The Pen of Swift, the Brush of Bosch… as Usual The Pen of Swift, the Brush of Bosch… as Usual
The new year promises a rich manure of hypocrisy and bad faith.
Jan 6, 2005 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Letter From Ground Zero Letter From Ground Zero
As I followed the initial coverage of the tsunami in the Indian Ocean, I was reminded of a time in the early1980s when I spent some months researching the effects of a nuclear wa...
Jan 6, 2005 / Jonathan Schell
The Country Doctor The Country Doctor
It's a time of sudden hope in the crisis between the Palestinians and Israelis, a weird time of moderation and calls for renewed negotiations.
Jan 6, 2005 / Amy Wilentz
Tsunami & US Priorities Tsunami & US Priorities
As the death toll from the tsunami disaster continued to grow, the Bush Administration scrambled to answer widespread criticism that it responded too slowly and with too little a...
Jan 6, 2005 / The Editors
Israel’s Culture of Martyrdom Israel’s Culture of Martyrdom
Nations like to imagine themselves as unique, but one belief they have in common is that it is noble to die in their name. Death and redemption are the themes of almost every for...
Dec 22, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Baruch Kimmerling
Why Marwan Did Not Run Why Marwan Did Not Run
Most Palestinians now seek unity and a reprieve from the exhaustion of war.
Dec 22, 2004 / Feature / Graham Usher
The Right’s Assault on Kofi Annan The Right’s Assault on Kofi Annan
How the neocons created a "scandal" to punish a critic of US foreign policies.
Dec 22, 2004 / Feature / Ian Williams
Intervention Intervention
The Jonathan Schell Reader has just been published by Nation Books.
Dec 22, 2004 / Jonathan Schell
Trading Down Trading Down
In less than five years, the garment industry in poor, war-ravaged Cambodia has more than doubled into a $1.5 billion industry employing 200,000 workers and generating nearly thr...
Dec 22, 2004 / David Moberg
Versed in Adventure Versed in Adventure
Few modern poets served so long an apprenticeship as Basil Bunting, none had so adventurous a life and few poets' lives have produced such lasting rewards.
Dec 16, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Burt