The Aiken Solution Lives! The Aiken Solution Lives!
The recent Senate roll call was a decisive rebuke to our warrior President and one that will be understood eventually as having pivotal meaning.
Oct 21, 2003 / Feature / William Greider
Refusing to Write the Blank Check Refusing to Write the Blank Check
In 1965, when President Lyndon Johnson sought a major supplemental appropriation to fund the rapidly expanding US presence in Vietnam, ten members of Congress said "no." The group...
Oct 18, 2003 / John Nichols
The MTA, Bus Depots and Race The MTA, Bus Depots and Race
Bus depots are one of many environmental culprits that contribute to health problems in poor communities of color.
Oct 17, 2003 / Feature / Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow
Tear Down the Wall Tear Down the Wall
Pandering of the highest sort was on display last Friday, as President Bush announced that his Administration will "target" Americans who visit Cuba in violation of US laws. I...
Oct 17, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Man’s Best Friend Man’s Best Friend
As Stevie Smith once wrote, while impersonating God, "I will forgive you everything,/But what you have done to my Dogs/I will not forgive." About Dan Rhodes's novel Timoleon Vi...
Oct 16, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Caleb Crain
Being and Nothingness Being and Nothingness
John Coetzee's new book reads like a suicide note.
Oct 16, 2003 / Books & the Arts / John Banville
The One-State Solution The One-State Solution
Is Zionism a failed ideology? This question will strike many people as absurd on its face.
Oct 16, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Lazare
Needed: A Rural Strategy Needed: A Rural Strategy
Democrats can win the farm and small-town vote--if they pay serious attention.
Oct 16, 2003 / Feature / John Nichols
A High-Level Food Fight A High-Level Food Fight
The so-called clash of civilizations is not limited to militant Islam against superpower Christianity, nor to wealthy nations opposed by a multitude of poor ones.
Oct 16, 2003 / Feature / William Greider