November 1, 2004

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Feature

Washington Votes for War in Colombia

The US troop presence is doubled–as Colombia’s civil movement says no to more war.
Bill Weinberg
Pay Attention

A star is on the rise for Death Cab for Cutie. The Seattle-based indie band’s last record, Transatlanticism (Barsuk), has sold just over 184,000 copies.
Hillary Frey
Freeze-Out of the Arabists

Neocons isolate State Department experts, with disastrous results.
Stephen Glain
Rocking the Cuban Vote

Once-Republican Miami takes a left turn.
Roberto Lovato
Follow the Money

The Christian right’s comeback has been fueled by Bush Administration grants.
Esther Kaplan
The James Baker Documents

Read Naomi Klein’s Piece

Letter dated January 20 2004 from International Strategy Group, Coudert Brothers and The Albright Group (pdf).
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James Baker’s Double Life

Bush’s special envoy has a private interest in Iraqi debt, documents reveal.
Naomi Klein

Editorial

The L Word

Mary Cheney has devoted her entire career to providing cover for lesbian-hating organizations.
Richard Kim
Tarantara!

Twenty months ago, when the Bush Administration was steering the country toward war in Iraq, we noted a parallel with another military misadventure, the Spanish-American War, in which Cuba and th
Jonathan Schell and John Maxwell Hamilton
Dissent at 50

In the summer of 1953, the New School for Social Research hung a yellow curtain over a mural by the Mexican artist José Clemente Orozco. Orozco’s transgression?
Scott Sherman
Vaccine Poker

With the announcement that 50 million influenza vaccines from the British manufacturer Chiron won’t be available in the United States this year because of possible contamination, the Centers for
Dr. Marc Siegel
No Atonement

The new Ten Commandments for Israel’s national policies.
Yair Svorai
Playing the Age Card

This essay is adapted from Margaret Morganroth Gullette’s Aged by Culture.
Margaret Morganroth Gullette
Reforming Three Strikes

In November, California voters will have their first chance in a decade to reform the state’s “three strikes and you’re out” law, which has imposed cruel life sentences on thousands for rel
Louis Freedberg
Roe = Dred

Many viewers were puzzled when, toward the end of the second debate, George W. Bush answered a question about Supreme Court nominees by referring to the Dred Scott case.
Katha Pollitt
Climate, the Absent Issue

Every once in a while there is good news in this troubled world, and the choice of Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai as this year’s Nobel Peace Prizewinner is one such moment.
Mark Hertsgaard
Election Matters

As he began his seventh campaign swing this year through the battleground state of Wisconsin on a sunny day in late September, George W. Bush loaded a secret weapon onto his bus: Dr.
John Nichols
Hammer Strikes–Out?

Has Tom DeLay–a k a The Hammer–hit his last nail? Not yet, but the Republican House majority leader has sustained his own whacks recently for a series of unethical actions.
The Editors
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Column

The 9/11 Secret in the CIA’s Back Pocket

The agency is withholding a damning report that points at senior officials.
Robert Scheer
Anchors Aweigh: The Refs Are Worked

Check out Eric Alterman’s new book, When Presidents Lie: A History of Official Deception and Its Consequences, (Viking Penguin). Click here for info and to purchase copies.
Eric Alterman
A White House Spokesman Explains…

Why the Duelfer Report’s Finding That Iraq Had No Weapons of Mass Destruction Provides Justification for Having Attacked Iraq in Order to Rid It of Weapons of Mass Destruction
Calvin Trillin

Books & the Arts

Pay Attention

A star is on the rise for Death Cab for Cutie. The Seattle-based indie band’s last record, Transatlanticism (Barsuk), has sold just over 184,000 copies.
Hillary Frey
In the Cut

Throughout the four decades of his great career–which is the same thing as saying, throughout the history of filmmaking in sub-Saharan Africa–Ousmane Sembene has switched back and forth between
Stuart Klawans
Presumed Innocent

Unlike news reports, theater isn’t expected to stick to the facts. By nature, the form is duplicitous, built on a sandy foundation of make-believe and pretense.
Alisa Solomon
About Henry

Henry James is not a name that springs to mind when we think of adventure stories, prose epics or historical fiction.
Brenda Wineapple
Learning to Love the Bomb

While I saw Edward Teller at several scientific conferences and heard him lecture, I met him only once. It left an indelible memory. It was at the end of April 1954.
Jeremy Bernstein
Dissent at 50

In the summer of 1953, the New School for Social Research hung a yellow curtain over a mural by the Mexican artist José Clemente Orozco. Orozco’s transgression?
Scott Sherman
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Letters

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November 1, 2004

Feature

The US troop presence is doubled–as Colombia’s civil movement says no to more war.

