January 8, 2007 Issue

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Feature

Heck-of -a-Job Myers?

The ICE chief’s comments about immigration and unions raise troubling questions. Congress should seek answers.
Rick Perlstein
The Consequences of Killing Saddam

More violence, waning chances for reconciliation and a trove of secrets taken to the grave.

Bob Dreyfuss
Questioning Capital Punishment

As doubts grow about the humanity and constitutionality of lethal injection, California, Florida and Maryland have shut down executions. America’s flight from the death penalty continues.
Bruce Shapiro
Memo to Dems: About Those Earmarks

As Democrats clean up abuse of earmarks, they can’t ignore the ones that masquerade as targeted tax breaks.
Chris Hayes
The Irrelevance of Joe Lieberman

The fall and rise of Joe Lieberman was one of the major political events of 2006. But in 2007, Beltway and netroots pundits agree, he will be as irrelevant as George W. Bush.
Ari Melber
View From the Future

The end of oil and the rise of warming seas reveal a world made small and a horde of fallen dinosaurs.
Rebecca Solnit
Annan’s Principled Pragmatism

Although Kofi Annan’s tenure was shadowed by political catfights, he leaves the United Nations as one of its most successful secretary generals.
Ian Williams
People’s Revolt in Lebanon

By empowering the dispossessed, Hezbollah has become a formidable force that is threatening the US-backed Lebanese government.
Mohamad Bazzi
Lt. Ehren Watada: Resister

Facing a showdown court-martial for refusing to serve in an illegal and unjust war, Lieut. Ehren Watada has become a flashpoint for the antiwar movement.
Marc Cooper
About Face

In the most significant movement of dissident soldiers since Vietnam, nearly 1,000 active-duty officers and enlisted personnel have petitioned the government to withdraw from Iraq.
Marc Cooper

Editorial

Rule of Noose

Justice and reconciliation for the victims of Saddam Hussein will not be found at the end of a hangman’s rope.
Bruce Shapiro
‘We Got To Do Better’

Looking at the longstanding debate in the black community over personal responsibility through the lens of hotghettomess.com.
Amy Alexander
Get Carter

The flap over Jimmy Carter’s new book underscores that the Israel lobby in the United States exists to serve only the interests of the Israeli right wing.
Chris Hedges
The Urge to Surge

Democrats in Congress must remember that their midterm victory was a clear mandate to reverse Bush’s war policy.
The Editors
The Last Lennon File

The controversy over newly released files on John Lennon is less about Lennon than about excessive government secrecy.
Jon Wiener
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Column

An Act of Barbarism

Someone has to say it: The hanging of Saddam Hussein was an act of barbarism that mocks all of Bush’s posturing on Iraq.
Robert Scheer
Now You Tell Us, Jerry

Now that he is safely dead, good guy Jerry Ford has come out against the war.
Nicholas von Hoffman
And the Beat Goes On…

A new book examining civil rights coverage demonstrates that the best reporting sometimes requires journalists to toss objectivity out the window.
Eric Alterman
A New Policy for Iraq

Why don’t we just ask the wise men?
Calvin Trillin

Books & the Arts

Kids

Spring Awakening is a highly politicized play that explores the sexuality of young teenagers and the adult heartache that can accompany it.
The Nation
Faraway, So Close

In Five Germanys I Have Known–part memoir, part extended rumination on German-Jewish identity–Fritz Stern revisits his family’s past and finds that he has never been quite at home.
Omer Bartov
Parasites of Plunder?

Hitler’s Beneficiaries advances a controversial, deeply flawed argument that Germans failed to revolt against the Nazis because Hitler established a welfare state built on plunder.
Richard J. Evans
And the Beat Goes On…

A new book examining civil rights coverage demonstrates that the best reporting sometimes requires journalists to toss objectivity out the window.
Eric Alterman
The Last Lennon File

The controversy over newly released files on John Lennon is less about Lennon than about excessive government secrecy.
Jon Wiener
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January 8, 2007 Issue

Feature

The ICE chief’s comments about immigration and unions raise troubling questions. Congress should seek answers.

More violence, waning chances for reconciliation and a trove of secrets taken to the grave.

As doubts grow about the humanity and constitutionality of lethal injection, California, Florida and Maryland have shut down executions. America’s flight from the death penalty continues.

As Democrats clean up abuse of earmarks, they can’t ignore the ones that masquerade as targeted tax breaks.

The fall and rise of Joe Lieberman was one of the major political events of 2006. But in 2007, Beltway and netroots pundits agree, he will be as irrelevant as George W. Bush.

The end of oil and the rise of warming seas reveal a world made small and a horde of fallen dinosaurs.

Although Kofi Annan’s tenure was shadowed by political catfights, he leaves the United Nations as one of its most successful secretary generals.

By empowering the dispossessed, Hezbollah has become a formidable force that is threatening the US-backed Lebanese government.

Facing a showdown court-martial for refusing to serve in an illegal and unjust war, Lieut. Ehren Watada has become a flashpoint for the antiwar movement.

In the most significant movement of dissident soldiers since Vietnam, nearly 1,000 active-duty officers and enlisted personnel have petitioned the government to withdraw from Iraq.

Editorial

Justice and reconciliation for the victims of Saddam Hussein will not be found at the end of a hangman’s rope.

Looking at the longstanding debate in the black community over personal responsibility through the lens of hotghettomess.com.

The flap over Jimmy Carter’s new book underscores that the Israel lobby in the United States exists to serve only the interests of the Israeli right wing.

Democrats in Congress must remember that their midterm victory was a clear mandate to reverse Bush’s war policy.

The controversy over newly released files on John Lennon is less about Lennon than about excessive government secrecy.

GET UNLIMITED DIGITAL ACCESS FOR LESS THAN $3 A MONTH!

Column

Someone has to say it: The hanging of Saddam Hussein was an act of barbarism that mocks all of Bush’s posturing on Iraq.

Now that he is safely dead, good guy Jerry Ford has come out against the war.

A new book examining civil rights coverage demonstrates that the best reporting sometimes requires journalists to toss objectivity out the window.

Why don’t we just ask the wise men?

Books & the Arts

Spring Awakening is a highly politicized play that explores the sexuality of young teenagers and the adult heartache that can accompany it.

In Five Germanys I Have Known–part memoir, part extended rumination on German-Jewish identity–Fritz Stern revisits his family’s past and finds that he has never been quite at home.

Hitler’s Beneficiaries advances a controversial, deeply flawed argument that Germans failed to revolt against the Nazis because Hitler established a welfare state built on plunder.

A new book examining civil rights coverage demonstrates that the best reporting sometimes requires journalists to toss objectivity out the window.

The controversy over newly released files on John Lennon is less about Lennon than about excessive government secrecy.

The stakes are higher now than ever. Get The Nation in your inbox.

Letters

HEY, MISTER TRIANGLE MAN… Westport, Conn.

HEY, MISTER TRIANGLE MAN…

Westport, Conn.