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April 24, 2006 Issue

Dan Wakefield searches for progressive religious leaders to fill William Sloan Coffin’s shoes, Alexander Cockburn writes that the peac…

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Editorial

20,000,000 Chávez Fans Can’t Be Wrong

Joe Wezorek

Where’s ‘Real Security’?

Instead of parroting the Republicans' "tough" approach to national security, Democratic candidates should distinguish themselves from the Bush Administration by, for starters, sett...

William D. Hartung

What DeLay Left Behind

To repair the damage Tom DeLay left in his wake, the November elections must be a referendum on the political machine he created, which continues to drive this Congress.

John Nichols

‘The Lobby’

The recent furor over a scholarly article suggesting that the "Israel lobby" drives US Mideast policy presents an opportunity for vigorous open debate on a volatile subject.

The Editors

Immigrants and Us

Progressives should join forces with immigrant advocates to create a broad social movement placing the rights of immigrants at the heart of a struggle for economic justice.

The Editors

Column

Now Powell Tells Us

The former Secretary of State says he and his department's top experts never believed that Iraq posed an imminent nuclear threat, but this made little difference to President Bush.

Robert Scheer

Rabbit’s Revenge

Time-honored traditions of Christianity are being challenged by scientists and scholars questioning the motives of Jesus, Judas and the power of prayer.

Nicholas von Hoffman

They Should Have Hissed Barack Obama

The war is coming home, in the form of people dreadfully wounded in body and spirit. Yet Democratic candidates aren't too worried about their hawkish stance, because the peace move...

Alexander Cockburn

A Considered Jurisprudential Analysis of the Guilty Plea by Yet Another Former Aide to Tom DeLay and DeLay’s Resignation Announcement Three Days Later

Calvin Trillin

Letters

PHOTO NATION DEBUT

Harpswell, Me.

Kim Phillips-Fein and Our Readers

Feature

The Gospel of Scooter

A political nightmare, with a scriptural spin, tells the true story of two nefarious lords and their faithful servant.

Richard Lingeman

A Conversation With Dan Wakefield

Dan Wakefield talks about his new book, The Hijacking of Jesus, and his optimism about the growing power of the religious left.

Eric Stoner

The Nino Scalia Guide to Sicilian Hand Gestures

It can now be revealed that Justice Antonin Scalia has compiled his own secret list of Sicilian hand gestures expressing subtle jurisprudential points.

Garrett Epps

Letter From Baghdad: The Growing Sectarian Divide

Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army now confronts both the US Army and the Sunni insurgents.

David Enders

The World According to Karen Finley

Performance artist Karen Finley answers questions about politics, satire and her new book, a fantasy affair between George W. Bush and Martha Stewart.

Bryan Farrell

Bringing God Into It

The secular left consistently disarms itself of what could be its most powerful weapon against the religious right: a spiritual vision of the world.

Rabbi Michael Lerner

Looking for Salvation in All the Wrong Places

Progressive religious leaders should be sensitive to the danger that unexamined God-based public policy presents, whether it comes from the right or the left.

Frances Kissling