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Norman Lear on the WGA picket line, sex and teen delinquency, and the power of Pakistani attorneys.
Nov 15, 2007 / The Editors
Carter Speaks His Mind Carter Speaks His Mind
A conversation with the former President on Jonathan Demme's new film, Jimmy Carter Man From Plains, and the difficulty of talking about Israel and Palestine.
Nov 15, 2007 / Books & the Arts / John Nichols
Justice Delayed Justice Delayed
The government's case against Khader Hamide and Michel Shehadeh is closed. But did the US government learn anything about its wayward two-decade prosecution of Palestinian activi...
Nov 15, 2007 / David Cole
Crisis as Opportunity Crisis as Opportunity
The softening economy, foreclosures, bank write-offs, the swooning dollar and stock market are intruding on the politics of 2008. Do the candidates have a clue?
Nov 15, 2007 / The Editors
Jonathan Schell, Historian of the Nuclear Conundrum Jonathan Schell, Historian of the Nuclear Conundrum
Before I met Jonathan Schell, I already knew him in the best way possible: on the page. Even in his days as a neophyte journalist in Vietnam, he committed a writer's greatest act ...
Nov 15, 2007 / TomDispatch
Debating Downwind in Nevada Debating Downwind in Nevada
Tonight in Las Vegas--a town best known for slots, boxing, andspectacle--the Democratic presidential hopefuls gather for one ofthe final pre-primary debates. The Democratic Par...
Nov 15, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Bridge Ladies Slammed for Anti-Bush Sign Bridge Ladies Slammed for Anti-Bush Sign
"WE DID NOT VOTE FOR BUSH." Those words were handwritten on the back of a menu by the US women's bridge team and held aloft during the award ceremony at the world team ch...
Nov 14, 2007 / Richard Kim
State Department Auditor: Blackwater-Connected, Mean State Department Auditor: Blackwater-Connected, Mean
There are so many accusations directed at State Department Inspector General Howard Krongard for preventing inspections of State Department mismanagement in Iraq, it can get confu...
Nov 14, 2007 / The Nation
New Girl Order New Girl Order
In the autumn issue of the City Journal, Kay S. Hymowitz eulogizes the rise of a new international role model: "Yes: Carrie Bradshaw is alive and well and living in Warsaw. W...
Nov 14, 2007 / Lakshmi Chaudhry
New Bill Could Stall Big Media New Bill Could Stall Big Media
In 2003, an unprecedented groundswell of popular opposition killed then-Federal Communications Commission chairman Michael Powell's efforts to eliminate rules that limit the abili...
Nov 14, 2007 / Peter Rothberg