The US “war on terror” now extends to an unlikely frontier in Paraguay,
where farmers are caught in the crossfire and human rights groups are
skeptical of the threat posed by Islamic terrorists.
If there is any message to be gleaned from the World Cup, it is
that soccer has finally shed its freight of machismo and anguish,
attracting a global audience of fans who simply want to have fun.
The disputed presidential election has fractured Mexico’s political
landscape, pitting leftists against conservatives and the affluent
against an indignant Indian and mestizo underclass.
Bolstered by a Supreme Court ruling that rebuked the Bush
Administration’s excessive exercise of power, Lieut. Ehren Watada’s
pending court-martial could help restore the rule of law and
energize a popular movement to end an illegal war.
As New Jersey government plunges into fiscal and constitutional crisis over a proposed sales tax, lawmakers must stop playing politics with the public good and get serious about producing a realistic budget.
Progressives can take a lesson from the success of “How Would a Patriot Act?” Mobilize the liberal blogosphere and take an obscure book for a ride on the bestseller list.
By blindly accepting Bush’s expansion of state secrets claims, the courts are allowing the executive branch to operate above the law, putting the core principles of our democracy at risk.
Peace sentiments are rising among the American public and even in
the much-divided Democrats. What does this mean for electoral politics
and for the course of a war that seems to have no end in sight?
This summer marks a grim anniversary of a Supreme Court decision to
affirm the death penalty and create a bureaucratic killing machine that
puts American justice at odds with the Constitution’s underlying
values.
Elections are decided by message, money and mobilization. The Democrats’ choice of tactics for the latter may determine not only the outcome of the ’06 elections but the party’s future.
Ohio is the bellwether for the nation’s electoral health and the prognosis is bad. Error-ridden e-voting, draconian restrictions and widespread incompetence could cause another November breakdown.
A movement is growing that aims to build a politics of decency and
sanity, which speaks to the generosity of the American people. It’s not going to be easy, but it’s time to rock the boat.
The Supreme Court’s Hamdan v. Rumsfeld decision is to Bush what the Pentagon Papers were to Nixon: a devastating rebuke of a President who thought he had a blank check and a clear affirmation of human rights and the rule of law.
In 1963 a handful of distinguished literary intellectuals launched The
New York Review of Books as an antidote to the lackluster prose and
middlebrow sensibility of the New York Times
Life remains cheap in the coalfields of Appalachia because of the Bush Administration’s incompetence and neglect in the face of human and environmental tragedy.
Did the New York Times violate the Espionage Act by publishing reports of government secret spying program? A controversial essay in Commentary has provided intellectual ammunition to chill, censor and punish the press.
Here’s a salute to America’s true patriots: librarians on the frontlines of free inquiry, the Bill of Rights Defense Committee and peace activists across the nation.
Few of us can now imagine a world without freshwater, but look to the
future, when the scarcity of this most basic commodity will profoundly
change our lives.
By adopting the principles of natural capitalism, America can regain its sanity and reverse the reckless use, overuse, waste and destruction of our natural resources.
“I dream of the day that our children will turn the pages of history
books and look to my generation, who said no to the horrors of war
and chose nonviolence over nonexistence.”
If Tricky Dick could tame the grizzled Mao, then certainly Bush
could butter up Kim Jong Il with some of that frat boy charm. Who
knows, Dearest Leader might even join Bush’s shaky “coalition of the willing.”
What Warren Buffett’s gift of billions to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation lacks in imagination, it makes up for in safety. If only they had the guts to tackle the real problems.
Democrats should take a page from the GOP playbook and back candidates willing to stand up for their values, rather than wasting their money, time and votes on those who won’t.
Antifeminists engage in moral discourse while feminists tend to speak in the language of personal choice. But what happens when choice is a bad idea–for yourself, other women or society?
A movement is growing that aims to build a politics of decency and
sanity, which speaks to the generosity of the American people. It’s not going to be easy, but it’s time to rock the boat.
Progressives can take a lesson from the success of “How Would a Patriot Act?” Mobilize the liberal blogosphere and take an obscure book for a ride on the bestseller list.
A hallucinatory mix of animation and live action creates the Orwellian world of A Scanner Darkly; substance triumphs over style in Excellent Cadavers, a Mafia-busting documentary.
George Hutchinson’s new biography of the mystery woman of the Harlem Renaissance reconsiders both Nella Larsen and a key moment of black cultural history.
American foreign policy is shaped by a myth of national righteousness. In two new books, Peter Beinart abuses history to suggest liberals embrace this myth, while Stephen Kinzer uses America’s history of involvement in foreign coups to reveal why we cannot.
Here’s a salute to America’s true patriots: librarians on the frontlines of free inquiry, the Bill of Rights Defense Committee and peace activists across the nation.