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Feature
The War We Don’t Know
Up until now, the war between Russia and Georgia was framed as a simple tale of David versus Goliath. In fact, it is far more complex than this, morally and historically.
Mark Ames
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Illusions of Victory
The United States did not reinvent war after 9/11. It only thought it did.
Andrew J. Bacevich
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Dispatch From Georgia
As Russian troops occupy city after city in Georgia, the feeling here that the government has overestimated how much support it will receive from the West.
Margarita Akhvlediani
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Brad, Angelina and the Baby Bump Bonanza
As print journalism faces extinction, tabloids obsess over celebrity pregnancy and childbirth. What’s wrong with this picture?
Meredith Blake
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The Tragedy of Ehud Olmert
The fall of Ehud Olmert is a tragedy for Israel and the world–squandering a genuine opportunity for a breakthrough in Israeli-Palestinian and Israeli-Arab relations.
Hillel Schenker
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The Bruja
This Week: Dieter Countryman would like to do some enhanced interrogating, while Congresswoman Kang drops in to get in the groove with a witchy woman.
Gary Phillips
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Getting Georgia’s War On
Russia’s war in Georgia excites John McCain and the same neocons who led us into earlier disasters.
Mark Ames
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Beyond Beijing: China’s Toughest Competition
How will the Olympics play in the Chinese equivalent of Peoria, among a populace skeptical of the government’s intent and eager to tout their own economic clout?
Jeffrey Wasserstrom and Kate Merkel-Hess
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Does GOP Stand for Grampa’s Old Politicians?
The future of the Republican brand rests in the text message happy hands of young America–which should scare the living daylights out of John McCain.
Andy Kroll
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Bush’s Time Horizon in Iraq
Everyone was baffled by the President’s use of the term “time horizon” for withdrawal from Iraq. But when you consider the term’s origin on Wall Street, it makes perfect, cynical sense.
Allen McDuffee
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Burgers or Biofuel?
Biofuels have become the new villain in the climate change and food crisis debate. But America’s consumption of meat is a bigger part of the problem than the cars and trucks we drive.
Frances Cerra Whittelsey
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Truth and Consequences Under the Israeli Occupation
A Palestinian journalist’s life and work shed light on the violence in Israel’s “dual” society.
Mohammed Omer
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Rachel Maddow’s Life and Career
The Air America host is this election season’s breakout star.
Rebecca Traister
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Bailing Out the Bad Guys: What Congress and Bush Do Best
We are flirting with catastrophe, and our foreign creditors are part of the story.
William Greider
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Chinese Struggle Over Resources Under a Quasi-Maoist Capitalism
Across China there is a rising rural and urban class struggle as the economy moves from Maoist socialism to a strange type of quasi-Maoist capitalism.
Christian Parenti
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Editorial
When Pastors Go Postal
The case against Victoria Osteen embodies the narcissism of those who preach the Gospel of prosperity.
Barbara Ehrenreich
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Paris/Britney Campaign Blowback
John McCain got more than he expected, with an ad comparing Obama to Paris Hilton. The blowback is just beginning.
Annabelle Gurwitch
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Why Misgovernment Was No Accident in Bush’s Washington
The Bush Administration has simultaneously destroyed a government, left us in the lurch and yet managed to enrich itself.
Thomas Frank
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Solzhenitsyn’s Life and Our Times
Despite the controversies he aroused in the West and in Russia, Solzhenitsyn remains above all else a writer who bore witness to Soviet society’s long-censored suffering.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
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A Magic Moment for America
The nomination of Barack Obama–so able intellectually, morally and spiritually–marks a magic moment for America, culminating the hopes of those who worked for a more perfect union, a more peaceful world.
Rev. Jesse L. Jackson
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A Devil’s Dictionary of Politics
With millions of first time-voters expected to go to the polls in November, never has an insane political system been more in need of explanation. You won’t find much help here.
Nicholas von Hoffman
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Israel, Iran and the Bomb
Israel and the Mideast are approaching a stark choice: nuclear holocaust or a nuclear-free region.
Jonathan Schell and Martin J. Sherwin
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Olympic Trials
If China’s leaders believe they’ve released enough steam for a smooth Olympics, they could be in for a surprise.
Dave Zirin
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Noted.
Naomi Sobel on efforts to improve conditions at the notorious Postville, Iowa kosher slaughterhouse; Nation correspondents on Obama’s world tour.
The Editors
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Rethinking the Veepstakes
The process of picking a Vice President needn’t be the craven political exercise it is today. Do we even need one?
John Nichols
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Change We Can Believe In
Progressive supporters of Barack Obama urge him to stand firm on the principles he so compellingly articulated in the primary. Add your name to this open letter.
The Nation
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Column
Georgia War: A Neocon Election Ploy?
Connecting the dots between Georgia’s confrontation with Putin and the presidential ambitions of John McCain.
Robert Scheer
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The Politics of Pandering
Until they come up with real solutions to our current economic crisis, Obama and McCain should stop trying to buy votes with fuel rebates.
Nicholas von Hoffman
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Anthrax Killer: The Enemy Was Us
Our default defense is to blame the deranged outsider, but in this case, one of our own was to blame.
Robert Scheer
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Why He Fears the Fist: A Response to Jonah Goldberg
You can tell right away that Goldberg didn’t read a book, an article, even a fortune cookie, about the 1968 Olympics before whipping out his laptop.
Dave Zirin
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Obama’s Challenge to America’s Parents
He has taken black parents to task for failing to inspire their children; it’s a message that needs to be addressed to white America as well.
Nicholas von Hoffman
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What the McCain Campaign Seems To Be Saying About Obama’s Recently Concluded Trip Abroad
It’s a race to the bottom of world opinion.
Calvin Trillin
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Books & the Arts
Music’s Measures
A jazz writer pays tribute to his longtime collaborator on The Penguin Guide to Jazz.
Brian Morton
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Brad, Angelina and the Baby Bump Bonanza
As print journalism faces extinction, tabloids obsess over celebrity pregnancy and childbirth. What’s wrong with this picture?
Meredith Blake
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Solzhenitsyn’s Life and Our Times
Despite the controversies he aroused in the West and in Russia, Solzhenitsyn remains above all else a writer who bore witness to Soviet society’s long-censored suffering.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
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A Magic Moment for America
The nomination of Barack Obama–so able intellectually, morally and spiritually–marks a magic moment for America, culminating the hopes of those who worked for a more perfect union, a more peaceful world.
Rev. Jesse L. Jackson
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The Disasterplex
Superstars and superheroes fight and flounder through Hollywood’s season of wanton destruction.
Stuart Klawans
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End With a Comma
End with a comma, the end
The more decisive because
Inadvertent, broken off,The implied
Clause, whatever
Qualification orEdwin Frank
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Elvis Costello’s Momofuku: A Portrait of Love and Lust
Elvis Costello’s new album is a worthy addition to his seemingly endless catalog of beauty and bile.
David Yaffe
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Archaeological Digs Stoke Conflict in Jerusalem
The race for “Jewish” bedrock has turned a Jerusalem slum’s archaeological riches into an existential threat.
Adina Hoffman
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Rachel Maddow’s Life and Career
The Air America host is this election season’s breakout star.
Rebecca Traister
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