Blair Takes a Hit–Bush Next? Blair Takes a Hit–Bush Next?
Forget about the economy. Forget about the environment. Forget about the mess that he has made of US relations with the rest of the world. The issue that is on George W. Bush's m...
Sep 19, 2003 / John Nichols
Material Mom Material Mom
"I want to do everything," Madonna said recently. I thought she was talking about positions. (I was a keen reader of her X-rated 1992 book of photography, Sex.) My twelve year ol...
Sep 19, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A Kinder, Gentler Fundamentalism A Kinder, Gentler Fundamentalism
In his 1998 book, One Nation, After All, Alan Wolfe chided liberals for their misapprehensions about the political attitudes of ordinary Americans.
Sep 18, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Michael Massing
Shooting Wars Shooting Wars
In her new book, Regarding the Pain of Others, Susan Sontag's focus is upon theaters of war and the way in which photographers have interpreted their role in the production of ...
Sep 18, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Peter Wollen
She’s Gotta Have It She’s Gotta Have It
In his 1997 song "Highlands," Bob Dylan reports a conversation between himself and a waitress. "She says, You don't read women authors, do you?/...
Sep 18, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Claire Dederer
Dean-a-Palooza Dean-a-Palooza
Politics as usual on the front-runner's tour.
Sep 18, 2003 / Feature / Matt Taibbi
Stretched Thin, Lied to & Mistreated Stretched Thin, Lied to & Mistreated
On the ground with US troops in Iraq.
Sep 18, 2003 / Feature / Christian Parenti
9/11/01: Where Was George? 9/11/01: Where Was George?
September 11 is often said to be the defining moment in the Bush presidency, even of modern history.
Sep 18, 2003 / Column / Eric Alterman
Governor Groper? Governor Groper?
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Sep 18, 2003 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Letter From Ground Zero Letter From Ground Zero
Read special extracts from Jonathan Schell's new book, The Unconquerable World: Power, Nonviolence, and The Will of the People.
Sep 18, 2003 / Jonathan Schell