Out of Iraq By ’08? Out of Iraq By ’08?
A front page story in the Washington Post today declares: "Iraq Panel to Urge Pullout Of Combat Troops by '08." The headline makes it sound like all US troops will be withdrawn f...
Dec 1, 2006 / The Nation
Baker Report Puts Bush in a Corner Baker Report Puts Bush in a Corner
It's crunch time for George W. Bush. He has to decide whether or not to change his Iraq policy, as James Baker, his father's secretary of state, we...
Dec 1, 2006 / David Corn
Colin Powell: “I Would Call It a Civil War,” Colin Powell: “I Would Call It a Civil War,”
When NBC and MSNBC began to refer to the civil war in Iraq by its proper name, they took the predictable hits from rightwing media -- Fox personalities were aghast at the notion t...
Dec 1, 2006 / John Nichols
Suga Mama, Politicized Suga Mama, Politicized
Beyoncé Knowles's sexed-up club jam B'Day is also an odd, urgent, dissonant and disruptive personal and political statement.
Nov 30, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Daphne A. Brooks
Same Old Same Old Same Old Same Old
House Speaker-to-be Nancy Pelosi ought to find a quiet place where shecan sit down and recount the election. She was not chosen by her friendsin Silicon Valley or by the friendly ...
Nov 30, 2006 / The Nation
The Baker Cop-Out The Baker Cop-Out
After months of speculation, the Iraq Study Group, led by James Baker and Lee Hamilton, is preparing to release its much-hyped report on American policy toward Iraq. According t...
Nov 30, 2006 / The Nation
Unhappy Meal Unhappy Meal
Stuart Klawans reviews Fast Food Nation, a film that aspires to activism as it undermines its own anticorporate message.
Nov 30, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
In Palestine, a Dream Deferred In Palestine, a Dream Deferred
Two new books explore fundamental Palestinian and Israeli concerns: The Iron Cage by Rashid Khalidi considers the Palestinians’ failure to achieve sovereignty, and One Country by A...
Nov 30, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Bashir Abu-Manneh
Mad Mel and the Maya Mad Mel and the Maya
Mel Gibson's violent new film Apocalypto exploits Maya culture and perpetuates racist stereotypes.
Nov 30, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Earl Shorris
Getting Out Getting Out
The foreign policy establishment knows the Iraq War is lost, but the search for an acceptable exit strategy has only just begun.
Nov 30, 2006 / Feature / Bob Dreyfuss