Hatch Campaigns for Attorney General Hatch Campaigns for Attorney General
Utah Senator Orrin Hatch, a six-term veteran who once chaired the Senate Judiciary Committee, had always wanted to cap his career by joining the U.S. Supreme Court. But Republican...
Apr 13, 2007 / The Nation
The Necessary Miracle The Necessary Miracle
The following speech was delivered this spring at Mark Twain's house in Hartford.
Apr 12, 2007 / Feature / Kurt Vonnegut
The Green Festival The Green Festival
Step It Up! takes place tomorrow, Saturday. Check out an event near you. For the first time, the largest and most authentic sustainability event in the world is coming to Chic...
Apr 12, 2007 / Peter Rothberg
The People Know Better (continued) The People Know Better (continued)
Yesterday I posted about the public's increasing opposition to war and its desire for our government to pursue diplomacy. This week, in the city of Urbana, IL, residents expresse...
Apr 12, 2007 / The Nation
Humboldt’s Gift Humboldt’s Gift
The comic novel Measuring the World re-imagines the lives of two of the nineteenth century's greatest scientists.
Apr 12, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Mark M. Anderson
Mission Impossible Mission Impossible
Three Empires on the Nile, a lively retelling of Britain's colonial exploits in Africa, conjures up images of wild-eyed Arabs waging jihad in the desert.
Apr 12, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Maya Jasanoff
White House “Lost” Political E-mails About US Attorneys White House “Lost” Political E-mails About US Attorneys
The US Attorneys scandal seems to be turning an important new page every day. And today it turned what can best be referred to as the "Rose Mary Woods" page. Rose Mary Woods was ...
Apr 12, 2007 / John Nichols
Inevitable Revolutions Inevitable Revolutions
In William Dalrymple's The Last Mughal, the 1857 Uprising against British rule in India is recast as a cross-border friendship gone sour.
Apr 12, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Gyan Prakash
The Saddam Statue-Toppling, Four Years Later The Saddam Statue-Toppling, Four Years Later
The lead editorial in today's New York Times states that, four years ago this week, "as American troops made their first, triumphant entrance into Baghdad, joyous Iraqis pulled do...
Apr 12, 2007 / The Nation
Hiss in History Hiss in History
Although many historians have condemned Alger Hiss as a Soviet spy, the facts of his story remain obscure.
Apr 12, 2007 / Victor Navasky