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January 4, 2010 Issue

Calvin Trillin on Blackwater, Alexander Cockburn on the moral high ground on climate change, and a poem by Marina Tsvetaeva…

Cover art by: Cover image: Europe after a 75 meter rise in sea level; design by Gene Case & Stephen Kling/Avenging Angels, based on a map by Dave Pape/State University of New York, Buffalo

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Editorial

Caged Tiger

The teachable moment of the Tiger Woods circus: if you front for the worst, don't expect anyone to have your back.

Dave Zirin

Peace and War in Oslo

Obama's Nobel speech offered a distorted view of America's role in the world and a shallow understanding of just war.

David Cortright

A Planetary Movement

The Copenhagen summit has witnessed the coming of age of a genuine, global and muscular mass movement on behalf of climate action.

Mark Hertsgaard

Gaming Healthcare

Dropping the public option and Medicare expansion means breaking the promise of health reform: better care at lower cost.

The Editors

Noted.

John Nicholson Houston's new lesbian mayor, Jon Wiener on Howard Zinn's The People Speak, Ari Berman on Editor & Publisher closing its doors

The Editors

Ten Things for the Holidays

One lesson we've learned from the economic crisis is that it's even more crucial during the holiday season to give more meaningfully.

The Nation

Column

Demonizing Dean Won’t Absolve This Healthcare Sham

Howard Dean was roundly condemned for casting aspersions on what even many of its more ardent supporters admit is an obviously flawed bill.

Robert Scheer

The Courage to Say No

The G-8 powers are willing to do just about anything to get a deal in Copenhagen. But the urgency doesn't come from a desire to stop climate change.

Naomi Klein

Time to Get Out Those Checkbooks

Economists agree: Christmas presents are a waste of money. Give to these worthy charities instead.

Katha Pollitt

From Nicaea to Copenhagen

The leaked "Climategate" e-mails undermine climate activists' claim to the moral high ground.

Alexander Cockburn

Blackwater, Blackwater

Calvin Trillin

Letters

Adieu, Swank Filer!
Pullman, Wash.

Our Readers

Feature

Swapping Politics for Science on Drug Policy

President Obama has lifted the twenty-year ban on federal funding of needle exchanges. But if he wants to promote public health--over politics--on substance abuse, there are plenty...

Beth Schwartzapfel

Earth: Too Big to Fail?

It's dumb machines, not the smart ones of Terminator 2, that could do us in.

Rebecca Solnit

In Copenhagen, a New World Order on Display

Fundamental new global realities have been obscured by the frenzy to declare winners and losers.

Barbara Crossette

Taxpayers Lose in Citi’s Payback Plan

Taxpayers are getting a raw deal in Citigroup's plan to repay its bailout funds. But you would never know it from reading the news.

Zach Carter

Obama’s Copenhagen Deal

How the deal at the Copenhagen climate change summit came about--and why it may not be a real deal.

David Corn and Kate Sheppard

The Gaza I Know

Later this month thousands of international solidarity activists will take part in the Gaza Freedom March to end Israel's blockade. They deserve your support.

Nancy Murray

US Army Depends on Afghan Security Firm for Protection

Escalation in Afghanistan means a surge in contractors, which means that thousands more Afghans will be hired to work at US bases, guard US installations and participate in US trai...

Jeremy Scahill

ICE Agents’ Ruse Operations

ICE agents regularly impersonate civilians--OSHA inspectors, insurance agents, religious workers--in order to arrest longtime US residents who have no criminal history.

Jacqueline Stevens