November 13, 2006

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Feature

Rick Santorum’s Beastly Politics

Dogged by a history of crude responses to abortion, euthanasia and gay marriage, Pennsylvania Republican Senator Rick Santorum is trailing his Democratic foe. But a cadre of influential Catholic conservatives are already crafting a post-Santorum, post-Bush strategy.
Max Blumenthal
Character Assassin

Republican adman Scott Howell has racked up a startling Democratic body count with his signature hyperemotional style. Will his attack on Harold Ford Jr. succeed or backfire?
Max Blumenthal
State of Denial

By denying a noted Islamic religious scholar entry to the United States because of his ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, the Bush Administration reveals its inability to deal with the realities of the Middle East.
Stephen Glain
From Whitewater to Blackwater

Blackwater USA has a new attorney to defend it against a wrongful death lawsuit by families of four contractors killed in Iraq: Kenneth Starr.
Jeremy Scahill and Garrett Ordower
Immigrants Regroup

This year will be remembered both for massive immigrants rights marches and for the Al Qaedization of immigrants.
Roberto Lovato
Driving Planned Parenthood

Cecile Richards, Planned Parenthood’s new president, leads an organization searching for new national strategies, as a crucial vote in South Dakota tests its grassroots clout.
Jennifer Baumgardner
Ground Game ’06

Republicans are hoping voters will forget about Iraq, Bush and the GOP Congress. But these are the issues that will drive Democrats and independents to the polls.
Ari Berman
Bad Day in CA

While Democrats on the national level dream of a landslide, in California, the party is facing another electoral debacle.
Marc Cooper
A New-Model Ford

Harold Ford has wooed and wowed white conservatives in Tennessee with a mash-up of star power, earthy eloquence and a contrarian right-wingery that has driven the GOP to take drastic measures.
Bob Moser
The Torture Election

The GOP’s one-party rule has created a constitutional crisis that threatens America’s future. By pulling the right lever on November 7, voters can throw this party out of office.
Jonathan Schell

Editorial

Nation Notes

The Nation Institute establishes the Spira-Lopez Journalism Internship for college students and graduates of Hispanic or Latino origin.
The Editors
A Salute to Molly Ivins

Her writing–sharp, satirical, infused with the spirit of skepticism–reminds us that dissent rescues democracy from a quiet death behind closed doors.
Lewis Lapham
IRV, a Better Way

Instant Runoff Voting will get a crucial test in four local elections on November 7.
Krist Novoselic
Return to Chelyabinsk

A G-8 plan to ramp up nuclear energy is defended as a necessary response to global warming. But the nuclear waste it generates will hurt people and the planet.
Mark Hertsgaard
What Is at Stake

November 7 is suddenly looking like a fateful election that could change the flow of politics in ways nobody anticipated.
The Editors
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Column

What Bush Has Wrought

We are now led by a false warrior who acts the simpleton, while playing to his version of what Middle America wants. To stop the madness, on November 7 voters must soundly repudiate what Bush has wrought.
Robert Scheer
College Presidents High on the Hog

College presidents are living in baronial splendor, some with salaries, benefits and perks of $1 million or more. And you wonder why the cost of tuition is so high?
Nicholas von Hoffman
Obama: Black Like Me

Barack Obama has fallen prey to the soft bigotry of unreasonable expectations from both the right and left.
Gary Younge
The End of Times?

Journalism’s in crisis, crushed by Wall Street and tarnished by a failure of nerve. As newspapers die and fake news proliferates, who will provide reliable information vital to a functioning democracy?
Eric Alterman
New White House Strategy on Iraq

What passes now for West Wing policy is whatever will cover their collective derrieres.
Calvin Trillin

Books & the Arts

What Bush Has Wrought

We are now led by a false warrior who acts the simpleton, while playing to his version of what Middle America wants. To stop the madness, on November 7 voters must soundly repudiate what Bush has wrought.
Robert Scheer
Marie Antoinette, the Upspeak Version

It doesn’t matter that Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette is a dreadful film, but it is alarming that the past is increasingly seen as a place in which the most important thing of all is who’s, like, famous.
Mark Steel
Capturing Compassion

Seeking to arouse America's compassion, five photojournalists have documented the suffering of terrorized refugees from Darfur in an exhibition that will travel to cities around the country.

