Say It Ain’t So, Big Leagues Say It Ain’t So, Big Leagues
Strip-mining the Dominican Republic for talent, Major League Baseball periodically plucks one lucky boy from his home and family and gives him a dream for a better life. But what h...
Oct 26, 2005 / Feature / Dave Zirin
Corruption of Hope in Brazil Corruption of Hope in Brazil
Luis Inacio Lula da Silva came into power in 2002 on a wave of populist support for an era of socialist politics and participatory democracy. But da Silva has offered the people of...
Oct 26, 2005 / Feature / Hilary Wainwright
The Question of Kurdistan The Question of Kurdistan
The Kurds have almost no natural resources and suffer from a culture of corruption. But their call for autonomy is a serious threat to the building of a united Iraq.
Oct 26, 2005 / Feature / Christian Parenti
The War of the Liberals The War of the Liberals
Power and the Idealists clings to the notion that the Iraq War was waged for humanitarian ideals, while At the Point of a Gun documents the inner torment of humanitarian interventi...
Oct 26, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Holmes
Deadline for Saddam Deadline for Saddam
Saddam Hussein went to trial on Wednesday declaring he was still the president of Iraq. A series of odes a decade ago to Hussein's dictatorial days show the tyrant was always out ...
Oct 24, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Calvin Trillin
Empty Boots, Ravished Hearts Empty Boots, Ravished Hearts
Rows of plain black boots and empty pairs of baby shoes and dancing slippers are a mute testament to the American soldiers and Iraqi civilians who have perished in Iraq, as shown i...
Oct 21, 2005 / Feature / Shreema Mehta
As Brazil Votes to Ban Guns, NRA Joins the Fight As Brazil Votes to Ban Guns, NRA Joins the Fight
As Brazilians vote on a historic measure to ban the sale of guns and ammunition, foes of gun control have received help from a neighbor to the north: the NRA.
Oct 21, 2005 / Feature / Kelly Hearn
Gore Vidal, Octocontrarian Gore Vidal, Octocontrarian
Marc Cooper interviews Gore Vidal about an America that is increasingly controlled by corporations and suggests that the Gulf Coast hurricanes and the Iraq debacle signal the break...
Oct 20, 2005 / Feature / Marc Cooper
Pyrrhic Victory in Iraq Pyrrhic Victory in Iraq
For Iraqis fed up with the violence and chaos of the occupation, passage of the new Constitution is just one more US-imposed measure that will set the stage for civil war.
Oct 20, 2005 / Editorial / The Editors
The Young and the Damned The Young and the Damned
Paradise Now explores the bond among suicide bombers; The Squid and the Whale brings two monstrously large characters to human scale and The President's Last Bang is nastily effici...
Oct 19, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans