Antiwar Events Coast to Coast Antiwar Events Coast to Coast
Yesterday we featured the peace concert being planned by Nation reader and bassist Brandon Kwiatek in Allentown, Pennsylvania on March 19, which will conclude a series of antiwar ...
Mar 3, 2005 / Peter Rothberg
Rock the Casbah Rock the Casbah
What might it mean to call a film indispensable? Perhaps not much. At base level, we'd merely be asserting that other films (maybe the vast majority) are candidates for the garba...
Mar 3, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
American Graffiti American Graffiti
In the works that made him famous, Jasper Johns realized an ancient dream by painting things that overcame the distinction between reality and representation--numerals, for examp...
Mar 3, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto
The Man Who Wasn’t There The Man Who Wasn’t There
Christopher Marlowe's life was short, sharp and irresistible.
Mar 3, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Swift
The Outsider The Outsider
Write-in candidate Donna Frye was the moral winner in San Diego's mayoral race.
Mar 3, 2005 / Feature / Abby Aguirre
Porto Alegre Postcard Porto Alegre Postcard
This year's World Social Forum gave culture its due--and reaped the rewards.
Mar 3, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Alisa Solomon
Going Nowhere Going Nowhere
In May 2003 the centrist Democratic Leadership Council published its yearly list of "100 New Democrats to Watch." The DLC frequently puts out these lists as a way to publicly sol...
Mar 3, 2005 / Feature / Ari Berman
The Cheese Stands Alone The Cheese Stands Alone
Beijing Plus 10, the follow-up on the momentous 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, is opening at the United Nations as I write, and like other UN gatherings since ...
Mar 3, 2005 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Dr. Arnold’s Diet: Take a Steroid, Kick a Woman Dr. Arnold’s Diet: Take a Steroid, Kick a Woman
Back in the early 1990s, the right-wing taste of the year was Newt Gingrich. He led the Republican sweep into Congress in the 1994 midterm elections.
Mar 3, 2005 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Letter From Ground Zero Letter From Ground Zero
One of the most difficult things to judge in the world today is the extent of American power.
Mar 3, 2005 / Jonathan Schell