Marrying Absurd: The Bush Administration’s attempts to encourage marriage Marrying Absurd: The Bush Administration’s attempts to encourage marriage
The Bush Administration's attempts to encourage marriage.
Mar 6, 2007 / The Nation
R.I.P., Anna Nicole R.I.P., Anna Nicole
At times, the right and the left share a school-marmish attitude toward pop culture and the people who enjoy it. (You know, those benighted fools who make up most of the world's p...
Mar 5, 2007 / The Nation
Home From the Wars–and Homeless Home From the Wars–and Homeless
Homeless Veterans In the Washington Post today, following on the Post's extraordinary series about Walter Reed Army Medical Center, reporter Christian Davenport takes an importan...
Mar 5, 2007 / The Nation
The One in Four War The One in Four War
General David Petraeus, the top US commander in Iraq, is widely viewed as the architect behind a "surge" of 21,500 troops. But even Petraeus believes that the Bush Administration'...
Mar 5, 2007 / The Nation
Human Rights, Democracy, the US, and Syria Human Rights, Democracy, the US, and Syria
I spent a few days in Damascus at the end of February, and was able to get a ground reality view of the effects of the Bush administration's (former) campaign for the forced 'demo...
Mar 5, 2007 / The Nation
Faggot Feud Faggot Feud
So Ann Coulter called John Edwards a "faggot." All this proves is that the woman's gaydar is seriously on the fritz. Last year she diagnosed Bill Clinton as a "latent homosexual" ...
Mar 3, 2007 / The Nation
Black Snake Groan Black Snake Groan
I saw Hustle and Flow, and while I liked, even admired, parts of the film, I could never get over the fact that the movie seemed to simply refuse to interrogate or grapple with it...
Mar 2, 2007 / The Nation
Will Blood Run in the Gutters (of the Iraq Memoirs)? Will Blood Run in the Gutters (of the Iraq Memoirs)?
In recent days, we've have two reports on timing, when it comes to the future of the President's "surge" plan for Baghdad. According to Richard A. Oppel of the New York Times, "T...
Mar 2, 2007 / The Nation
Autism on Campus: The Other Diversity Autism on Campus: The Other Diversity
Personal Voice: "I spent my days as tense as a hunted animal, fearing the scornful gazes of students who shunned me like they would a person who'd committed a heinous crime."
Mar 2, 2007 / The Nation
Notes on Activism and Loyalty Notes on Activism and Loyalty
Writer, activist, and recording artist Marisa Handler discusses her new book, her new album and why the road less traveled often leads to activism.
Mar 2, 2007 / The Nation