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Norman Mailer R.I.P. Norman Mailer R.I.P.

      Last month I was privileged to be part of Georgetown University's day-long celebration of the 40th anniversary of the publication of Norman Mailer's Armies of the Night,...

Nov 21, 2007 / Katha Pollitt

President Rudy’s War Council President Rudy’s War Council

Norman Podhoretz and Daniel Pipes consider how the newly elected President should proceed in the world arena. The first act of a five-act play.

Nov 21, 2007 / Peter C. Baker

Song of the Andoumboulou: 77 Song of the Andoumboulou: 77

 A new name remembering
  thirteen dead was on the box.
One of seven sets of twins to

Nov 21, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Nathaniel Mackey

Cheering for Ron Paul Cheering for Ron Paul

It takes a libertarian Republican to shame Democrats into acknowledging the true cost of this war for ordinary Americans.

Nov 21, 2007 / Column / Robert Scheer

Scott McClellan = John Dean? Scott McClellan = John Dean?

Scott McClellan's admission that he unintentionally made false statements denying the involvement of Karl Rove and Scooter Libby in the Bush-Cheney administration's plot to discre...

Nov 21, 2007 / John Nichols

What Would Jesus Buy? What Would Jesus Buy?

There is one thing the Church of Stop Shopping's Reverend Billy wants you to buy this season: a ticket to his new movie, "What Would Jesus Buy." Make that purchase now an...

Nov 20, 2007 / Laura Flanders

Israel Turns its Back on Sudanese Refugees Israel Turns its Back on Sudanese Refugees

Abandoning Israel's longstanding commitment to those fleeing persecution, the Olmert government is deporting refugees back to Sudan, where they may face torture and death.

Nov 20, 2007 / Feature / Ben Lynfield

Mitt Romney: Change Agent Mitt Romney: Change Agent

Nov 20, 2007 / Column / Steve Brodner

War Novelist War Novelist

THE NAKED AND THE DEAD. By Norman Mailer.
Rinehart and Company. $4.

Nov 20, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Ira Wolfert

The Thinking Person’s Reader’s Digest The Thinking Person’s Reader’s Digest

Lapham's Quarterly makes its debut, seeking to explain the present with illuminations from the past.

Nov 20, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Evan Cornog

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