Nation Notes Nation Notes
We're happy to welcome to the masthead two contributing writers whose beats will include media, politics and in particular ideas and intellectual debates.
Mar 4, 2004 / The Nation
George W. Bush Speaks Out on Gay Marriage George W. Bush Speaks Out on Gay Marriage
He backs an amendment defining the vow Of marriage as being a guy and his frau, Lest civilization sink into a slough-- Which he says could happen. It isn't clear how.
Mar 4, 2004 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Britain’s Secret Sharers Britain’s Secret Sharers
Barely a month ago Prime Minister Tony Blair looked unstoppable. He'd survived, narrowly, a revolt within his own party over plans to allow universities to charge higher tuition ...
Mar 4, 2004 / Maria Margaronis and D.D. Guttenplan
Greenspan’s Con Job Greenspan’s Con Job
It is not exactly that he lies, but Alan Greenspan certainly ranks among the most duplicitous figures to serve in modern American government.
Mar 4, 2004 / William Greider
Coup in Haiti Coup in Haiti
For those who know Haitian history, this has been a time of eerie, unhappy déjà vu.
Mar 4, 2004 / Amy Wilentz
Kerry’s Challenge Kerry’s Challenge
The John Kerry who won nine of ten Super Tuesday states, and with those victories Democratic nominee-in-waiting status, was not the John Kerry who officially launched his preside...
Mar 4, 2004 / John Nichols
Kulturkampf, 2004 Kulturkampf, 2004
On pages 11 and 14 of this issue Tom Hayden and Carol Burke recall the culture wars of the Vietnam era, which live on in the odd, enduring hatred of Jane Fonda by conservative ve...
Mar 4, 2004 / The Editors
Raw Material Raw Material
Since Miles Davis died on September 28, 1991, the merchandising machine has been in overdrive, pushing repackaged classics (Kind of Blue, Sketches of Spain), niche compilations a...
Mar 4, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Brian Morton
And the Winner Is…. Schwarzenegger, Again And the Winner Is…. Schwarzenegger, Again
Thanks to the front-loaded primary process handcrafted by their party chairman, Terry McAuliffe, the millions of California's Democratic voters were reduced to ratifying an elect...
Mar 3, 2004 / Feature / Marc Cooper