A Sort of Homecoming A Sort of Homecoming
"The spell of Africa is upon me," wrote W.E.B. Du Bois in Liberia. Three new books document the enchantment and disenchantment of the continent for its descendants.
Aug 24, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Hazel Rowley
Monsantopoly Monsantopoly
Aug 24, 2006 / Feature / Anna Lappé and Matthew Willse
Virtual Catastrophe Virtual Catastrophe
World Trade Center's hero is a tough ex-Marine who later re-enlists to fight in Iraq. But his (and Oliver Stone's) redemption narrative is soured by bad faith.
Aug 24, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Wrong War, Wrong Word Wrong War, Wrong Word
"Islamo-fascism" looks like an analytic term, but it's really an emotional one, intended to get us to think less and fear more.
Aug 24, 2006 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Israel on the Slide: Who’s to Blame? Israel on the Slide: Who’s to Blame?
The Israeli press has criticized the Lebanon disaster from all political angles. The American press chooses to cheerlead instead, while liberal Jewry remains silent.
Aug 24, 2006 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Presidential Eating Preferences Presidential Eating Preferences
Everyone knows what his predecessors liked for dinner. But there's one special dish we'd really like to serve George W. Bush.
Aug 24, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Dorothy Healey Dorothy Healey
An appreciation of one of the last members of the left's "greatest generation," known for her physical courage, warmth and intelligence, who spent a lifetime arguing eloq...
Aug 24, 2006 / Mike Davis
The Food Issue The Food Issue
Since we're a weekly magazine, "slow" is not a quality we often find ourselves working to achieve.
Aug 24, 2006 / The Editors
Cedar Devolution Cedar Devolution
The UN cease-fire in Lebanon demands the impossible: a Lebanese state capable of both disarming Hezbollah and protecting the south from renewed Israeli attacks.
Aug 24, 2006 / Joseph Logan
Fallout in Israel Fallout in Israel
Israel's war with Hezbollah may have strengthened the hand of the Israeli right, which has forgotten that peace comes only by negotiating with those you do not trust.
Aug 24, 2006 / Eyal Press