The Ice Age Has Ended The Ice Age Has Ended
"The ice age has ended in Washington," writes Tom Hayden. In the last twenty four hours, the momentum in Congress has shifted. "It's a flawed policy wrapped in an illusion" is how...
Nov 18, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Break Up Cheney’s Cabal Break Up Cheney’s Cabal
If the United States is to extricate itself from the Iraq debacle, the first step is to break up the cabal of Bush Administration officials who have led the nation to war.
Nov 18, 2005 / Feature / Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith
Cheney Picks a Fight With a Marine Cheney Picks a Fight With a Marine
When Dick Cheney, a Wyoming congressman who had never served in the military and who had failed during his political career to gain much respect from those who wore the uniform he...
Nov 18, 2005 / John Nichols
Scooter Libby’s Doomed Defense Scooter Libby’s Doomed Defense
Capitalizing on Bob Woodward's revelation that he was one of the first to learn about Valerie Plame's CIA status, Scooter Libby's legal team hopes that will get their client off th...
Nov 18, 2005 / Feature / Elizabeth de la Vega
Who Was Woodward’s Source? Who Was Woodward’s Source?
This week, Bob Woodward didn't break a story. He entered the story. On Wednesday, The Washington Post, Woodward's home base, disclosed that two days ...
Nov 18, 2005 / David Corn
Woodward Enters–Not Breaks–the Story Woodward Enters–Not Breaks–the Story
This week, Bob Woodward didn't break a story. He entered the story. On Wednesday, The Washington Post, Woodward's home base, disclosed that two days ...
Nov 18, 2005 / David Corn
Letters Letters
THE MAORI STILL FIGHT FOR JUSTICE Somerville, Mass.
Nov 17, 2005 / Arthur C. Danto, Our Readers, Anatol Lieven, and Russell Jacoby
Succès de Scandale Succès de Scandale
American readers have long felt guilty about loving Lolita. As Vladimir Nabokov's nymphet heroine turns 50, Lila Azam Zanganeh traces the impact of a novel that has become both an ...
Nov 17, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Lila Azam Zanganeh
The Tower of Babel The Tower of Babel
Jerome Charyn's Savage Shorthand: The Life and Death of Isaac Babel examines the life the revolutionary idealist murdered by Stalin in 1940 and explodes the literary myths that hav...
Nov 17, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Lee Siegel
The Dying Animal The Dying Animal
Gabriel García Márquez's new novella begins as an autobiography, but the passion-filled story of an old man, mad with love and clinging to life, weaves Marquez's othe...
Nov 17, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Michael Wood