Articles

Activist and author Dorothy Canfield Fisher at her desk.

A Christmas Amnesty A Christmas Amnesty

This article, from the December 14, 1946, issue of The Nation, is a special selection from The Nation’s Digital Archive.

Dec 21, 2004 / Feature / Dorothy Canfield Fisher

The GOP’s Sabotage of Social Security The GOP’s Sabotage of Social Security

The President considers my longevity a grave threat to the nation.

Dec 21, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer

All Hat, No Cattle All Hat, No Cattle

In a decision that was as unsurprising as it was shallow, Time magazine picked George W. Bush as its Person of the Year for the amazing feat of winning reelection as an incumbent ...

Dec 20, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

An Unlawful Dentention An Unlawful Dentention

Way off the world's radar and in continued violation of international human-rights law, on September 22 the Vietnamese Government abruptly transferred political dissident Dr. Nguy...

Dec 17, 2004 / Peter Rothberg

Howard’s End Howard’s End

Martin Scorsese's The Aviator overlays three legends, all of them made of celluloid.

Dec 16, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Versed in Adventure Versed in Adventure

Few modern poets served so long an apprenticeship as Basil Bunting, none had so adventurous a life and few poets' lives have produced such lasting rewards.

Dec 16, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Burt

An Arab Surrealist An Arab Surrealist

The Springs of Adonis (now also known as the River Ibrahim) run through the Byblos region of Lebanon down through steep gorges to the Mediterranean.

Dec 16, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Robert Irwin

The Literary World System The Literary World System

What are you doing? I mean, right now. You're reading a book review.

Dec 16, 2004 / Books & the Arts / William Deresiewicz

Debunking ‘Centrism’ Debunking ‘Centrism’

It's what corporations want, not the public.

Dec 16, 2004 / Feature / David Sirota

Goodbye to All That? Goodbye to All That?

On European anti-Semitism, old and new.

Dec 16, 2004 / Feature / Tony Judt

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