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February 19, 2007 Issue
Herbert Mitgang on Bush’s legacy, Stephen Gillers on censorship, Alexander Cockburn on whether Congress can stop the war.
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Editorial
We're happy to announce the addition of three new members to our
editorial board:
The Editors
More proof that Bush has been the most dangerous President in American history.
Herbert Mitgang
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is using immigration control measures to retaliate against undocumented workers who stand up for their rights.
David Bacon
Thanks to the efforts of the peace movement and a significant shift in public opinion, we can stop this war. But it's not going to be easy.
Liza Featherstone
Jim Webb's blunt talk on populist economics challenges Democrats to craft a 2008 strategy that allows all Americans to share the wealth.
The Editors
Friends of The Nation pay tribute to warmest-hearted populist ever to pick up a pen, who wrote with passion, humor and unbridled joy.
The Nation
Column
Bush's military budget has less to do with running the country than with rewarding his pals and paying off his political debts.
Robert Scheer
China is losing its taste for lending the United States money that finances our wars, props up our dollar and shores up our credit.
Nicholas von Hoffman
The people don't like the war, but it will go on as long as there is money to fund it.
Alexander Cockburn
Feature
In the world's increasingly crowded cities, personal space is shrinking--and so are options for personal happiness.
Andrew Lam
Low-wage workers in hotels near Los Angeles International Airport are the latest to benefit from the city's living-wage law, riding a wave of considerable political momentum.
Peter Dreier
The time has come to clear the records of two women convicted of obscenity for publishing excerpts from Joyce's Ulysses.
Stephen Gillers
David Axelrod, Barack Obama's closest political adviser, is applying the lessons he learned from Chicago's ugly racialized politics.
Chris Hayes
In Egypt, bloggers have cracked into a tightly sealed state monopoly on information dissemination.
Negar Azimi
Books & the Arts
Rhetorical acts of defiance define the work of three contemporary Palestinian poets.
John Palattella
words have been used up
chewed up like gum
by lovely young mouths
have been turned into white
balloons bubbles
Tadeusz Rózewicz
In a book-length essay on the novel, Milan Kundera foresees the curtain of literary history drawing to a close.
William Deresiewicz
William Empson's writing shaped modern criticism. A new biography restores him to his proper eminence.
Stefan Collini
The time has come to clear the records of two women convicted of obscenity for publishing excerpts from Joyce's Ulysses.
Stephen Gillers
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