If at First You Don’t Succeed If at First You Don’t Succeed
Okay, it wasn't on the front page of my hometown paper, but maybe it should have been. How many of you remember the fun folks at the Lincoln Group, an outfit that bills itself as...
Sep 28, 2006 / The Nation
Saints and the Superdome Saints and the Superdome
The hype-masters of sports would have us believe that the return of the New Orleans Saints to the Superdome is a sign of a city on the verge of resurrection. It's not.
Sep 28, 2006 / Column / Dave Zirin
This Is What Waterboarding Looks Like This Is What Waterboarding Looks Like
As Congress has debated legislation that would set up military tribunals and govern the questioning of suspected terrorists (whom the Bush administration wo...
Sep 28, 2006 / David Corn
Green Wal-Mart Gets Meaner Green Wal-Mart Gets Meaner
Recently, I wrote an article for the magazine -- sorry, it's not available on the web unless you subscribe -- on Wal-Mart's recent decision to become a major player in the organic...
Sep 28, 2006 / The Nation
The Dubya Diaries The Dubya Diaries
"Some expert on CNN said, 'A stitch in time saves nine.' And I thought, Doesn't anyone speak clearly anymore? Nine what?"
Sep 28, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Rosecrans Baldwin
A Metaphysical Materialist A Metaphysical Materialist
Philosopher Walter Benjamin married Marxism and theology in an attempt to give hope to the hopeless.
Sep 28, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Richard Wolin
Modern Love Modern Love
Two new biographies of Clement Greenberg take the measure of an ambitious art critic who had a knack for predicting success.
Sep 28, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Big $$ for Progressive Politics Big $$ for Progressive Politics
The Democracy Alliance is taking a page from the conservative Republican playbook by funding ideas instead of candidates. If only its leaders could agree on what those ideas are.
Sep 28, 2006 / Feature / Ari Berman
Revolt of the Generals Revolt of the Generals
Military generals are beginning to speak out against the incompetent, out-of-touch civilian leadership that is orchestrating the Iraq War.
Sep 28, 2006 / Feature / The Nation
Blair, Brown, Blah Blair, Brown, Blah
Tony Blair's sorry record on Iraq, Afghanistan and Lebanon--and the rise of a new, viable leader of the Conservative Party--could spell doom for Gordon Brown and the Labour Party.
Sep 28, 2006 / Column / Gary Younge