World

Unsentimental Education Unsentimental Education

A new memoir by Robert Hughes reveals the idiosyncratic sensibility of a celebrated art critic.

Sep 7, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Christopher Hitchens

Londonistan Calling Londonistan Calling

Gautam Malkani's new novel explores the cross-section of youth culture, heritage and identity in London's polyglot, postcolonial neighborhoods.

Sep 7, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Gary Younge

Ottoman Ghosts Ottoman Ghosts

Caroline Finkel's new book, Osman's Dream, explores the rise and calamitous fall of the Ottoman Empire.

Sep 7, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Lazare

Politics, the Media and 9/11 Politics, the Media and 9/11

Since September 11, the Bush Administration has repeatedly exploited the threat of terrorism for political ends, from dirty bombs to sleeper cells to electoral politics.

Sep 7, 2006 / Feature / Eric Boehlert

The 9/11 Conspiracy Nuts The 9/11 Conspiracy Nuts

August Bebel once called anti-Semitism the socialism of fools. These days, the 9/11 conspiracy fever is fast becoming the "socialism" of the left.

Sep 7, 2006 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn

Plame’s Role at the CIA Plame’s Role at the CIA

Valerie Plame was no CIA paper-pusher. She was searching out intelligence on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction.

Sep 7, 2006 / Editorial / David Corn

The Path From 9/11 The Path From 9/11

The fifth anniversary of 9/11 prompts grief and sadness, but also anger. We must free ourselves from the idea that the "war on terror" is an organizing principle for our foreign po...

Sep 7, 2006 / Editorial / The Editors

In Mexico, a Class War Looms In Mexico, a Class War Looms

The confirmation of Felipe Calderón's electoral victory signals the end of Andrés Manuel López Obrador's three-year struggle for the presidency and the beginn...

Sep 7, 2006 / Feature / John Ross

High on Opium, Not Democracy High on Opium, Not Democracy

In Bush-liberated Afghanistan, billions in drug profits are financing the Taliban, proving the President is better at starting wars than winning them.

Sep 6, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer

Antiwar Primaries Antiwar Primaries

Key primary races in Maryland, Rhode Island and even New York are making the Iraq War what it should be in every 2006 political contest: the central issue.

Sep 6, 2006 / Editorial / John Nichols

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