March 26, 2007

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In Lieu of Flowers

Mourning a slain young mother in New Orleans, the only way to dignify her death is to try to create real justice here.
Billy Sothern
The Millionaires’ Primary

As America embarks on the longest, most costly presidential race in history, Russ Feingold is asking Congress to apply the brakes.
Ari Melber
Guantánamo, Dred Scott and the Amistad

The US Supreme Court should look back on its most regrettable and most courageous decisions.
Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith
KBR’s $400 Million Iraq Question

Did the Pentagon’s biggest Iraq contractor violate military policy by hiring Blackwater and other private military companies?
Jeremy Scahill and Garrett Ordower
Bush’s Brush with Latin America’s Drug Lords

Bush needs to acknowledge how little Colombia and Guatemala are doing to combat cocaine trafficking to the United States.
Frank Smyth
Walter Reed Scandal: How Mainstream Media Let Us Down

Cutbacks and a penchant for profits and happy news hid the plight of wounded soldiers.
Celia Viggo Wexler
Putting Science in the Dock

Judges’ ability to discriminate against expert witnesses has ended up empowering large corporations.
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Who’s Afraid of Gardasil?

A medical breakthrough has provoked opposition from conservatives, consumer advocates and antivaccine groups.
Karen Houppert
Cheney on Trial

The Libby trial exposed the truth about who really pulls the strings in the Bush White House.
David Corn

Editorial

Bush Approval Rating Drops Below Zero

Polling experts say that Bush’s numbers are at an all-time low, and that only certain toxic molds have come close to those numbers in the past.
Eric Kenning
Bush Amigo’s Para Pals

Revelations of Colombian government collusion with paramilitary thugs ought to put the damper on President Bush’s Latin American tour.
Liliana Segura
Schlesinger & The Nation

Remembering an eminent activist historian whose passing has left the public sphere much poorer.
Victor Navasky
Senator Inevitable

Nothing personal, but Hillary Clinton is a candidate of the past.
William Greider
Conscience and the War

After four years of war, complete withdrawal from Iraq is the only way to redeem our nation for the death and destruction it has imposed.
Stephen F. Cohen
Time to Fix Healthcare

Affordable healthcare is rapidly emerging as the top domestic policy issue in the 2008 presidential race. Candidates, got ideas?
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Cheney, Cornered

As dangerous as any cornered animal, Dick Cheney now stands revealed as a man of deep corruption.
Robert Scheer
A Consequential Life

Arthur Schlesinger refused to recognize the boundaries most intellectuals accept.
Eric Alterman
Judge Not?

The case of a severely disabled 9-year-old girl whose parents subjected her to a series of nonessential surgeries raises troubling questions about medical ethics and public policy.
Patricia J. Williams
A Dispiriting Thought On the 2008 Presidential Election Campaign

What a long, strange trip it’s going to be.
Calvin Trillin

Books & the Arts

Guantánamo, Dred Scott and the Amistad

The US Supreme Court should look back on its most regrettable and most courageous decisions.
Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith
The Things They Carried

Reviews of The Host, The Wind That Shakes the Barley and The Namesake.
Stuart Klawans
The Spoils of Indian Democracy

Two new books show how perceptions of India have been shaped and distorted by rhapsodic portrayals of its business elite.
Siddhartha Deb
The Restless Mind

At the Same Time, Susan Sontag’s posthumous collection of essays and speeches, reveals her rapt attention to the world around her.
Jeremy Harding
Schlesinger & The Nation

Remembering an eminent activist historian whose passing has left the public sphere much poorer.
Victor Navasky
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March 26, 2007

Feature

Mourning a slain young mother in New Orleans, the only way to dignify her death is to try to create real justice here.

As America embarks on the longest, most costly presidential race in history, Russ Feingold is asking Congress to apply the brakes.

The US Supreme Court should look back on its most regrettable and most courageous decisions.

Did the Pentagon’s biggest Iraq contractor violate military policy by hiring Blackwater and other private military companies?

Bush needs to acknowledge how little Colombia and Guatemala are doing to combat cocaine trafficking to the United States.

Cutbacks and a penchant for profits and happy news hid the plight of wounded soldiers.

Judges’ ability to discriminate against expert witnesses has ended up empowering large corporations.

A medical breakthrough has provoked opposition from conservatives, consumer advocates and antivaccine groups.

The Libby trial exposed the truth about who really pulls the strings in the Bush White House.

Editorial

Polling experts say that Bush’s numbers are at an all-time low, and that only certain toxic molds have come close to those numbers in the past.

Revelations of Colombian government collusion with paramilitary thugs ought to put the damper on President Bush’s Latin American tour.

Remembering an eminent activist historian whose passing has left the public sphere much poorer.

Nothing personal, but Hillary Clinton is a candidate of the past.

After four years of war, complete withdrawal from Iraq is the only way to redeem our nation for the death and destruction it has imposed.

Affordable healthcare is rapidly emerging as the top domestic policy issue in the 2008 presidential race. Candidates, got ideas?

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Column

As dangerous as any cornered animal, Dick Cheney now stands revealed as a man of deep corruption.

Arthur Schlesinger refused to recognize the boundaries most intellectuals accept.

The case of a severely disabled 9-year-old girl whose parents subjected her to a series of nonessential surgeries raises troubling questions about medical ethics and public policy.

What a long, strange trip it’s going to be.

Books & the Arts

The US Supreme Court should look back on its most regrettable and most courageous decisions.

Reviews of The Host, The Wind That Shakes the Barley and The Namesake.

Two new books show how perceptions of India have been shaped and distorted by rhapsodic portrayals of its business elite.

At the Same Time, Susan Sontag’s posthumous collection of essays and speeches, reveals her rapt attention to the world around her.

Remembering an eminent activist historian whose passing has left the public sphere much poorer.

The stakes are higher now than ever. Get The Nation in your inbox.

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