June 13, 2005 Issue

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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

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
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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

John Bolton and the French Ambassador have it out at the UN.
Calvin Trillin

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
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Letters

Is That What the Writer Really Meant?

Articles on Bolivia, the Lincoln Museum and other issues attract both praise and criticism.
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June 13, 2005 Issue

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?

ENCOURAGING WORDS

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.

Eritrea betrayed.

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

JOHN BROWN, RATIONAL HERO

New York City