July 7, 2008 Issue

Cover art by: Cover illustration by Drew Friedman of (from left to right) Jacob Weisberg, Slate; Fareed Zakaria, Newsweek; Chris Matthews, MSNBC; John McCain; Mika Brzezinski, MSNBC; and Nicholas Kristof, New York Times. Cover design by Gene Case & Stephen Kling/Avenging Angels

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Feature

Remembering Eliot Asinof

Eliot Asinof, blacklisted author of Eight Men Out, created a lifetime of work celebrating rebels and victims of injustice.
Jeff Kisseloff
Rape as a Weapon of War

The UN resolution designating rape as a weapon of war is historic, but provides no legal remedy for wartime victims of sexual violence.
Slavenka Drakulic
No Blood For …er, um…

More than five years after the invasion of Iraq–just in case you were still waiting–the oil giants finally hit the front page.
Tom Engelhardt
Mind Games

This Week: Kang sips a martini and contemplates just what it is that billionaires do in their spare time.
Gary Phillips
Surveillance Bill: The Worst of All Worlds

House Democrats capitulate to pass a surveillance bill that further compromises our privacy and limits accountability of the government and telecoms. Will the Senate fight back?
Aziz Huq
Why Ireland Rejected the Lisbon Treaty

Despite bullying from Brussels, Ireland had the confidence to reject the Lisbon Treaty and the politics of the fait accompli.
Chris Bickerton
Meet the New Dr. Strangelove

His name is David Kilcullen, an Australian academic and military veteran, who seeks to impose a mad science of counterinsurgency on Iraq.
Tom Hayden
Bugliosi v. Bush

The famed prosecutor wants to see the President tried for murder in an American courtroom.
Brett Story
Did You Know The Nation Has a Sports Writer?

Sports make a great framework for examining politics.
Habiba Alcindor
Bogus Campus Anti-Semitism

Accusations by right-wing Zionists of anti-Semitism at the University of California, Irvine, are suspect at best.
Jon Wiener
Loving John McCain

He’s not the maverick the mainstream media have proclaimed him to be.
Eric Alterman and George Zornick

Editorial

Liposuction: The Key to Energy Independence

Obese America is literally sitting on vast energy reserves–all we need to do is extract it and turn it into fuel.
Barbara Ehrenreich
How the Russert Test Failed America

Sure, he asked the tough questions. But why didn’t he challenge the lies?
Linda Hirshman
Where’s the Beef?

South Koreans won’t be buffaloed by US beef or the Bush Administration’s erratic policies.
Bruce Cumings
Anatomy of a Price Surge

Oil companies, speculators and OPEC helped spike the cost of oil, but ruinous Bush Administration policies have compounded the damage.
Michael T. Klare
Noted.

Katrina vanden Heuvel analyzes the shuttering of Moscow’s English-language alternative newspaper, the eXile; John Cavanagh remembers Stewart Mott.
The Editors
A Blow Against Gitmo

By a single vote, the Supreme Court stood up to an Administration that has declared war on the rule of law.
David Cole
The Audacity of Insiders

Barack Obama may yet become the reform President who rearranges power on behalf of the people. But he’ll need to resist the brotherhood of cozy insiders.
The Editors
War Is Personal

In New Hampshire, a mother is reunited with her grievously wounded son.
Eugene Richards
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Column

Well, There You Go. Imus the Bigot Is Back

Is Don Imus irredeemably stupid or just a run-of-the-mill racist?
Dave Zirin
Democrats Wrong on B-2 Project

An Air Force contract to build an obsolete B-2 refueling tanker has suddenly become a campaign issue–and the Democrats are on the wrong side.
Robert Scheer
A Conversation With NBA Union Man Billy Hunter

Billy Hunter has a progressive spine and a background that has taken him from working with Huey Newton to sitting across the table from the most formidable commissioner in sports, David Stern.
Dave Zirin
Feminists for McCain? Not So Much

NARAL and Planned Parenthood give him a big fat zero. What else do you need to know?
Katha Pollitt
The Canonization of St. Tim

It’s hard to explain the media delirium over a newsman who gave the powerful a pass on Iraq.
Alexander Cockburn
Iraq War Pay Per Day

The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform breaks it down for you.
Steve Brodner
Tim Russert