A star is on the rise for Death Cab for Cutie. The Seattle-based indie band’s last record, Transatlanticism (Barsuk), has sold just over 184,000 copies.

Neocons isolate State Department experts, with disastrous results.

Once-Republican Miami takes a left turn.

The Christian right’s comeback has been fueled by Bush Administration grants.

Read Naomi Klein’s Piece Letter dated January 20 2004 from International Strategy Group, Coudert Brothers and The Albright Group (pdf).

Bush’s special envoy has a private interest in Iraqi debt, documents reveal.

Editorial

Mary Cheney has devoted her entire career to providing cover for lesbian-hating organizations.

Twenty months ago, when the Bush Administration was steering the country toward war in Iraq, we noted a parallel with another military misadventure, the Spanish-American War, in which Cuba and th

In the summer of 1953, the New School for Social Research hung a yellow curtain over a mural by the Mexican artist José Clemente Orozco. Orozco’s transgression?

With the announcement that 50 million influenza vaccines from the British manufacturer Chiron won’t be available in the United States this year because of possible contamination, the Centers for

The new Ten Commandments for Israel’s national policies.

This essay is adapted from Margaret Morganroth Gullette’s Aged by Culture.

In November, California voters will have their first chance in a decade to reform the state’s “three strikes and you’re out” law, which has imposed cruel life sentences on thousands for rel

Many viewers were puzzled when, toward the end of the second debate, George W. Bush answered a question about Supreme Court nominees by referring to the Dred Scott case.

Every once in a while there is good news in this troubled world, and the choice of Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai as this year’s Nobel Peace Prizewinner is one such moment.

As he began his seventh campaign swing this year through the battleground state of Wisconsin on a sunny day in late September, George W. Bush loaded a secret weapon onto his bus: Dr.

Has Tom DeLay–a k a The Hammer–hit his last nail? Not yet, but the Republican House majority leader has sustained his own whacks recently for a series of unethical actions.

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Column

The agency is withholding a damning report that points at senior officials.

Check out Eric Alterman’s new book, When Presidents Lie: A History of Official Deception and Its Consequences, (Viking Penguin). Click here for info and to purchase copies.

Why the Duelfer Report’s Finding That Iraq Had No Weapons of Mass Destruction Provides Justification for Having Attacked Iraq in Order to Rid It of Weapons of Mass Destruction

Books & the Arts

A star is on the rise for Death Cab for Cutie. The Seattle-based indie band’s last record, Transatlanticism (Barsuk), has sold just over 184,000 copies.

Throughout the four decades of his great career–which is the same thing as saying, throughout the history of filmmaking in sub-Saharan Africa–Ousmane Sembene has switched back and forth between

Unlike news reports, theater isn’t expected to stick to the facts. By nature, the form is duplicitous, built on a sandy foundation of make-believe and pretense.

Henry James is not a name that springs to mind when we think of adventure stories, prose epics or historical fiction.

While I saw Edward Teller at several scientific conferences and heard him lecture, I met him only once. It left an indelible memory. It was at the end of April 1954.

In the summer of 1953, the New School for Social Research hung a yellow curtain over a mural by the Mexican artist José Clemente Orozco. Orozco’s transgression?

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

Letters

OUR (FORMER) ARAB FRIENDS Tacoma, Wash.

Read Naomi Klein’s Piece

Letter dated January 20 2004 from International Strategy Group, Coudert Brothers and The Albright Group (pdf).

OUR (FORMER) ARAB FRIENDS

Tacoma, Wash.