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Vulcans Triumphant: The Victory Bash

Republicans in Congress have set aside $20 million for a gala in Washington to celebrate victory in Iraq and Afghanistan. The party may be postponed for a while, but the program h...

Evan Eisenberg

Nascar Values

The Democrats won the House and the Senate because the Republicans lost the garage. How Nascar fans helped turn the tide of the election.

Robert Lipsyte

MoDo, Deconstructed

Maureen Dowd's political analysis is devilishly smart and viciously funny--but the New York Times columnist really should spend less time on the couch.

Simon Maxwell Apter

Prosecute Rumsfeld? Not Ridiculous

A mainstream media legal analyst dismissed efforts to prosecute Donald Rumsfeld and others for war crimes as ridiculous. They're not.

Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith

Smithfield Walkout Challenges Agribiz Giant

Last week's walkout at the Smithfield Packing Company was a significant victory for labor organizers and exploited undocumented workers at the North Carolina plant.

Katrina vanden Heuvel

Dems Rebut Carter on Israeli ‘Apartheid’

Jimmy Carter's bold new book on the plight of Palestinians has piqued Congressional Democrats who tailor their views to the Israel lobby.

Michael F. Brown

The Lessons of History

While there may be something great about winning a war, the United States must learn there is something much greater about using the tools of peacemaking to build a better world.

John Hope Franklin

Why Murtha Lost

The Pennsylvania Democrat's opposition to the Iraq War and Pelosi's endorsement couldn't match Steny Hoyer's seniority, experience and connections to House Democrats.

Ari Berman

Hooray for Right-Wing Hollywood

Right-wing culture warriors gathered in LA to praise ABC for its flawed 9/11 docudrama, talk up a conservative version of The Daily Show and release a thriller fueled by a n...

Max Blumenthal

Letter From Venezuela: The Land of Chavismo

Although the United States itches to do away with Hugo Chávez, his socialist policies are alleviating poverty and earning the people's trust. To Bush's chagrin, the Venezuel...

Chesa Boudin

Watershed

It's time for Democrats to break out of their risk-averse habits and blaze a new trail--if they can only remember how.

William Greider

The New Democratic Populism

Economic populism was the most underreported story of the midterms and will be the cornerstone of any new Democratic majority.

Chris Hayes

Books & the Arts

The Lessons of History

While there may be something great about winning a war, the United States must learn there is something much greater about using the tools of peacemaking to build a better world.

John Hope Franklin

Hooray for Right-Wing Hollywood

Right-wing culture warriors gathered in LA to praise ABC for its flawed 9/11 docudrama, talk up a conservative version of The Daily Show and release a thriller fueled by a n...

Max Blumenthal

Coming to America!

Reviews of films from the vulgar to the magisterial: Borat, Flags of Our Fathers, For Your Consideration, Our Daily Bread and Fur.

Stuart Klawans

Half a Life

In The Lay of the Land, the final work in Richard Ford's acclaimed trilogy, Frank Bascombe picks up where he left off in Independence Day--taking road trips, describi...

Benjamin Hedin

Representative Fictions

An ambitious two-volume history of the novel explores its evolution across continents and centuries.

William Deresiewicz