November 26, 2007 Issue

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Feature

Bush, Pakistan and the Bomb

The Bush Administration’s failed war on terror has stoked the fires it was meant to quench. And in Pakistan, the risk of nuclear terrorism is on the rise.
Jonathan Schell
The Coming Foreclosure Tsunami

As Congress grapples with the wave of foreclosures and bankruptcies resulting from the subprime mess, why are some Dems siding with the banks?
Chris Hayes
Syria’s Dangerous Gambits

Ostracized by the Bush Administration, Syria is flirting with rogue status. But if Washington restarts dialogue, there is plenty of room for common ground.
Mohamad Bazzi
Susan Faludi: America’s Terror Dream

A discussion with the author of The Terror Dream: Fear and Fantasy in Post-9/11 America, the master narrative of our national security myth.
Rashi Kesarwani
Executive Excess on Capitol Hill

Faced with a no-brainer fix to close a tax loophole, Senate Democrats are dithering, caught between the interests of their donors and their voters.
Chris Hayes and Charlie Cray
Clinton Under Fire for Planting Fake Questions

Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign came under fire over the weekend for planting fake questions at town hall events–and the netroots are on to her
Ari Melber
The New Face of Al Jazeera

Is the popular Arabic satellite network becoming more Islamist and sectarian?
Kristen Gillespie
No-Nukers Sing a New Green Tune

As the nuclear power plant industry tries to leverage the energy crisis, foes of nuclear power are putting a serious crimp in their plans.
Harvey Wasserman
Gender Card: Hillary Shuffles the Deck

Mainstream media pundits claim she’s playing the victim. In fact, she’s running like a man, playing out a national fantasy to rescue America.
Susan Faludi
Bill Richardson

The broadest experience, smart on Iraq.
Rocky Anderson
Barack Obama

A visionary candidate for a new America.
Michael Eric Dyson
Dennis Kucinich

A farsighted populist and pacifist.

Gore Vidal
Mike Gravel

An inconvenient truth-teller.
Richard Kim
Christopher Dodd

Strongest on human rights and civil liberties.
Bruce Shapiro
John Edwards

Like FDR, he’s the real deal.
Katherine S. Newman
Hillary Clinton

A progressive who can win–and govern.
Ellen Chesler
Joseph Biden, Fighter

At a time when too many Democrats are prone to pulling punches, he knows how to throw them. And he has the bruises to show it.
John Nichols
Latin America’s Shock Resistance

Recent events in the region show how societies can recover from extreme capitalism.
Naomi Klein
Time to Choose

Eight Nation contributors make the best case for their candidate.
The Nation

Editorial

Immigrant Drivers License Plan Unravels

New York State Governor Eliot Spitzer had a good idea about how to issue driver’s licenses to undocumented workers. Too bad he caved.
Andrea Batista Schlesinger and Amy Traub
Writers Strike, Silence Falls

As the screenwriters strike enters its second week, take a moment to appreciate those without whom late night comics are struck mute, movies are left unmade and on TV, there’s nothing but reality.
Barbara Ehrenreich
Nation Notes

Farewell, David Corn, and best of luck in your new venture. Welcome, Christopher Hayes to The Nation‘s Washington bureau.
The Editors
Reading Lincoln in Pakistan

Pervez Musharraf wraps himself in Lincoln’s mantle, but no one is fooled.
Eric Foner
All Cowboys Out Now

Firms like Blackwater operate in a demand-based industry, and it is this demand that must be cut off.
Jeremy Scahill
Noted.

Peter Rothberg on extremist judges, Peter C. Baker on Radiohead.
The Editors
Musharraf’s Emergency

If the United States is so keen on spreading democracy and fighting radical Islamists, why does it continue to back a leader who has suspended the Constitution and gone to war with legal activists?
Graham Usher
Voting for Torture

By approving Michael Mukasey’s nomination for Attorney General despite his evasions on waterboarding, the Senate has led us all across a dangerous line.
The Editors
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Column

The Subprime Bailout

One way or another, banks will get taxpayer help to undo the subprime mess, but it won’t be cheap. And the rest of us can bank on getting robbed in the process.
Nicholas von Hoffman
Bush Stands By His Dictator

Bush’s coddling of Pervez Musharraf defies all reason–and bears some unsettling similarity to his own offenses and misteps as President.
Robert Scheer
Of Lies, Catfights and Rock ‘n’ Roll

Official lies have always been with us. But our political life–as depicted by Maureen Dowd, among others–has been poisoned by the even more insidious unrebuttable lie.
Eric Alterman
Judicial Activism in a Time of No Irony

Contemplating Mukasey, Musharraf and the imprisoned lawyers of Pakistan: how easily a modern liberal democracy can slide into a totalitarian state.
Patricia J. Williams
Rudy G. Responds to Accusations of Using Phony Statistics

The GOP front-runner’s dubious miracle cure.
Calvin Trillin
Fancy That!

Robert Grossman

Books & the Arts

Come On, People

A new book by Bill Cosby and Alvin Poussaint is a tough-love prescription for social change. Why are critics in the black community piling on?
Amy Alexander
More Money, Les Moonves

Seen, heard and observed on the picket line in Los Angeles as the WGA strike enters its second week.
Annabelle Gurwitch
Susan Faludi: America’s Terror Dream

A discussion with the author of The Terror Dream: Fear and Fantasy in Post-9/11 America, the master narrative of our national security myth.
Rashi Kesarwani
Writers Strike, Silence Falls

As the screenwriters strike enters its second week, take a moment to appreciate those without whom late night comics are struck mute, movies are left unmade and on TV, there’s nothing but reality.
Barbara Ehrenreich
Judging Thomas

A close look at Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas reveals a deeply conservative and increasingly bitter man.
Jon Wiener
In Our Orbit

Edward Said’s musical predilections capture the full complexity of the master theorist.
David Schiff
Fukú Americanus

Junot Díaz’s masterful new novel maps the ambiguities in the modern immigrant experience in America.
William Deresiewicz
ART in America

Two new books explore the possibilities and ethical complications of assisted reproductive technology.
Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow
Reading Lincoln in Pakistan

Pervez Musharraf wraps himself in Lincoln’s mantle, but no one is fooled.
Eric Foner
Noted.

Peter Rothberg on extremist judges, Peter C. Baker on Radiohead.
The Editors
Valet of the Shadow of Death

Welcome to our treasured island
seized from the tribe
of enemy combatants
who nursed us through
the winter of 1642.
Elizabeth Willis
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November 26, 2007 Issue

Feature

The Bush Administration’s failed war on terror has stoked the fires it was meant to quench. And in Pakistan, the risk of nuclear terrorism is on the rise.

As Congress grapples with the wave of foreclosures and bankruptcies resulting from the subprime mess, why are some Dems siding with the banks?

Ostracized by the Bush Administration, Syria is flirting with rogue status. But if Washington restarts dialogue, there is plenty of room for common ground.

A discussion with the author of The Terror Dream: Fear and Fantasy in Post-9/11 America, the master narrative of our national security myth.

Faced with a no-brainer fix to close a tax loophole, Senate Democrats are dithering, caught between the interests of their donors and their voters.

Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign came under fire over the weekend for planting fake questions at town hall events–and the netroots are on to her

Is the popular Arabic satellite network becoming more Islamist and sectarian?

As the nuclear power plant industry tries to leverage the energy crisis, foes of nuclear power are putting a serious crimp in their plans.

Mainstream media pundits claim she’s playing the victim. In fact, she’s running like a man, playing out a national fantasy to rescue America.

The broadest experience, smart on Iraq.

A visionary candidate for a new America.

A farsighted populist and pacifist.

An inconvenient truth-teller.

Strongest on human rights and civil liberties.

Like FDR, he’s the real deal.

A progressive who can win–and govern.

At a time when too many Democrats are prone to pulling punches, he knows how to throw them. And he has the bruises to show it.

Recent events in the region show how societies can recover from extreme capitalism.

Eight Nation contributors make the best case for their candidate.

Editorial

New York State Governor Eliot Spitzer had a good idea about how to issue driver’s licenses to undocumented workers. Too bad he caved.

As the screenwriters strike enters its second week, take a moment to appreciate those without whom late night comics are struck mute, movies are left unmade and on TV, there’s nothing but reality.

Farewell, David Corn, and best of luck in your new venture. Welcome, Christopher Hayes to The Nation‘s Washington bureau.

Pervez Musharraf wraps himself in Lincoln’s mantle, but no one is fooled.

Firms like Blackwater operate in a demand-based industry, and it is this demand that must be cut off.

Peter Rothberg on extremist judges, Peter C. Baker on Radiohead.

If the United States is so keen on spreading democracy and fighting radical Islamists, why does it continue to back a leader who has suspended the Constitution and gone to war with legal activists?

By approving Michael Mukasey’s nomination for Attorney General despite his evasions on waterboarding, the Senate has led us all across a dangerous line.

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Column

One way or another, banks will get taxpayer help to undo the subprime mess, but it won’t be cheap. And the rest of us can bank on getting robbed in the process.

Bush’s coddling of Pervez Musharraf defies all reason–and bears some unsettling similarity to his own offenses and misteps as President.

Official lies have always been with us. But our political life–as depicted by Maureen Dowd, among others–has been poisoned by the even more insidious unrebuttable lie.

Contemplating Mukasey, Musharraf and the imprisoned lawyers of Pakistan: how easily a modern liberal democracy can slide into a totalitarian state.

The GOP front-runner’s dubious miracle cure.

Books & the Arts

A new book by Bill Cosby and Alvin Poussaint is a tough-love prescription for social change. Why are critics in the black community piling on?

Seen, heard and observed on the picket line in Los Angeles as the WGA strike enters its second week.

A discussion with the author of The Terror Dream: Fear and Fantasy in Post-9/11 America, the master narrative of our national security myth.

As the screenwriters strike enters its second week, take a moment to appreciate those without whom late night comics are struck mute, movies are left unmade and on TV, there’s nothing but reality.

A close look at Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas reveals a deeply conservative and increasingly bitter man.

Edward Said’s musical predilections capture the full complexity of the master theorist.

Junot Díaz’s masterful new novel maps the ambiguities in the modern immigrant experience in America.

Two new books explore the possibilities and ethical complications of assisted reproductive technology.

Pervez Musharraf wraps himself in Lincoln’s mantle, but no one is fooled.

Peter Rothberg on extremist judges, Peter C. Baker on Radiohead.

Welcome to our treasured island seized from the tribe of enemy combatants who nursed us through the winter of 1642.

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

Letters

Readers react–positively and negatively–to design changes in the print edition of The Nation.

Welcome to our treasured island
seized from the tribe
of enemy combatants
who nursed us through
the winter of 1642.