Blackwater, Blackwater Blackwater, Blackwater
Tevye couldn't have sung it any better.
Sep 27, 2007 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Class Acts Class Acts
The left's literary canon has neglected the contributions less-celebrated writers have made to the political significance of literature.
Sep 20, 2007 / Books & the Arts / J. Hoberman
Bush on Iraq Bush on Iraq
He's digging us in, deeper and deeper.
Sep 20, 2007 / Column / Calvin Trillin
The Times They Are A-Changin’ The Times They Are A-Changin’
Politics aside, a speeded-up primary season may be a unique opportunity to rethink our notions of time altogether.
Sep 20, 2007 / Editorial / Annabelle Gurwitch
Should Ex-Presidents Be Put to Death? Should Ex-Presidents Be Put to Death?
To the Editor of The Nation:
Sep 18, 2007 / Letters / The Nation
Little Disturbances, Enormous Changes Little Disturbances, Enormous Changes
Remembering Grace Paley and the impact she had on literature, activism and many generations of women and children.
Sep 18, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Kathy Engel
Fear of Restrooms Fear of Restrooms
Now that we know there's a vice squad deployed to find people looking to hook up for quickies in airport bathrooms, air travel has taken on a whole new dimension.
Sep 17, 2007 / Editorial / Barbara Ehrenreich
Getting Away With Murder Getting Away With Murder
The brutal murder of a bishop and its violent aftermath exemplify post-civil war Guatemala's descent into chaos
Sep 13, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Peter Canby
The Passenger The Passenger
In a posthumously published memoir, Ryszard Kapuscinski looks back on his life as a pathbreaking literary journalist who covered the Third World during the cold war.
Sep 13, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Andrew Rice
The Decider’s Decider The Decider’s Decider
The mysterious David Petraeus.
Sep 13, 2007 / Column / Calvin Trillin