Spielberg’s Munich: A Post-9/11 Cautionary Tale? Spielberg’s Munich: A Post-9/11 Cautionary Tale?
Should Stephen Spielberg be preparing himself for crucifixion? Last night I attended a screening of his new film, Munich, which is soon to open. It's...
Dec 15, 2005 / David Corn
A Year of Sweet Victories A Year of Sweet Victories
Among the sweetest victories of 2005: Social Security reform has been blocked, pressure to withdraw from Iraq is growing and progressive activists are making progress on local, sta...
Dec 15, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel and Sam Graham-Felsen
Conrad Black’s Fall Conrad Black’s Fall
Reading Patrick Fitzgerald's sixty-page indictment of publishing magnate Conrad Black and his associates, one gets the feeling that the next stop for this high-living power-broker ...
Dec 15, 2005 / Scott Sherman
The Ney Scandal Grows The Ney Scandal Grows
As Justice Department investigators follow the cash flow from lobbyist Jack Abramoff's influence-peddling scandal, the evidence mounts against Ohio Republican Congressman Bob Ney. ...
Dec 15, 2005 / Ari Berman
Gene McCarthy Gene McCarthy
Eugene McCarthy was a pure original, a great and good man, whose fundamental historical achievement was to be the standard-bearer for a moral and philosophical campaign against the...
Dec 15, 2005 / Books & the Arts / George McGovern
New Orleans Blues New Orleans Blues
If New Orleans is to reclaim its greatness, the scope of the solution must match the scope of the problem. The city could become the nation's classroom by re-engineering levees, re...
Dec 15, 2005 / The Editors
The War and the Elections The War and the Elections
The Iraq debate will be a central issue of the 2006 Congressional elections, and there is reason to believe antiwar candidates will prevail. The first step in that process is to en...
Dec 15, 2005 / The Editors
Another 9/11? Never Mind… Another 9/11? Never Mind…
The 9/11 Commission's startling follow-up report that savages the Bush Administration's inadequate efforts to protect the country from terrorism was met by the media with a collect...
Dec 15, 2005 / Column / Eric Alterman
Pentagon Secretly Paid to Place Articles In Iraqi Newspapers: Another Lesson in Democracy Pentagon Secretly Paid to Place Articles In Iraqi Newspapers: Another Lesson in Democracy
This just in: The Pentagon offers yet another lesson in democracy. Just don't look for any bylines.
Dec 15, 2005 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Fear and Laughing in Las Vegas Fear and Laughing in Las Vegas
Lenny Bruce was a lone voice at a time when irreverent comedy could land him in jail on obscenity charges. But the spirit of Lenny Bruce hovered over the first annual Comedy Festiv...
Dec 15, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Paul Krassner