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July 13, 2006
The Times Is Us
In wartime, you lose the luxury of choosing your allies: The Bush Administration’s attacks on the New York Times are attacks on us all.
Eric Alterman
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July 13, 2006
The 600 Faces of Eve
The digital environs of Facebook and MySpace are ruled by assortive principles and the misplaced faith that an actuarial table is any kind of community–beloved, political or otherwise.
Patricia J. Williams
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July 10, 2006
World Cup: Party On
If there is any message to be gleaned from the World Cup, it is that soccer has finally shed its freight of machismo and anguish, attracting a global audience of fans who simply want to have fun.
Simon Kuper
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July 10, 2006
Buffet’s Billions
What Warren Buffett’s gift of billions to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation lacks in imagination, it makes up for in safety. If only they had the guts to tackle the real problems.
Nicholas von Hoffman
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July 2, 2006
For His Eyes Only: Bush’s Secret Crimes
By blindly accepting Bush’s expansion of state secrets claims, the courts are allowing the executive branch to operate above the law, putting the core principles of our democracy at risk.
Michael Ratner
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June 30, 2006
A President Rebuked
The Supreme Court’s Hamdan v. Rumsfeld decision is to Bush what the Pentagon Papers were to Nixon: a devastating rebuke of a President who thought he had a blank check and a clear affirmation of human rights and the rule of law.
Bruce Shapiro
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June 29, 2006
How to Create a Liberal Bestseller
Progressives can take a lesson from the success of “How Would a Patriot Act?” Mobilize the liberal blogosphere and take an obscure book for a ride on the bestseller list.
Jennifer Nix
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June 28, 2006
A Killing Machine Turns 30
This summer marks a grim anniversary of a Supreme Court decision to affirm the death penalty and create a bureaucratic killing machine that puts American justice at odds with the Constitution’s underlying values.
Bruce Shapiro
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June 28, 2006
Shadows
George Hutchinson’s new biography of the mystery woman of the Harlem Renaissance reconsiders both Nella Larsen and a key moment of black cultural history.
Darryl Pinckney
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June 28, 2006
Mommy Wars, Round 587
Antifeminists engage in moral discourse while feminists tend to speak in the language of personal choice. But what happens when choice is a bad idea–for yourself, other women or society?
Katha Pollitt