Brilliant Corners Brilliant Corners
To honor Andrew Hill's passing, we are reposting an article about his life's achievements originally posted in July, 2006.
Jun 21, 2006 / Books & the Arts / David Yaffe
The Passion of Anna The Passion of Anna
In Elaine Feinstein's new biography, the complicated life of Russian poet Anna Akhmatova is flattened into a fable of suffering and redemption.
Jun 21, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Elif Batuman
“The Single Most Important [Media] Policy Debate” “The Single Most Important [Media] Policy Debate”
"This innocuous-looking document initiates the single most important public policy debate that the FCC will tackle this year," Federal Communications Commissioner Michael Copps ex...
Jun 21, 2006 / John Nichols
When Soldiers Shoot a War When Soldiers Shoot a War
The War Tapes, a documentary shot by US soldiers and sanctioned by the military, may turn out to be the most powerful statement against the war to date.
Jun 21, 2006 / Kevin McCarthy
Shafting the Working Poor Shafting the Working Poor
The GOP just shafted the working people of America. By rejecting an attempt to raise the minimum wage, the Republican-controlled Senate showed that it is far more interested in l...
Jun 21, 2006 / The Nation
Prisoners of Uncertainty Prisoners of Uncertainty
The debate over the war in Iraq has from day one been marked by the disingenuousness of GOP talking points. Al Qaeda is controlling the insurgency. We're fighting them over the...
Jun 21, 2006 / The Nation
Hillary’s Hypocrisy Hillary’s Hypocrisy
Hillary Clinton's dissembling on Iraq has become a fatal embarassment for her presidential ambitions and for anyone who looks to her for leadership.
Jun 21, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer
Not Exactly Supporting the Troops Not Exactly Supporting the Troops
Here's an interesting political position: Keep U.S. troops in Iraq and signal to the Iraqi government that its O.K. to pardon insurgents who kill Americans. Even in the frequentl...
Jun 21, 2006 / The Nation
What’s the Matter With Ohio? What’s the Matter With Ohio?
Well, for starters, there’s that stolen election people are finally talking about. But now the far right is attempting an additional travesty on the good people of Ohio. A bi…
Jun 20, 2006 / The Nation