July 11, 2005 Issue

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Features

Generation Chickenhawk

Getting the party started at the College Republican National Convention.

Max Blumenthal
How to Deter White-Collar Crime

Because of spotty enforcement, white-collar criminals are far more likely to get away with their crimes than poor folks.

David Feige
Giving Chutzpah New Meaning

Alan Dershowitz is on the defensive over his research on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Jon Wiener
Letter From El Salvador

El Salvador today is an Exhibit A casualty of the American imperium.

Peter Davis
Racism Rebooted

Forty years after the now-famous murders of three civil rights workers, racism persists in Mississippi.

Gary Younge

Editorials

On to Ohio

With Ohio's GOP tainted by scandal and corruption, Democrats see an opening for 2006.

Chris Hayes
Reviewing the Patriot Act

Senate Dems defending privacy rights move toward the majority, while their opponents stay in the minority.

David Sirota
In Fact…

JAMES WEINSTEIN

the Editors
No Flat World in Europe

Despite alarmist talk, the European economy is not in shambles.

Thomas Geoghegan
Labor Splits Open

As its July convention approaches, the AFL-CIO is on the brink of a major break-up.

David Moberg
Reality Bites

Bush's political capital can't buy him support on the Iraq war and Social Security.

the Editors
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Columns

Iranian Revolution Is Thriving in Iraq

Did those wily ayatollahs give us the purple finger again?

Robert Scheer
If the Frame Fits…

Reframing abortion takes the issue out of its real-life context, which is the experience of women.

Katha Pollitt
The History of Smoking Guns

As long as I've lived in America I've enjoyed the comic ritual known as the "hunt for the smoking gun," a process by which our official press tries to inoculate itself and its readers against p

Alexander Cockburn
A Short Summary of the Questions Being Asked About Governor Jeb Bush…

What's the deal with Governor Jeb Bush?

Calvin Trillin

Books and the Arts

The Heart of the Matter

Graham Greene remains a compelling figure in this moment of moral bankruptcy.

Matt Steinglass
Reflections on the Body Politic

Novelist David Grossman discusses Israel and the role of politics in his writing.

Mark Sorkin
Giving Chutzpah New Meaning

Alan Dershowitz is on the defensive over his research on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Jon Wiener
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