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March 31, 2008 Issue

Calvin Trillin on Mike Huckabee, Alexander Cockburn on Eliot Spitzer, Debbie Nathan on the brutal death of Javier Domínguez.

Cover art by: Cover design by Gene Case & Stephen Kling/Avenging Angels

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Editorial

Iraq: The View from Year Six

In March 2009, no matter who is president, Iraq will still be hell on Earth.

Tom Engelhardt

Notes on a Scandal

The Spitzer affair's obvious rationality continues to elude the therapists, sexperts and pundits for whom shame is the game.

JoAnn Wypijewski

Smearing Obama

False claims about Obama intended to stoke racial and religious fear are trickling from the far right to the mainstream media.

Ari Berman

Border Death Backstory

The trial for the murder of undocumented immigrant Francisco Javier Domínguez stripped him of his humanity. The retrial must not make the same mistake.

Debbie Nathan

A Sea-Change Election?

The 2008 presidential election could signal the most dramatic political shift since Reagan.

Robert L. Borosage

Time for a Revote

Holding Democratic primaries in Florida and Michigan a second time would send the message that Americans do not need to accept illegitimate elections.

John Nichols

The Torture Veto

Bush has made history by being the first American President to use his veto power to preserve torture.

David Cole

Noted.

PEACE SIGNS: Dusting off an old Clintonian catchphrase, United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ) has found a new way to sum up the connection between the war in Iraq and the econ...

The Editors

It’s the War Economy, Stupid!

Among the major causes of the current economic crisis is the staggering cost of the war in Iraq.

The Editors

Column

Carrying a Torch for Tibet

Protest is as much a part of the Olympic tradition as lighting the torch.

Dave Zirin

The Idiot’s Grin

Presiding over a disastrous war and an unconscionable taxpayer bailout of Wall Street, why is George W. Bush still smiling?

Robert Scheer

Economic Chaos, Political Consequences

As the federal bailout of the banking industry continues, is it too much to ask that McCain, Clinton and Obama abandon their blue-sky promises and address reality?

Nicholas von Hoffman

John Q. Public

Just once it would be nice to see a male politician caught in a sex scandal stand up there at a press conference all by himself.

Katha Pollitt

The Spitzer Sting

Was there a medium-sized right-wing conspiracy to nail Eliot Spitzer?

Alexander Cockburn

Modern Gods

Peter Kuper

Democrats Bid a Fond Farewell to Mike Huckabee

Calvin Trillin

Letters

Demographic Winter of Our Discontent

Front Royal, Va.

Our Readers and Kathryn Joyce

Feature

Hillary’s Nasty Pastorate

When it comes to unsavory religious affiliations, Hillary Clinton is a lot more vulnerable than Obama.

Barbara Ehrenreich

China’s Olympic Delusion

Cracking down once again in Tibet, China seeks to control the script on its flawed human rights record, yet still be regarded as a suitable host for the Olympics. Dream on.

Jeffrey Wasserstrom