Libby Trial: Still Waiting–An Update Libby Trial: Still Waiting–An Update
The below dispatch was filed on Thursday morning. On Thursday afternoon, Judge Reggie Walton called the attorneys for the government and the defense in the ...
Mar 1, 2007 / David Corn
Arthur Schlesinger Vs. The Imperial President Arthur Schlesinger Vs. The Imperial President
"The good historian does not stop with the history. As the situation requires and compels, he goes on to making it."-- John Kenneth Galbraith on the legacy of Arthur Schlesinger J...
Mar 1, 2007 / John Nichols
Legislation Watch Legislation Watch
In 2001, Representative Dennis Kucinich introduced legislation to create a Department of Peace and Nonviolence to "not only make nonviolence an organizing principle in our society...
Mar 1, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Anatomy of Fear The Anatomy of Fear
In his memoir Wish I Could Be There, Allen Shawn movingly details a life crippled by phobias.
Mar 1, 2007 / Books & the Arts / D.T. Max
The Children’s Museum The Children’s Museum
It's hard to know whether today or yesterday was the full moon;
excitement isn't rigorous. It's just river-silvering
Mar 1, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Ange Mlinko
The Things They Carried The Things They Carried
The Bastard of Istanbul, a saga of two interwoven families, bravely violates Turkish taboo with its description of the Armenian genocide.
Mar 1, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Maria Margaronis
Human, All Too Human Human, All Too Human
Current literature on genocide indicates that the horror unfolding in Darfur is only the newest example of a terrifying societal tendency.
Mar 1, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Adam LeBor
The Wars of Sudan The Wars of Sudan
Any solution to the slaughter in Darfur will need to address Sudan's crumbling North-South peace agreement.
Mar 1, 2007 / Feature / Alex de Waal
Who Will Get the Oil? Who Will Get the Oil?
War and corruption have decimated Iraq's oil supply, and Western companies are angling for a cut of what's left.
Mar 1, 2007 / Feature / Christian Parenti
Some Former Backsliders Try to Please the Christian Right Some Former Backsliders Try to Please the Christian Right
Want us to jump? How high?
Mar 1, 2007 / Column / Calvin Trillin