Mixed Blessing Mixed Blessing
Obama calls for direct dialogue and new trade deals with Latin America, but continued counterinsurgency in Columbia, tensions with Venezuela.
May 25, 2008 / Feature / Tom Hayden
The Power Conundrum The Power Conundrum
After railing against non-violent intervention in the face of genocide, Samantha Power rethinks her stand.
May 22, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Michael Massing
From Palmyra to Obama From Palmyra to Obama
Is it conceivable that Obama, Clinton or McCain could be as bad or worse than Bush?
May 22, 2008 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn
J. Edgar Hoover, Author J. Edgar Hoover, Author
A new book reveals the FBI Director's distinctive relationship with his publisher.
May 22, 2008 / Editorial / Jon Wiener
The Appeasement Card The Appeasement Card
Despite the Bush/McCain snake oil on Mideast policy, Obama can make the case that talking to your enemies isn't the same as appeasing Hitler.
May 22, 2008 / Editorial / The Editors
War of Words War of Words
An argument over how US officials should speak about terrorism bodes ill for this political season.
Torturing Iron Man Torturing Iron Man
The Pentagon does a star turn in Iron Man, and the summer blockbuster turns the realities of the war in Afganistan upside down. Will anyone notice?
May 21, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Nick Turse
Praying for War at the Gas Pump Praying for War at the Gas Pump
How have the Saudis thanked George W. Bush for protecting their sorry oil well of a country? Just check the price of gas.
May 21, 2008 / Column / Robert Scheer
Bush’s Islamist Enemies List Bush’s Islamist Enemies List
By conflating Al Qaeda, Hamas and Hezbollah, the President displays his ignorance--and could be laying the groundwork for attacks by Israel on Hamas and Hezbollah.
May 20, 2008 / Feature / Mohamad Bazzi
China’s Inauspicious Year China’s Inauspicious Year
China's response to the earthquake and other calamities of 2008 challenges the West to rethink its prejudices.
May 20, 2008 / Feature / Jeffrey Wasserstrom