George W. Bush: Torturer-in-Chief George W. Bush: Torturer-in-Chief
Bush has now publicly admitted to signing off on the CIA's torture tactics. That seals the case against him.
Nov 10, 2010 / David Cole
Noted. Noted.
Liliana Segura on the sentencing of Oscar Grant's killer, Kate Murphy on the achievement gap in public schools and Jennifer O'Mahoney on Oklahoma's attempt to ban sharia law
Nov 10, 2010 / Various Contributors
Obama Without Tears Obama Without Tears
The president needs to learn to play hardball.
Nov 10, 2010 / William Greider
Russ Feingold for President Russ Feingold for President
Obama doesn't have the spine for the job. Russ Feingold does.
Nov 10, 2010 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Antichoicers on the March Antichoicers on the March
Conservatives don't really want to get rid of abortion rights? This next Congress, we might just find out.
Nov 10, 2010 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Math Error Skews ‘Nation’ Ad Numbers In Monday’s ‘New York Times’ Profile Math Error Skews ‘Nation’ Ad Numbers In Monday’s ‘New York Times’ Profile
The profile of The Nation in this week's New York Times was a great read, but they botched our ad numbers: not only has The Nation's advertising not gone down more than any other m...
Nov 10, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
No Images of Man: On Nancy Spero No Images of Man: On Nancy Spero
Nancy Spero began using only the female figure in her paintings to push back the limits of her world.
Nov 10, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
The View From the Top Table: On Timothy Garton Ash The View From the Top Table: On Timothy Garton Ash
Timothy Garton Ash is a fine writer of "analytic reportage," but his work has lately displayed symptoms of columnitis.
Nov 10, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Stefan Collini
The Oldest Romantic The Oldest Romantic
Why didn’t you warn me of the arm’s smoothness in its dormitory, where it enters the roundness of the shoulder, my eyes locked open. What made you think I’d forget the lure of the long gaze when you look back at me with that shadow under your arm when the sun is low… Why didn’t you believe it exists, the breathing in the lung under the arm, you alone with the vacant pain in one eye, the triangle of dark under you?
Nov 10, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Elisa SampedrÃn
The Wild Desire to Leave: On Soviet Jewry The Wild Desire to Leave: On Soviet Jewry
Gal Beckerman's When They Come for Us We'll Be Gone is an engaging account of the exodus of Jews from the Soviet Union.
Nov 10, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Benjamin Nathans