July 18, 2005 Issue

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Feature

M is for Moronic

Inside the CPB’s Mann report, one of the strangest government documents ever produced.
Max Blumenthal
Lee Scott, Civil Rights Activist (Really!)

Talk about surprising developments, Wal-Mart has done something good.
Liza Featherstone
Avian Flu: A State of Unreadiness

America remains unprepared for a possible avian flu pandemic.
Mike Davis
Beyond Gay Marriage

By engaging the marriage debate only in terms of "gay rights," progressives have put themselves in a losing position.

Richard Kim and Lisa Duggan
Reconnecting to the World

The US must make full employment and ample demand the guiding principles of its international economic policy.
Sherle R. Schwenninger
Torture and Accountability

Senior government officials can be held responsible for the horrors at Abu Ghraib.
Elizabeth Holtzman

Editorial

Cannabis Interrupted

The Supreme Court’s medical marijuana decision was a major setback for common sense.
Herman Schwartz
Chinese Shark Attack!

China panic can be found at the progressive end of the spectrum.
Doug Henwood
London After the Bombing

The attacks seemed designed to maximize fear, not casualties.
Maria Margaronis
O’Connor and the Parameters of Possibility

Bruce Shapiro argues that O’Connor’s resignation poses a conundrum for Republicans.
Bruce Shapiro
Profiles in Cowardice

Senate Democrats are preparing to take a dive on the issue they have righteously hammered for four years–the estate tax.
William Greider
Nation Notes

Our Deadline Poet is on vacation this week. And speaking of vacation, with this issue The Nation goes on its biweekly summer schedule.
The Editors
Support Our Truth

Jules Feiffer
Plan B for Plan B

The FDA’s refusal to issue a decision on Plan B reflects the influence of the Christian right over Bush Administration policy.
Ayelish McGarvey
Reviewing the Estate Tax

Two states recently restored the estate tax to fund critical middle-class programs.
David Sirota
Climate and the G-8

Though the G-8 leaders should subsidize zero-carbon energy sources, they should resist Bush’s advocacy of nuclear energy.
Mark Hertsgaard
Giving Africa a Hand

Activists must push for more debt relief for all impoverished countries in Africa.
The Editors
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Column

The Real Rove Scandal

Truth and competence are virtues easily shed by the Bush Administration.
Robert Scheer
Bush Is Serving Up the Cold War Warmed Over

The “war on terror” is turning out to be nothing more than a recycled formulation of the dangerously dumb “domino theory.”
Robert Scheer
Lying Liars & the Presidents Who Employ Them

The media passed along without prejudice Karl Rove’s deliberate distortions of Richard Durbin’s words.
Eric Alterman
Extrajudicial Activism

The Klan was willing to risk that their victims were innocent; we can’t take that risk today with accused terrorists.
Patricia J. Williams

Books & the Arts

Shoot the Piano Player

Reviews of The Beat That My Heart Skipped, Me and You and Everyone We Know and other new films.
Stuart Klawans
To the Wires Overhead

This is the year
when the swallows did not come back

you have not noticed
W.S. Merwin
To Being Late

Again again you are
the right time after all

not according to
however we planned it
W.S. Merwin
To the Margin

Following the black
footprints the tracks
of words that have passed that way
before me I come
again and again to
your blank shore
W.S. Merwin
Mother Nature’s Son

Novalis’s unfinished novel is a kaleidoscope of visions and allegories of nature.
Ross Benjamin
Prosaic Judgments

Adam Kirsch prefers his own ideas about poetry to actual poems.
John Palattella
The Theater of Cruelty

The detainee abuses at Abu Ghraib were both a continuation and a divergence from historical prison practices.
Amitav Ghosh
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Nation Readers Speak

Articles on the estate tax, college Republicans and patriotism attract comments and questions.
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July 18, 2005 Issue

Feature

Inside the CPB’s Mann report, one of the strangest government documents ever produced.

Talk about surprising developments, Wal-Mart has done something good.

America remains unprepared for a possible avian flu pandemic.

By engaging the marriage debate only in terms of "gay rights," progressives have put themselves in a losing position.

The US must make full employment and ample demand the guiding principles of its international economic policy.

Senior government officials can be held responsible for the horrors at Abu Ghraib.

Editorial

The Supreme Court’s medical marijuana decision was a major setback for common sense.

China panic can be found at the progressive end of the spectrum.

The attacks seemed designed to maximize fear, not casualties.

Bruce Shapiro argues that O’Connor’s resignation poses a conundrum for Republicans.

Senate Democrats are preparing to take a dive on the issue they have righteously hammered for four years–the estate tax.

Our Deadline Poet is on vacation this week. And speaking of vacation, with this issue The Nation goes on its biweekly summer schedule.

The FDA’s refusal to issue a decision on Plan B reflects the influence of the Christian right over Bush Administration policy.

Two states recently restored the estate tax to fund critical middle-class programs.

Though the G-8 leaders should subsidize zero-carbon energy sources, they should resist Bush’s advocacy of nuclear energy.

Activists must push for more debt relief for all impoverished countries in Africa.

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Column

Truth and competence are virtues easily shed by the Bush Administration.

The “war on terror” is turning out to be nothing more than a recycled formulation of the dangerously dumb “domino theory.”

The media passed along without prejudice Karl Rove’s deliberate distortions of Richard Durbin’s words.

The Klan was willing to risk that their victims were innocent; we can’t take that risk today with accused terrorists.

Books & the Arts

Reviews of The Beat That My Heart Skipped, Me and You and Everyone We Know and other new films.

This is the year when the swallows did not come back you have not noticed

Again again you are the right time after all not according to however we planned it

Following the black footprints the tracks of words that have passed that way before me I come again and again to your blank shore

Novalis’s unfinished novel is a kaleidoscope of visions and allegories of nature.

Adam Kirsch prefers his own ideas about poetry to actual poems.

The detainee abuses at Abu Ghraib were both a continuation and a divergence from historical prison practices.

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

Letters

Articles on the estate tax, college Republicans and patriotism attract comments and questions.

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This is the year
when the swallows did not come back

you have not noticed

Again again you are
the right time after all

not according to
however we planned it

Following the black
footprints the tracks
of words that have passed that way
before me I come
again and again to
your blank shore

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