Skip to content
June 13, 2005 Issue
By using this website, you consent to our use of cookies. For more information, visit our Privacy Policy X
Feature
Bush began the Iraq invasion before he went to Congress.
An interview with Peter Eisenman, architect of Berlin's new Holocaust memorial.
Wal-Mart's CEO showcases his company's hypocrisy.
Unwilling to suffer through another generation of brutal poverty, the indigenous people of Bolivia have taken to the streets in La Paz.
Editorial
Friends of predatory lenders stay in the minority, while foes move toward the majority.
The Senate backed down from its "nuclear option." But would Bush actually reach for his?
The politics of a progressive playwright.
Two US military officers are caught delivering weapons to Colombian paramilitaries.
Democrats must continue the fight to preserve an independent judiciary.
GET UNLIMITED DIGITAL ACCESS FOR LESS THAN $3 A MONTH!
Column
Once again, grieving relatives point out that the Bush Administration will exploit anything for political purposes.
Thanks to the wonders of reproductive science, you too can have a virgin birth.
The Senate should abandon its comical pretensions to being a body reflecting any democratic mandate.
John Bolton and the French Ambassador have it out at the UN.
Books & the Arts
An interview with Peter Eisenman, architect of Berlin's new Holocaust memorial.
Siddhartha Deb's second novel follows an Indian journalist on an elusive search for meaning.
A new biography of one of the Enlightment's most remarkable thinkers.
Camile Paglia, pundit of poetry.
Michael Cunningham delivers a historical/noir/sci-fi novel haunted by 9/11 and Walt Whitman.
The story of the American products, producers and salesman that took over Europe in the last century.
A look at Thomas Friedman's flattened world.
Home for centuries to Christians, Muslims and Jews, Salonica was a cosmopolitan world where people of various cultures and religions lived side by side.
What Michael Lind believes Abraham Lincoln believed.
The story of Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun illustrates the value of a truly independent judiciary.
In Amitav Ghosh's new novel, language is a medium of power.
Russell Jacoby's study of utopian thought is a flawed treasure.
Paul Johnson and Christopher Hitchens's new books on the Founding Fathers.
The politics of a progressive playwright.
The stakes are higher now than ever. Get The Nation in your inbox.
Letters
Articles on Bolivia, the Lincoln Museum and other issues attract both praise and criticism.
JOHN BROWN, RATIONAL HERO
New York City
