Gore Vidal

Contributing Editor

Gore Vidal, a longtime Nation contributing writer, was a prolific novelist, playwright and essayist, and one of the great stylists of contemporary American prose.

When ‘Commentary’ Parroted ‘The Protocols of the Elders of Zion’

When ‘Commentary’ Parroted ‘The Protocols of the Elders of Zion’ When ‘Commentary’ Parroted ‘The Protocols of the Elders of Zion’

Like it or not, Jews and homosexualists are in the same fragile boat, and one would have to be pretty obtuse not to see the common danger.

Mar 23, 2015 / Feature / Gore Vidal

Decline of the Empire

Decline of the Empire Decline of the Empire

An excerpt from the new eBook, Gore Vidal's State of the Union: Nation Essays 1958-2005.

May 13, 2013 / Gore Vidal

Gore Vidal in ‘The Nation’ Gore Vidal in ‘The Nation’

Powerful essays from half a century of writing.

Aug 1, 2012 / Gore Vidal

Dennis Kucinich Dennis Kucinich

A farsighted populist and pacifist.

Nov 8, 2007 / Feature / Gore Vidal

Ferdinand VII Ferdinand VII

Whose astonishing wisdom led to preserving a statue of the monstrous Ferdinand VII in Havana?

Apr 26, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Gore Vidal

President Jonah President Jonah

As his State of the Union message approaches, we deserve a rest from the fundamentalist presidency of G.W. Bush, whose guiding principles are antithetical to democracy and will onl...

Jan 25, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Gore Vidal

Something Rotten in Ohio Something Rotten in Ohio

Voting irregularities in the 2004 election demonstrate the urgency of election reform.

Jun 9, 2005 / Gore Vidal

State of the Union, 2004 State of the Union, 2004

This article is excerpted from Gore Vidal's latest book, Imperial America, just published by Nation Books.

Aug 26, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Gore Vidal

We Are the Patriots We Are the Patriots

Americans who oppose the Cheney-Bush junta demonstrate sanity, not cowardice.

May 15, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Gore Vidal

Blood for Oil Blood for Oil

In May 2001, the White House issued a National Energy Policy report, known as the Cheney Report: the state of our national oil reserves. In 2000, half the oil we consumed was impor...

Oct 10, 2002 / Gore Vidal

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