the damage Tom DeLay left in his wake, the November elections must be a referendum on the political machine he created, which continues to drive this Congress.

The recent furor over a scholarly article suggesting that the “Israel lobby” drives US Mideast policy presents an opportunity for vigorous open debate on a volatile subject.

Progressives should join forces with immigrant advocates to create a broad social movement placing the rights of immigrants at the heart of a struggle for economic justice.

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Column

The former Secretary of State says he and his department’s top experts never believed that Iraq posed an imminent nuclear threat, but this made little difference to President Bush.

Time-honored traditions of Christianity are being challenged by scientists and scholars questioning the motives of Jesus, Judas and the power of prayer.

The war is coming home, in the form of people dreadfully wounded in body and spirit. Yet Democratic candidates aren’t too worried about their hawkish stance, because the peace movement has no fire in its belly.

DeLay cut his losses when they were cut for him.

Books & the Arts

Performance artist Karen Finley answers questions about politics, satire and her new book, a fantasy affair between George W. Bush and Martha Stewart.

Reviews of Iron Island, Inside Man and Sisters in Law.

In Sound and Fury, sportswriter Dave Kindred examines the intersecting lives of Muhammad Ali and Howard Cosell.

In America at the Crossroads, Francis Fukuyama critiques the neoconservative movement and its disastrous defense of the Iraq War. But he remains fully committed to the unchecked use of American power.

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