Suspended Sentences Suspended Sentences
Eliot Weinberger's enigmatic essays save him from becoming a prisoner of his polemical style.
Sep 30, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Scott Saul
The First Counter-revolutionary The First Counter-revolutionary
Thomas Hobbes sensed the revolutionary impulses of early modern Europe and transformed them into a defense of the most hidebound form of rule.
Sep 30, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Corey Robin
Wade Rathke Speaks Out Wade Rathke Speaks Out
Just a few weeks ago, a book talk by ACORN founder Wade Rathke wouldn't have drawn much press attention, but the organization's recent notoriety as a conservative boogeyman has thr...
Sep 30, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Noted. Noted.
Activism against Afghanistan escalation, the death of Texas liberal Don Yarborough, a bailout for students
Sep 30, 2009 / The Editors
Chávez Talks to ‘The Nation’ Chávez Talks to ‘The Nation’
Hugo Chávez on Barack Obama, the Honduran crisis, and domestic successes and challenges.
Sep 30, 2009 / The Editors
Rethinking Government Rethinking Government
Effective government is the precondition of freedom. And Obama needs to tell us that.
Sep 30, 2009 / Drew Westen
Israel vs. Human Rights Israel vs. Human Rights
Israel's latest strategy for responding to allegations of human rights abuses: kill the messenger.
Sep 30, 2009 / Philip Weiss and Adam Horowitz
Against Escalation Against Escalation
Obama faces a presidency-defining choice: will he escalate in Afghanistan, or plot a new course?
Sep 30, 2009 / The Editors