Print Magazine June 13, 2005 Issue Jonathan Schell worries about Bush’s nuclear option, Frank Smyth reports on US military officers caught delivering weapons to a Colomb… Cover art by: Cover art by José Chicas of Avenging Angels. Purchase Current Issue or Login to Download the PDF of this Issue Download the PDF of this Issue Editorial Minority/Majority Friends of predatory lenders stay in the minority, while foes move toward the majority. David Sirota Letter From Ground Zero The Senate backed down from its "nuclear option." But would Bush actually reach for his? Jonathan Schell In Fact… ENCOURAGING WORDS The Editors Arthur Miller: 1915–2005 The politics of a progressive playwright. Tony Kushner US Arms for Terrorists? Two US military officers are caught delivering weapons to Colombian paramilitaries. Frank Smyth Judicial Wars Aren’t Over Democrats must continue the fight to preserve an independent judiciary. The Editors Column A Cover-Up as Shameful as Tillman’s Death Once again, grieving relatives point out that the Bush Administration will exploit anything for political purposes. Robert Scheer Stiffed Thanks to the wonders of reproductive science, you too can have a virgin birth. Katha Pollitt There’s Their Way or the Galloway The Senate should abandon its comical pretensions to being a body reflecting any democratic mandate. Alexander Cockburn Bolton Chases French Ambassador Up Tree Calvin Trillin Letters Is That What the Writer Really Meant? Articles on Bolivia, the Lincoln Museum and other issues attract both praise and criticism. Our Readers Letters JOHN BROWN, RATIONAL HERO New York City Our Readers and Ronald Aronson and Joshua Foer Feature The Other Bomb Drops Bush began the Iraq invasion before he went to Congress. Jeremy Scahill Collective Memory and the Holocaust An interview with Peter Eisenman, architect of Berlin's new Holocaust memorial. Ross Benjamin Lee Scott’s Shiny Green Lexus Wal-Mart's CEO showcases his company's hypocrisy. Liza Featherstone Tear Gas in the Andes Unwilling to suffer through another generation of brutal poverty, the indigenous people of Bolivia have taken to the streets in La Paz. Christian Parenti Books & the Arts Collective Memory and the Holocaust An interview with Peter Eisenman, architect of Berlin's new Holocaust memorial. Ross Benjamin Invisible Republic Siddhartha Deb's second novel follows an Indian journalist on an elusive search for meaning. Shashi Tharoor Hail Mary A new biography of one of the Enlightment's most remarkable thinkers. Vivian Gornick Look at Me Camile Paglia, pundit of poetry. Lee Siegel Kindred Spirits Michael Cunningham delivers a historical/noir/sci-fi novel haunted by 9/11 and Walt Whitman. Maria Margaronis Revolutionary Suicide Eritrea betrayed. Andrew Rice An Acquired Taste The story of the American products, producers and salesman that took over Europe in the last century. Linda Colley Zippie World! A look at Thomas Friedman's flattened world. George Scialabba Cosmopolis Home for centuries to Christians, Muslims and Jews, Salonica was a cosmopolitan world where people of various cultures and religions lived side by side. Adam LeBor Twist and Shout What Michael Lind believes Abraham Lincoln believed. James M. McPherson Unintended Consequences The story of Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun illustrates the value of a truly independent judiciary. Adam Haslett Words Apart In Amitav Ghosh's new novel, language is a medium of power. Nell Freudenberger Just My Imagination Russell Jacoby's study of utopian thought is a flawed treasure. Terry Eagleton The Heritage Foundation Paul Johnson and Christopher Hitchens's new books on the Founding Fathers. Daniel Lazare Arthur Miller: 1915–2005 The politics of a progressive playwright. Tony Kushner Recent Issues See All "swipe left below to view more recent issues"Swipe → October 2024 September 2024 August 2024 July 2024 June 2024 May 2024 See All x
Minority/Majority Friends of predatory lenders stay in the minority, while foes move toward the majority. David Sirota
Letter From Ground Zero The Senate backed down from its "nuclear option." But would Bush actually reach for his? Jonathan Schell
US Arms for Terrorists? Two US military officers are caught delivering weapons to Colombian paramilitaries. Frank Smyth
Judicial Wars Aren’t Over Democrats must continue the fight to preserve an independent judiciary. The Editors
A Cover-Up as Shameful as Tillman’s Death Once again, grieving relatives point out that the Bush Administration will exploit anything for political purposes. Robert Scheer
Stiffed Thanks to the wonders of reproductive science, you too can have a virgin birth. Katha Pollitt
There’s Their Way or the Galloway The Senate should abandon its comical pretensions to being a body reflecting any democratic mandate. Alexander Cockburn
Is That What the Writer Really Meant? Articles on Bolivia, the Lincoln Museum and other issues attract both praise and criticism. Our Readers
Collective Memory and the Holocaust An interview with Peter Eisenman, architect of Berlin's new Holocaust memorial. Ross Benjamin
Tear Gas in the Andes Unwilling to suffer through another generation of brutal poverty, the indigenous people of Bolivia have taken to the streets in La Paz. Christian Parenti
Collective Memory and the Holocaust An interview with Peter Eisenman, architect of Berlin's new Holocaust memorial. Ross Benjamin
Invisible Republic Siddhartha Deb's second novel follows an Indian journalist on an elusive search for meaning. Shashi Tharoor
Kindred Spirits Michael Cunningham delivers a historical/noir/sci-fi novel haunted by 9/11 and Walt Whitman. Maria Margaronis
An Acquired Taste The story of the American products, producers and salesman that took over Europe in the last century. Linda Colley
Cosmopolis Home for centuries to Christians, Muslims and Jews, Salonica was a cosmopolitan world where people of various cultures and religions lived side by side. Adam LeBor
Unintended Consequences The story of Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun illustrates the value of a truly independent judiciary. Adam Haslett
The Heritage Foundation Paul Johnson and Christopher Hitchens's new books on the Founding Fathers. Daniel Lazare