Anti-Bush in the Afterlife Anti-Bush in the Afterlife
Sally Baron is not alone in the afterlife. The Wisconsin woman whose August, 2003, obituary created a nation sensation with Americans who had come to resent George W. Bush's disr...
Oct 10, 2005 / John Nichols
Sweet Victory: Cintas Workers Win Big Sweet Victory: Cintas Workers Win Big
In 1999 Cintas Corp, the largest uniformrental provider in the country, signed a contract with Hayward,California to become the officiallaunderer of the city's uniforms. As a cond...
Oct 8, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Melting Away Melting Away
Geophysicists are debating whether recent catastrophic storms signal an abrupt climate change that will trigger seasons of permanent icelessness in the Atlantic and return the eart...
Oct 7, 2005 / Feature / Mike Davis
The Killing of Filiberto Ojeda Ríos The Killing of Filiberto Ojeda Ríos
When the FBI hunted down and killed one of its most wanted fugitives in September, outrage over the botched operation may have energized the Puerto Rican independence movement.
Oct 7, 2005 / Feature / Félix Jiménez
Rove Scandal: Karl Returns to the CIA Leak Grand Jury Rove Scandal: Karl Returns to the CIA Leak Grand Jury
Email is flying, cell phones are humming, Blackberries are bursting. All with the news--broken by Associated Press--that Rove asked to testify one mo' time ...
Oct 7, 2005 / David Corn
A Mess of George Bush’s Own Making A Mess of George Bush’s Own Making
It is fair to say that a good many Americans perceive George W. Bush to be a doltish incompetent who does not know the first thing about fighting terrorism. But, whatever the pre...
Oct 6, 2005 / John Nichols
Lessons of Darkness Lessons of Darkness
A History of Violence examines one man's attempt to protect his family from the murderers drifting into his small Indiana town. Good Night, and Good Luck presents a portrait of Sen...
Oct 6, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Rearranging the Furniture Rearranging the Furniture
For prose scholar Viktor Shklovsky, who lived by the code of style and studied its depths, an unhappy love affair can be as much a personal tragedy as a plot device for more writin...
Oct 6, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Elif Batuman
A Hero for Our Time A Hero for Our Time
Critics have been trumpeting Benjamin Kunkel as the voice of his generation. But his first novel, Indecision, about a 28-year-old empty vessel, is little more than an empty vessel...
Oct 6, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Mark Lotto
Why Is Africa Still Poor? Why Is Africa Still Poor?
As Asian countries grow in economic power, Africa lags behind the developed world. Can it ever catch up? Will corruption, geography and disease continue to hold it back?
Oct 6, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Andrew Rice