Ricky Williams Dreams of Canada Ricky Williams Dreams of Canada
Former Heisman trophy winner and ganja-smoking peacenik Ricky Williams is contemplating the sweet life in the Canadian Football League. Here's hoping he finds it.
May 26, 2006 / Feature / Dave Zirin
Sorel’s People Sorel’s People
In Literary Lives, caricaturist Edward Sorel tells all and then some about giants like Yeats, Proust, Hellman and Jung within the humble frame of a comic strip.
May 26, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Richard Lingeman
Suffering in Haditha Suffering in Haditha
Just over a week ago, Rep. John Murtha stated that a military investigation will confirm that over a dozen Iraqi civilians were murdered in Haditha by U.S.Marines. Today, a New Y...
May 26, 2006 / The Nation
Big Brother Bugs Portland Big Brother Bugs Portland
Why does the FBI find it necessary to spy on Portand's City Council?
May 26, 2006 / Feature / Simon Maxwell Apter
Bush and Blair’s Joint (Defense) Press Conference Bush and Blair’s Joint (Defense) Press Conference
On Thursday night, George W. Bush and Tony Blair conducted a joint press briefing--which was a joint defense of their decision to invade Iraq. It seemed lik...
May 26, 2006 / David Corn
What Do Laura and Barbara Bush Know About AIDS? What Do Laura and Barbara Bush Know About AIDS?
This week the UN will hold a high level meeting on AIDS to review what -- if any -- progress has been made since the UN General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS (UNGASS) in 20...
May 25, 2006 / The Nation
Rise and Fall of the Enron Boys Rise and Fall of the Enron Boys
Normally, I am a "bleeding heart" when it comes to long prison terms,but an appropriate sentence for the Enron boys might be six trillion years. Kenneth Lay with hismillion-dollar...
May 25, 2006 / The Nation
Colombia’s Deep Divide Colombia’s Deep Divide
Colombia's subtly demagogic President Uribe gained the advantage in the upcoming election by leveraging the strength of anti-left paramilitaries, drug trafficking and a culture of ...
May 25, 2006 / Feature / Christian Parenti
Cindy Sheehan: Mother of a Movement? Cindy Sheehan: Mother of a Movement?
Cindy Sheehan is more a symbol of the peace movement than its leader, a unifying force who seeks to bridge divisions among those who seek an end to war.
May 25, 2006 / Feature / Karen Houppert
Ken Lay–Guilty. George Bush–Guilty. Ken Lay–Guilty. George Bush–Guilty.
The man who paid many of the biggest bills for George Bush's political ascent, Enron founder Kenneth Lay, has been found guilty of conspiracy and fraud almost five years after his...
May 25, 2006 / John Nichols