December 10, 2007 Issue

Cover art by: Cover art and illustration by Doug Chayka; design by Gene Case & Stephen Kling/Avenging Angels

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Pakistan’s Bomb: Have It Your Way

Thanks to globalization, the ‘Islamic bomb’ turns out to be a little bit American, Canadian, Swiss, German, Dutch, British, Japanese and even Russian.
Douglas Frantz and Catherine Collins
Mexico Floods, America Shrugs

Massive floods cause widespread devastation; while other nations rush in with aid, Mexico’s closest neighbor has barely responded.
Florencia Soto Nino-Martinez
Kevin Rudd, Agent of Change?

He’s greener and less hawkish than his predecessor, but is Australia’s next prime minister really all that different?
Antony Loewenstein
The Soldier and the Student

Today’s military members face red tape, false advertising and multiple deployments. What happened to the promises of the original GI Bill?
Aaron Glantz
WGA: Picket and Click It

As the strike continues, Writers Guild members have turned the Internet into an organizing tool.
Christopher Lisotta

Editorial

Taxaholics Anonymous

My name is Annabelle, and I love paying taxes.
Annabelle Gurwitch
Global Warming Is Reversible

The technology exists to solve environmental problems and improve our standard of living.
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Noted.

A nation divided over national security; the return of the Winter Soldier.
The Editors
Studs’s People

For Studs Terkel, the touchstone is memory and speech the stuff of which his art is made.
Harry Maurer
Hands Off Iran

I will not pay my income tax if we go to war with Iran. Neither should you.
Chris Hedges
Showdown at the DMV

The debate in New York State over driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants became a proxy for the unsettled issue of immigration reform.
The Editors
Moyers & FDR

When Franklin Delano Roosevelt was President, my father knew he had a friend in the White House. We should rekindle that spirit today.
Bill Moyers
President Rudy’s War Council

Norman Podhoretz and Daniel Pipes consider how the newly elected President should proceed in the world arena. The first act of a five-act play.
Peter C. Baker
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Column

Global Warming: The Rich Opt Out

Conservation, like taxes, is for little people. When you’re rich you can waste all the water you want.
Nicholas von Hoffman
A Good Week for the Saudis

Their boy Nawaz Sharif’s back in Pakistan, oil prices are soaring and the Bushies continue to do their bidding.
Robert Scheer
Justice on Steroids

Barry Bonds makes an enticing target. But the DOJ should also focus on steroid enablers, like a certain team owner who now lives in the White House.
Dave Zirin
Debating for Dummies

At the Las Vegas Democratic debate, CNN Anchors Blitzer and Malvaux twisted legitimate questions into “gotcha” traps. There’s gotta be a better way.
Eric Alterman
Judith Regan’s Lawsuit Against Fox News

This is only going to get more interesting.
Calvin Trillin
Mitt Romney: Change Agent

Steve Brodner

Books & the Arts

Pointe Work

Nureyev: The Life brings new focus to an iconic figure of modern ballet.
Marina Harss
Many Exits

Philip Roth’s Exit Ghost considers whether we’re astonished by death or the life that precedes it.
Matt Weiland
The Nijinsky of Ambivalence

During a Vietnam War protest, Norman Mailer blustered and banged a generation’s experience through his prodigious ego.
Morris Dickstein
Love by a Thousand Cuts

Museums can’t get enough of Kara Walker, whose silhouettes of the history of slavery seem to be a nightmare she’s trying to enjoy.
Barry Schwabsky
A Colder War

Richard Rhodes’s Arsenals of Folly, sequel to the book that defined the atomic age, captures the political struggle that brought it to an end.
Jonathan Schell
Underworlds

Gangsters have guns and muscle, but a good writer always gets the last word.
Henry Farrell
Terra Incognita

A mosaic of anecdotes and historical snapshots surveys the sociological diversity of France, past and present.
Ruth Scurr
Beyond the Veil

A new book examines headscarf hysteria and the politics of identity in contemporary France.
Laila Lalami
Deal Breakers

Two new books seek to galvanize progressives at a key political moment: Paul Krugman’s The Conscience of a Liberal and Jonathan Chait’s The Big Con.
Kim Phillips-Fein
Studs’s People

For Studs Terkel, the touchstone is memory and speech the stuff of which his art is made.
Harry Maurer
Moyers & FDR

When Franklin Delano Roosevelt was President, my father knew he had a friend in the White House. We should rekindle that spirit today.
Bill Moyers
Song of the Andoumboulou: 77

A new name remembering
thirteen dead was on the box.
One of seven sets of twins to
Nathaniel Mackey
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December 10, 2007 Issue

Feature

Thanks to globalization, the ‘Islamic bomb’ turns out to be a little bit American, Canadian, Swiss, German, Dutch, British, Japanese and even Russian.

Massive floods cause widespread devastation; while other nations rush in with aid, Mexico’s closest neighbor has barely responded.

He’s greener and less hawkish than his predecessor, but is Australia’s next prime minister really all that different?

Today’s military members face red tape, false advertising and multiple deployments. What happened to the promises of the original GI Bill?

As the strike continues, Writers Guild members have turned the Internet into an organizing tool.

Editorial

My name is Annabelle, and I love paying taxes.

The technology exists to solve environmental problems and improve our standard of living.

A nation divided over national security; the return of the Winter Soldier.

For Studs Terkel, the touchstone is memory and speech the stuff of which his art is made.

I will not pay my income tax if we go to war with Iran. Neither should you.

The debate in New York State over driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants became a proxy for the unsettled issue of immigration reform.

When Franklin Delano Roosevelt was President, my father knew he had a friend in the White House. We should rekindle that spirit today.

Norman Podhoretz and Daniel Pipes consider how the newly elected President should proceed in the world arena. The first act of a five-act play.

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Column

Conservation, like taxes, is for little people. When you’re rich you can waste all the water you want.

Their boy Nawaz Sharif’s back in Pakistan, oil prices are soaring and the Bushies continue to do their bidding.

Barry Bonds makes an enticing target. But the DOJ should also focus on steroid enablers, like a certain team owner who now lives in the White House.

At the Las Vegas Democratic debate, CNN Anchors Blitzer and Malvaux twisted legitimate questions into “gotcha” traps. There’s gotta be a better way.

This is only going to get more interesting.

Books & the Arts

Nureyev: The Life brings new focus to an iconic figure of modern ballet.

Philip Roth’s Exit Ghost considers whether we’re astonished by death or the life that precedes it.

During a Vietnam War protest, Norman Mailer blustered and banged a generation’s experience through his prodigious ego.

Museums can’t get enough of Kara Walker, whose silhouettes of the history of slavery seem to be a nightmare she’s trying to enjoy.

Richard Rhodes’s Arsenals of Folly, sequel to the book that defined the atomic age, captures the political struggle that brought it to an end.

Gangsters have guns and muscle, but a good writer always gets the last word.

A mosaic of anecdotes and historical snapshots surveys the sociological diversity of France, past and present.

A new book examines headscarf hysteria and the politics of identity in contemporary France.

Two new books seek to galvanize progressives at a key political moment: Paul Krugman’s The Conscience of a Liberal and Jonathan Chait’s The Big Con.

For Studs Terkel, the touchstone is memory and speech the stuff of which his art is made.

When Franklin Delano Roosevelt was President, my father knew he had a friend in the White House. We should rekindle that spirit today.

A new name remembering thirteen dead was on the box. One of seven sets of twins to

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ALBERT SHANKER’S UFT New Haven, Conn.

A new name remembering
thirteen dead was on the box.
One of seven sets of twins to

ALBERT SHANKER’S UFT

New Haven, Conn.