Gone to his reward.
Calvin Trillin

Books & the Arts

Remembering Eliot Asinof

Eliot Asinof, blacklisted author of Eight Men Out, created a lifetime of work celebrating rebels and victims of injustice.
Jeff Kisseloff
Seeing Past the Gorgons

The New Yorker‘s art critic turns his eye toward the cultural summits.
Barry Schwabsky
The Novelist and the Murderers

Francisco Goldman’s The Art of Political Murder sparks calls for accountability in Central America’s “kingdom of impunity.”
Nathaniel Popper
Grace

The line we must walk
without any shadow

of a doubt, echoes
in the heart. The

history of each person’s
bread. Everything is,
Pam Rehm
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Letters

Letters

Obama No Boomer

Lakewood, Ohio
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Crossword

Crossword Classic #5

From the November 15, 1947, issue.
Frank W. Lewis
Puzzle No. 3130

ACROSS

1 and 5 When you’re in it, you wish you were out of it, and it’s not a funny mix-up! (7,7)
Frank W. Lewis

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July 7, 2008 Issue

Feature

Eliot Asinof, blacklisted author of Eight Men Out, created a lifetime of work celebrating rebels and victims of injustice.

The UN resolution designating rape as a weapon of war is historic, but provides no legal remedy for wartime victims of sexual violence.

More than five years after the invasion of Iraq–just in case you were still waiting–the oil giants finally hit the front page.

This Week: Kang sips a martini and contemplates just what it is that billionaires do in their spare time.

House Democrats capitulate to pass a surveillance bill that further compromises our privacy and limits accountability of the government and telecoms. Will the Senate fight back?

Despite bullying from Brussels, Ireland had the confidence to reject the Lisbon Treaty and the politics of the fait accompli.

His name is David Kilcullen, an Australian academic and military veteran, who seeks to impose a mad science of counterinsurgency on Iraq.

The famed prosecutor wants to see the President tried for murder in an American courtroom.

Sports make a great framework for examining politics.

Accusations by right-wing Zionists of anti-Semitism at the University of California, Irvine, are suspect at best.

He’s not the maverick the mainstream media have proclaimed him to be.

Editorial

Obese America is literally sitting on vast energy reserves–all we need to do is extract it and turn it into fuel.

Sure, he asked the tough questions. But why didn’t he challenge the lies?

South Koreans won’t be buffaloed by US beef or the Bush Administration’s erratic policies.

Oil companies, speculators and OPEC helped spike the cost of oil, but ruinous Bush Administration policies have compounded the damage.

Katrina vanden Heuvel analyzes the shuttering of Moscow’s English-language alternative newspaper, the eXile; John Cavanagh remembers Stewart Mott.

By a single vote, the Supreme Court stood up to an Administration that has declared war on the rule of law.

Barack Obama may yet become the reform President who rearranges power on behalf of the people. But he’ll need to resist the brotherhood of cozy insiders.

In New Hampshire, a mother is reunited with her grievously wounded son.

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Column

Is Don Imus irredeemably stupid or just a run-of-the-mill racist?

An Air Force contract to build an obsolete B-2 refueling tanker has suddenly become a campaign issue–and the Democrats are on the wrong side.

Billy Hunter has a progressive spine and a background that has taken him from working with Huey Newton to sitting across the table from the most formidable commissioner in sports, David Stern.

NARAL and Planned Parenthood give him a big fat zero. What else do you need to know?

It’s hard to explain the media delirium over a newsman who gave the powerful a pass on Iraq.

The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform breaks it down for you.

Gone to his reward.

Books & the Arts

Eliot Asinof, blacklisted author of Eight Men Out, created a lifetime of work celebrating rebels and victims of injustice.

The New Yorker‘s art critic turns his eye toward the cultural summits.

Francisco Goldman’s The Art of Political Murder sparks calls for accountability in Central America’s “kingdom of impunity.”

The line we must walk without any shadow of a doubt, echoes in the heart. The history of each person’s bread. Everything is,

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

Letters

Obama No Boomer

Crossword

From the November 15, 1947, issue.

ACROSS 1 and 5 When you’re in it, you wish you were out of it, and it’s not a funny mix-up! (7,7)

The line we must walk
without any shadow

of a doubt, echoes
in the heart. The

history of each person’s
bread. Everything is,

ACROSS

1 and 5 When you’re in it, you wish you were out of it, and it’s not a funny mix-up! (7,7)