Peace in Palestine: Is Reconciliation Between Hamas and Fatah Just Around the Corner? Peace in Palestine: Is Reconciliation Between Hamas and Fatah Just Around the Corner?
On a recent visit to Gaza, officials from both factions told me they are ready to accept the results of new elections, win or lose.
Nov 30, 2011 / Kathleen Peratis
Upheaval at the New York Public Library Upheaval at the New York Public Library
Will the new president's mega-million-dollar makeover of the main library scare off scholars and leave the branches begging?
Nov 30, 2011 / Feature / Scott Sherman
Rick Perry’s War on Women Rick Perry’s War on Women
How the Texas governor launched an assault on Planned Parenthood and women’s health.
Nov 30, 2011 / Feature / Jordan Smith
Adventures With Ken Kesey Adventures With Ken Kesey
Memories of a journey that was more than a trip.
Nov 30, 2011 / Feature / Paul Krassner
Secret Paragraphs: On Alan Hollinghurst Secret Paragraphs: On Alan Hollinghurst
The Stranger's Child traces the vanishing of same-sex love through suppression and then, paradoxically, acceptance and openness.
Nov 30, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Maria Margaronis
Baseness: On Guantánamo Baseness: On Guantánamo
Gitmo in the present millennium is no departure at all from the American tradition in Guantánamo Bay.
Nov 30, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Peter C. Baker
False Comforts: On Randall Kennedy False Comforts: On Randall Kennedy
Randall Kennedy is fascinated by a paradox: the color line's persistence and its seeming implosion.
Nov 30, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Jim Sleeper
Puzzle No. 3218 Puzzle No. 3218
Dear Nation Puzzle Fans: This collector’s edition puzzle is brought to you by the film Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, based on the classic John le Carré novel of the same name. The film opened on December 9, and is now playing in select cities. Le Carré himself is a member of the Nation family, having contributed pieces to the magazine over the past decade. This puzzle is designed by the same team that designs The Nation’s weekly puzzle. We’ll return to the usual format next week. We hope you enjoy! TINKER Tinker with each clue answer, rearranging the letters to produce a new word for the grid. 2A General protecting vehicle with Russian leader and author (2,5) 6A Painter of Soviet mountain region shrouded in fog (8) 19A Areas’ parties captivating chief (7) 2D Was able to locate Ukrainian capital amid frigid weather (5) 15D Rabbit fur in your ear (4) TAILOR Improve the fit by removing one letter from each answer to produce a new word for the grid. 11A Tops slid off (4) 13A Agitate prison (4) 16A A visor, slightly adjusted for a redeemer (6) 4D Flowers from Dublin, e.g., trimmed and fleshy at the center (6) 12D Wasted weeks: initial bit of data is distorted (6) SOLDIER War is a constant presence for each new word that you enter in the grid. 7A Noticed a tool (3) 17A Coming from the East, the German Communist (3) 1D On the sound track, drop a level (4) 8D After the beginning, give an angry speech (4) 10D Spots sad arrangement (3) SPY Observe the answer to each clue, but be sure to leave it undisturbed when entering it in the grid. 9A Originally, the U.S.A. covered Lithuania’s principal city (5) 18A Unfortunately, a friend includes you in a text, revealing a lot (8) 3D Cancels Times subscription at first, concealing error (6) 5D Twin sources for English spymaster are undercover (4) 14D One that hurts an American from the Midwest (5) ACROSS 1 2 defs., 3 JUD[e] + G + MENTAL 10 2 defs. 11 GRAND + P(R)IX 12 OCEAN + IANS (canoe anag.) 13 “Wight” 14 anag. 16 anag. 17 DENIM + ED (mined rev.) 19 2 defs. 22 S(TOP)S, 23 QUASI + MODO (doom anag.) 25 B(O + CAR)ATON 26 HEAVE[n] 27 anag. DOWN 1 BELL + OW 2 & 28 anag. 4 UNGUARD + ED (guru and anag.) 5 hidden 6 END + OWER 7 TERMI(NA)TE 8 L(AX) + NESS 9 FR(AN)CE (Cerf anag.) 15 “handsome” + CAB 16 DESI AR + NAZ[i] (raised rev.) 17 DUST(B)IN, 18 MIST + R + AL 20 “nays” 21 CO-GENT 23 Q + A + TAR 24 OM + AHA
Nov 30, 2011 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Letters Letters
Occupy Wall Street, NPR, debt “forgiveness,“ George Kennan
Nov 30, 2011 / Our Readers
Unions Beat GOP Candidates as New Hampshire Blocks Anti-Labor Law Unions Beat GOP Candidates as New Hampshire Blocks Anti-Labor Law
Even as Republican presidential contenders stake out extreme anti-labor positions in New Hampshire, unions in that state have succeeded in blocking an anti-union “Right-to-Wo...
Nov 30, 2011 / John Nichols