Destabilizing the CIA Destabilizing the CIA
In Washington, it's hardly without precedent for a presidential appointee to swear one thing before a Senate confirmation committee and then, once ensconced in the sought-after p...
Nov 24, 2004 / Editorial / Jason Vest
Engaging Tehran Engaging Tehran
In a small victory for European diplomacy and constructive engagement, the International Atomic Energy Agency recently verified that Iran has suspended its uranium enrichment act...
Nov 24, 2004 / Editorial / The Editors
Days of Rage Days of Rage
On November 4, 1979, a few months after the collapse of the Iranian monarchy and the inauguration of Iran's Islamic Republic, a group of college students calling themselves the M...
Nov 24, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Reza Aslan
Dissent or Assent? Dissent or Assent?
Michael Walzer's best book is not, unfortunately, his most influential.
Nov 24, 2004 / Books & the Arts / George Scialabba
The Good Girl The Good Girl
In the past few decades, Russell Banks has established himself as one of America's most important living writers, one of a handful with the daring and the talent to plumb our his...
Nov 24, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Deborah Scroggins
Imitation of Life Imitation of Life
To return to Chekhov in this cultural moment makes you feel as if you were experiencing spring in Russia.
Nov 24, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Lee Siegel
An Appetite for Liebling An Appetite for Liebling
If we had four or five Abbott Joseph Lieblings in Iraq and Washington, it might be a different war, one in which those hugely amiable, observant and amusable souls could bring us...
Nov 24, 2004 / Books & the Arts / David Thomson
Cultivating Opium, Not Democracy Cultivating Opium, Not Democracy
Afghanistan's crop "has spread like wildfire."
Nov 23, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer
Thousands Protest SOA Thousands Protest SOA
A report from the SOA protests at Ft. Benning.
Nov 23, 2004 / Feature / Patrick Mulvaney
Suspension of Disbelief Suspension of Disbelief
Ask Americans to enumerate their civil liberties and they instinctively turn to freedom of speech and the press.
Nov 18, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner