Cedar Devolution Cedar Devolution
The UN cease-fire in Lebanon demands the impossible: a Lebanese state capable of both disarming Hezbollah and protecting the south from renewed Israeli attacks.
Aug 24, 2006 / Editorial / Joseph Logan
Fallout in Israel Fallout in Israel
Israel's war with Hezbollah may have strengthened the hand of the Israeli right, which has forgotten that peace comes only by negotiating with those you do not trust.
Aug 24, 2006 / Editorial / Eyal Press
Debating Security Debating Security
The alleged British terror plot contrasts with the fruits of Bush's "war on terror": civil war in Iraq, an empowered Iran and Arab hatred. Let us instead seek security through dipl...
Aug 24, 2006 / Editorial / The Editors
Truth Time for Democrats Truth Time for Democrats
Democrats must transcend all their intraparty squabbles over the war in Iraq and focus on the obligation of politicians to be honest with the public.
Aug 23, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer
Cuba’s Pathbreaking Energy Policies Cuba’s Pathbreaking Energy Policies
As the world grows short of oil, nations in search of a viable energy policy should take a lesson from Cuba, which turned to sustainable agriculture to offset its own oil crisis.
Aug 22, 2006 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Israel’s Dangerous War in Lebanon Israel’s Dangerous War in Lebanon
Eric Alterman appears on Larry King Live August 1, 2006 to explain why US Jews should oppose Israel's war against Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Aug 21, 2006 / Video / Press Room
Lessons Learned Lessons Learned
As a tentative ceasefire takes hold between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon, the world--and the United States in particular--should ponder lessons learned and the price we will pay...
Aug 20, 2006 / Editorial / Saree Makdisi
Troops and Hoops Troops and Hoops
There's something unnerving about USA Basketball's motivational tactics for the 2006 world championship--encouraging players to spend time with wounded Iraq veterans, in hopes of e...
Aug 20, 2006 / Feature / Dave Zirin
The Strange Silence of Günter Grass The Strange Silence of Günter Grass
By concealing for a near-lifetime that he had served in the Waffen SS, literary giant Günter Grass treated himself with an indulgence he did not hesitate to deem a moral defec...
Aug 18, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Norman Birnbaum
A Letter from 18 Writers A Letter from 18 Writers
Noam Chomsky, Gore Vidal, Toni Morrison and other luminaries call to resist Israel's undeclared political aim: the liquidation of the Palestinian state.
Aug 18, 2006 / Books & the Arts / The Nation