December 12, 2011 Issue
Cover art by: Cover by Doug Chayka, cover design by Milton Glaser Incorporated
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Editorial
The Democratic Promise of Occupy Wall Street
Will it last? Skeptics are entitled to their doubts, but I’m confident that, as with the Populist movement of a century ago, OWS will bring lasting change
William Greider
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The People’s Library of Occupy Wall Street Lives On
The NYPD has twice raided the occupation’s collection, confiscating and destroying books. But never underestimate the power of librarians.
William Scott
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Noted.
George Zornick on the exposed anti-OWS memo, Ari Berman on Werner Herzog’s death penalty film, Max Strasser on Egypt’s Mubarak-era debt
Various Contributors
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Obama’s China Syndrome
In a momentous strategic shift, President Obama has begun a military buildup in East Asia in a foolish attempt to intimidate China. It will bring blowback, and a greater risk of war.
Michael T. Klare
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Column
Do We Have Any Right to Privacy Outside Our Homes?
The Department of Justice has told the Supreme Court that police should be allowed to secretly put GPS devices on our cars. But we have already surrendered more privacy than we realize.
Patricia J. Williams
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Next Stop on the GOP Crazy Train: ‘Newtsville’
Ever notice that anytime anyone tells the truth in the contest for the Republican nomination, a new scandal erupts?
Eric Alterman
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Books & the Arts
The Democratic Promise of Occupy Wall Street
Will it last? Skeptics are entitled to their doubts, but I’m confident that, as with the Populist movement of a century ago, OWS will bring lasting change
William Greider
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Beattitudes: On Ann Beattie
Ann Beattie is an artist of the things we don’t say, or can’t, and that find expression anyway.
William Deresiewicz
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Mac the Knife: On Dwight Macdonald
Dwight Macdonald’s panic about Midcult now seems less prescient than misplaced.
Jennifer Szalai
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Erosion: On Errol Morris
Why does Errol Morris cling to a model of documentary photography eighty years out of date?
Jana Prikryl
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Zoned: On the European Union
The European Union exists in a no-man’s-land between democracy and technocracy.
Henry Farrell
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Obscure Objects of Desire: On Jeffrey Eugenides
In The Marriage Plot Jeffrey Eugenides can’t explain what happens to his characters without throwing in every last why.
Alexandra Schwartz
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Letters
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