Suzanne Charlé
The New World Order

Two new books examine the diverse and ambitious alliances that led to the end of slavery in America.
Robin Blackburn
Hong Kong Harbor 1984

On this side of the window
A shower of chrysanthemum.
Outside, torrential rain.
Robert Sawyer
French Lessons

The history of twentieth-century France depicts a struggle between the republican ideal of a unitary state and the shifting concerns of a pluralistic society.
Sunil Khilnani
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November 13, 2006

Feature

Dogged by a history of crude responses to abortion, euthanasia and gay marriage, Pennsylvania Republican Senator Rick Santorum is trailing his Democratic foe. But a cadre of influential Catholic conservatives are already crafting a post-Santorum, post-Bush strategy.

Republican adman Scott Howell has racked up a startling Democratic body count with his signature hyperemotional style. Will his attack on Harold Ford Jr. succeed or backfire?

By denying a noted Islamic religious scholar entry to the United States because of his ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, the Bush Administration reveals its inability to deal with the realities of the Middle East.

Blackwater USA has a new attorney to defend it against a wrongful death lawsuit by families of four contractors killed in Iraq: Kenneth Starr.

This year will be remembered both for massive immigrants rights marches and for the Al Qaedization of immigrants.

Cecile Richards, Planned Parenthood’s new president, leads an organization searching for new national strategies, as a crucial vote in South Dakota tests its grassroots clout.

Republicans are hoping voters will forget about Iraq, Bush and the GOP Congress. But these are the issues that will drive Democrats and independents to the polls.

While Democrats on the national level dream of a landslide, in California, the party is facing another electoral debacle.

Harold Ford has wooed and wowed white conservatives in Tennessee with a mash-up of star power, earthy eloquence and a contrarian right-wingery that has driven the GOP to take drastic measures.

The GOP’s one-party rule has created a constitutional crisis that threatens America’s future. By pulling the right lever on November 7, voters can throw this party out of office.

Editorial

The Nation Institute establishes the Spira-Lopez Journalism Internship for college students and graduates of Hispanic or Latino origin.

Her writing–sharp, satirical, infused with the spirit of skepticism–reminds us that dissent rescues democracy from a quiet death behind closed doors.

Instant Runoff Voting will get a crucial test in four local elections on November 7.

A G-8 plan to ramp up nuclear energy is defended as a necessary response to global warming. But the nuclear waste it generates will hurt people and the planet.

November 7 is suddenly looking like a fateful election that could change the flow of politics in ways nobody anticipated.

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Column

We are now led by a false warrior who acts the simpleton, while playing to his version of what Middle America wants. To stop the madness, on November 7 voters must soundly repudiate what Bush has wrought.

College presidents are living in baronial splendor, some with salaries, benefits and perks of $1 million or more. And you wonder why the cost of tuition is so high?

Barack Obama has fallen prey to the soft bigotry of unreasonable expectations from both the right and left.

Journalism’s in crisis, crushed by Wall Street and tarnished by a failure of nerve. As newspapers die and fake news proliferates, who will provide reliable information vital to a functioning democracy?

What passes now for West Wing policy is whatever will cover their collective derrieres.

Books & the Arts

We are now led by a false warrior who acts the simpleton, while playing to his version of what Middle America wants. To stop the madness, on November 7 voters must soundly repudiate what Bush has wrought.

It doesn’t matter that Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette is a dreadful film, but it is alarming that the past is increasingly seen as a place in which the most important thing of all is who’s, like, famous.

Seeking to arouse America's compassion, five photojournalists have documented the suffering of terrorized refugees from Darfur in an exhibition that will travel to cities around the country.

Two new books examine the diverse and ambitious alliances that led to the end of slavery in America.

On this side of the window A shower of chrysanthemum. Outside, torrential rain.

The history of twentieth-century France depicts a struggle between the republican ideal of a unitary state and the shifting concerns of a pluralistic society.

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

Letters

Our August 28/September 4 issue on immigration set off an avalanche of furious mail.

On this side of the window
A shower of chrysanthemum.
Outside, torrential rain.