Our Own ‘Downing Street Memo’? Our Own ‘Downing Street Memo’?
For those who had any doubts that the Bush Administration manipulatedintelligence to take us into a disastrous, unprovoked and unnecessarywar, Walter Pincus's &nbs...
Feb 10, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sweet Victories: Reader Roundup Sweet Victories: Reader Roundup
Co-written by Sam Graham-Felsen. This week, we present victories that have been submitted by ourreaders. We read every submission and we encourage readers to keepthem coming (sub...
Feb 10, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Elementary, Pat, Elementary Elementary, Pat, Elementary
The other night, Pat Buchanan said on Scarborough Country's segment about "The Politics of Impeachment" that my views on the subject are irrelevant. I suggest Pat check out a li...
Feb 10, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Congress Stirs to Rein in the President Congress Stirs to Rein in the President
In the wake of Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on warrantless spying, bipartisan efforts to rein in the Bush Administration's exercise of executive power are gaining momentum.
Feb 10, 2006 / Feature / Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith
About that Ban on Drawing Muhammad… About that Ban on Drawing Muhammad…
Most comments about the Danish cartoons of Muhammad assert that Muslims believe it is completely taboo to depict him, period. But is the ban on depicting the prophet really so seve…
Feb 9, 2006 / Katha Pollitt
A Touch of Evil A Touch of Evil
Reviews of The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, Battle in Heaven, Blossoms of Fire and The Fallen Idol.
Feb 9, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
The Geography of Fear The Geography of Fear
Three new books explore how an absence of regulation and active policies of racial exclusion have shaped America's arid suburbs.
Feb 9, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Thomas J. Sugrue
In a Lonely Place In a Lonely Place
Elizabeth Cady Stanton's legacy as both an admirable revolutionary and a profound thinker is brought to life in Vivian Gornick's The Solitude of Self.
Feb 9, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Martha C. Nussbaum
The Color of Money The Color of Money
Four new books explore the politics, culture and racial awareness of the hip-hop generation.
Feb 9, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Greg Tate
Betty Friedan, 1921-2006 Betty Friedan, 1921-2006
Betty Friedan lived a big life and wrote a big book that helped change our world, in every way, for the better.
Feb 9, 2006 / Column / Katha Pollitt