War Novelist War Novelist
THE NAKED AND THE DEAD. By Norman Mailer. Rinehart and Company. $4.
Nov 20, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Ira Wolfert
Confronting the Global Timber Barons Confronting the Global Timber Barons
From a church in a rugged rural parish in Honduras, Father Andres Tamayo leads a grassroots movement to protect dwindling timberlands. Bills introduced in the US Congress might hel...
Nov 17, 2007 / Feature / James North
Insecurity Cameras Insecurity Cameras
The more sophisticated security technology becomes in our nation's cities, the more reason privacy activists have to be alarmed.
Nov 16, 2007 / Feature / William Pentland
VideoNation: The Cost of War VideoNation: The Cost of War
Democratic candidates need to make the war a campaign issue, and hammer away at the staggering economic and human costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Nov 15, 2007 / Video / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Trappings of Democracy in Pakistan Trappings of Democracy in Pakistan
As hopes fade for the rule of law in Pakistan, the Bush Administration signals it will settle for just the trappings of democracy. People are braced for disaster.
Nov 15, 2007 / Feature / Graham Usher
Blackwater’s Brothers Blackwater’s Brothers
A deepening conflict-of-interest scandal envelops the Krongard brothers--Howard, a State Department official overseeing Blackwater contracts, and his brother Alvin, who has long be...
Nov 15, 2007 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill
Triumph of the Wills Triumph of the Wills
A new apologia for Anglo-Saxon noblesse oblige needs a reality check.
Nov 15, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Brook
Rules of the Game Rules of the Game
A fresh translation of a Portuguese classic offers a poignant portrait of a country's decline.
Nov 15, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Marcela Valdes
Uri Avnery, the Optimist Uri Avnery, the Optimist
To those who follow the Israeli-Palestinian conflict closely, the prospects for a two-state solution have never seemed dimmer. So why does veteran peacenik Uri Avnery remain so hop...
Nov 15, 2007 / Feature / Eyal Press
In Transports of Horror and Delight In Transports of Horror and Delight
On airports Heathrow and De Gaulle, bicycles and trains.
Nov 15, 2007 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn