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December 3, 2007 Issue

The Editors on Norman Mailer, David Cole on a wayward prosecution, Brian Morton on Roscoe Mitchell.

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Editorial

Luxury Grub

What's so great about designer chocolate if it's infested with cockroach droppings? As the economic widens, rich and poor still occupy the same food chain.

Barbara Ehrenreich

What to Do About Campaign Finance Loopholes

Political reporters are fixated on the candidates' endless money chase and the expected flood of corporate funds into shadow campaigns. But they have forgotten why we care.

Deborah Goldberg

Norman Mailer

Ave atque vale, Aquarius.

The Editors

Noted.

Norman Lear on the WGA picket line, sex and teen delinquency, and the power of Pakistani attorneys.

The Editors

Carter Speaks His Mind

A conversation with the former President on Jonathan Demme's new film, Jimmy Carter Man From Plains, and the difficulty of talking about Israel and Palestine.

John Nichols

Justice Delayed

The government's case against Khader Hamide and Michel Shehadeh is closed. But did the US government learn anything about its wayward two-decade prosecution of Palestinian activi...

David Cole

Crisis as Opportunity

The softening economy, foreclosures, bank write-offs, the swooning dollar and stock market are intruding on the politics of 2008. Do the candidates have a clue?

The Editors

Column

Cheering for Ron Paul

It takes a libertarian Republican to shame Democrats into acknowledging the true cost of this war for ordinary Americans.

Robert Scheer

The Atheist’s Dilemma

Atheists versus imams? Can't we have more choices?

Katha Pollitt

Comix Nation

Selçuk Demirel

In Transports of Horror and Delight

On airports Heathrow and De Gaulle, bicycles and trains.

Alexander Cockburn

Pat Robertson, Protector of Traditional Family Values, Endorses Rudy Giuliani, a Serial Adulterer…

Calvin Trillin

Letters

BATS MALIGNED...

Athens, Ohio

Our Readers

Feature

Israel Turns its Back on Sudanese Refugees

Abandoning Israel's longstanding commitment to those fleeing persecution, the Olmert government is deporting refugees back to Sudan, where they may face torture and death.

Ben Lynfield

As the World Burns

Uncomfortable questions nobody wants to raise about the worldwide drought.

Tom Engelhardt

Confronting the Global Timber Barons

From a church in a rugged rural parish in Honduras, Father Andres Tamayo leads a grassroots movement to protect dwindling timberlands. Bills introduced in the US Congress might hel...

James North

Gay Muslims Unveiled in ‘Jihad for Love’

Parvez Sharma's new documentary chronicles the experiences of gay and lesbian Muslims in seven countries, as they struggle to align their sexuality with their religion.

Rashi Kesarwani

Old McDonald Had a Farm…and He Got Arrested?

As consumers increasingly seek out farmers who raise organic and unpasteurized food, suddenly energized regulators claim they want to "protect" us from pathogens and other dangers....

David E. Gumpert

Insecurity Cameras

The more sophisticated security technology becomes in our nation's cities, the more reason privacy activists have to be alarmed.

William Pentland

Trappings of Democracy in Pakistan

As hopes fade for the rule of law in Pakistan, the Bush Administration signals it will settle for just the trappings of democracy. People are braced for disaster.

Graham Usher

Climate Change Power Shift

Thousands of students came together to infuse the largest citizen conference ever to address climate change with energy, enthusiasm and a new vision for the future.

Anya Kamenetz

Blackwater’s Brothers

A deepening conflict-of-interest scandal envelops the Krongard brothers--Howard, a State Department official overseeing Blackwater contracts, and his brother Alvin, who has long be...

Jeremy Scahill

Uri Avnery, the Optimist

To those who follow the Israeli-Palestinian conflict closely, the prospects for a two-state solution have never seemed dimmer. So why does veteran peacenik Uri Avnery remain so hop...

Eyal Press

Will the Real Generation Obama Please Stand Up?

The cranky, quirky and sometimes progressive politics practiced by a generation once considered slackers could be a deciding factor in this presidential election.

Lakshmi Chaudhry