Coretta Scott King Coretta Scott King
The widows of great men either gracefully retire from history's stage or take their own lonely road. Coretta Scott King had little hesitancy about carrying on her husband's work.
Feb 2, 2006 / Books & the Arts / The Editors
A Warning Bell A Warning Bell
Democrats can capitalize on the current economic stall and gain control of Congress with a return to bedrock principles: creating jobs, restoring incomes and rescuing families from...
Feb 2, 2006 / William Greider
NSA Spying Myths NSA Spying Myths
The Bush Administration has propagated five myths in its current campaign to rationalize its illegal domestic spying program.
Feb 2, 2006 / David Cole
The Hamas Triumph The Hamas Triumph
What if the West responded to Hamas's victory not with sanctions but with a commitment to resume negotiations from where they left off in 2000?
Feb 2, 2006 / Graham Usher
Empire vs. Republic Empire vs. Republic
Instead of Bush's imperial presidency, America needs the vision of Congressional progressives: rapid withdrawal from Iraq, universal healthcare, campaign reform and a shift to rene...
Feb 2, 2006 / Books & the Arts / The Editors
Nothing Funny About These Cartoons Nothing Funny About These Cartoons
Muslims across Europe have taken offense to the Dutch editorial cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed; some countries have boycotted Danish goods and a few are up in arms--litera...
Feb 2, 2006 / Christine Smallwood
Buckley Hearts Osama Buckley Hearts Osama
From the first item of National Review's "The Week" section, 2/13/06: In Osama's latest tape, he touts an obscure left-wing American book and borrows lines from ...
Feb 2, 2006 / Ari Berman
Freedom’s Imperial March Freedom’s Imperial March
The left-liberal blogosphere has been in hyper-drive critiquing Bush's SOTU address since last night. As I'm teaching a class on US empire, I couldn't resist having my students rea...
Feb 2, 2006 / Richard Kim
Heidegger Made Kosher Heidegger Made Kosher
Two new books explore the work of philosophers Emmanuel Levinas and Martin Heidegger.
Feb 2, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Richard Wolin
The End of the Internet? The End of the Internet?
Telephone and cable companies are crafting strategies to transform the free and open Internet to a privately run service that would charge a fee for virtually everything we do onli...
Feb 1, 2006 / Feature / Jeffrey Chester