John Roberts Meets the Senate John Roberts Meets the Senate
When Senator Arlen Specter, the Republican chairman of the judiciary committee, opened the confirmation hearings for John Roberts Jr., George W. Bush's nomi...
Sep 12, 2005 / David Corn
Contributing to Hurricane Katrina Relief Contributing to Hurricane Katrina Relief
Yesterday's New York Times's Sunday Styles section had a story about those of us called Katrina, and how we are handling the fact that we share a name with a Hurricane which has c...
Sep 12, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Hurricane Halliburton Hurricane Halliburton
Having finished the search for a luxury vacation home on the eastern shore of Maryland – which preoccupied him during the critical initial days of what is being called the worst...
Sep 11, 2005 / John Nichols
New Orleans: Voices in the Storm New Orleans: Voices in the Storm
The chronicle of an unfolding catastrophe, as told by the victims of Hurricane Katrina, the bureaucrats, the rescuers, the journalists and the politicians.
Sep 9, 2005 / The Editors
A Continent for the Taking A Continent for the Taking
What to make of The Constant Gardener, a movie focused on Europeans set in Africa, the return of Terry Gilliam and the New York City-set Keane?
Sep 8, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Love and Betrayal in Colonial Africa Love and Betrayal in Colonial Africa
Abdulrazak Gurnah's seventh book, Desertion, revisits the theme of exile and expands it to relationships---between lovers, between families, between countries.
Sep 8, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Laila Lalami
Robert Kaplan: Empire Without Apologies Robert Kaplan: Empire Without Apologies
In his new book, Robert Kaplan proposes that the antidote to anarchy is empire, policed by soldiers holding an assault rifle in one hand and candy bars in the other.
Sep 8, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Andrew J. Bacevich
Desert Storm Desert Storm
This might be a good time for the Bush Administration to step up its reading on Saudi Arabia, starting with these three books.
Sep 8, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Milton Viorst
The Patriot Act on Trial The Patriot Act on Trial
We won the cold war without throwing out the right of Americans to be secure in their homes, without throwing out the Fourth Amendment.
Sep 8, 2005 / Feature / David Sarasohn
Memorial Chauvinism Memorial Chauvinism
The controversy over the World Trade Center cultural institutions is one more episode in a long, often bitter dispute over how 9/11 should be remembered and understood.
Sep 8, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Alisa Solomon