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July 31, 2006 Issue
The Editors call for a recount in Mexico, Patricia Williams explores the faux community of Facebook and MySpace, Stuart Klawans reviews Pira…
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Editorial
The spreading violence in Lebanon and Gaza demonstrate that the
collective punishment of the Palestinian and Lebanese people is not only inhumane and should be condemned but also l...
The Editors
David "Duff" Dretzin had a big heart, a social conscience and a keen
sense of humor. He will be missed.
The Editors
By casting the decisive vote in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld and other
contentious disputes, Justice Anthony Kennedy plays a crucial role in a
Supreme Court that may soon veer off in ...
David Cole
Citizens, lawyers and constitutional scholars of all political stripes
have reason to be concerned about President Bush's use of "signing
statements," which assert his right to ign...
Mickey Edwards
The latest bloodshed in Gaza and Lebanon demonstrates that there
will be no end of violence until Israel agrees to negotiate with the
democratically elected Palestinian leadership.
The Editors
A recount of disputed ballots in the contested presidential election is
the surest way to strengthen Mexico's fledgling democratic institutions
and forestall potential political an...
The Editors
Column
By saying that the Israel-Lebanon crisis simply represents the "birth pangs of a new Middle East," Condoleezza Rice underscored the Bush Administration's blindness to the disastrou...
Robert Scheer
The targeting of civilians in Gaza and Lebanon summons the image of Picasso's wrenching mural that memorialized innocents
caught in the crossfire.
Nicholas von Hoffman
Bush's boorish comments at the G-8 summit revealed more than his
ignorance of the Mideast: His policies have made the US a helpless
bystander as the entire region burns.
Robert Scheer
After pressure from the local newspaper and the City Council
questioning the use of sweatshop labor to create Pittsburgh Pirates regalia, Major League Baseball seems willing to lis...
Dave Zirin and Derek Tyner
In wartime, you lose the luxury of choosing your allies: The Bush
Administration's attacks on the New York Times are attacks on us
all.
Eric Alterman
The digital environs of Facebook and MySpace are ruled by assortive
principles and the misplaced faith that an actuarial table is any kind
of community--beloved, political or other...
Patricia J. Williams
Letters
Readers write back about Ari Berman's coverage of the Democratic National Committee, Eugene Richards' photojournalism and William Johnson's coverage of the Teamsters.
Our Readers and William Johnson
Feature
As progressive bloggers seek the ouster of Joe Lieberman, they have recruited "Reagan Democrat" Jim Webb to challenge George
Allen in Virginia. What does this say about netroots De...
Ari Melber
Why go to a real college? Enroll in Donald Trump's virtual university
and you'll learn all you need to know for $29 or your money back!
Nicholas von Hoffman
Fighting words from a 98-year-old activist about the power of the
people to demand peace and achieve peace justice in these troubled
times.
Elsie Fox
To some observers, the attacks orchestrated by Sheik Sayed Hassan
Nasrallah that detonated Israel's ruthless assault on Lebanon look
like a death wish--but it's almost impossible t...
Adam Shatz
The United Nations can be a useful tool in settling the current crisis
in Lebanon and Gaza, but only with US support. It is up to President
Bush to get on the phone to Ehud Olmert ...
Ian Williams
One week after bombs ripped through commuter trains in India's financial capital of Mumbai, the carnage has finally been tallied: 182 people killed and 900 injured.
Graham Usher
As Vladimir Putin played host to the G-8 summit, opposition groups from
the right and left staged events that challenged Putin's authority and
paraded their grievances to Western m...
Anna G. Arutunyan
As Lebanon braces for a descent into an all-too-familiar chaos, anger and the quest for comfort have sent people to the streets in search of bread and someone to blame. Ann...
Annia Ciezadlo
As the Bush Administration continues to exercise an inordinate amount of
power, will the Supreme Court's Hamdan v. Rumsfeld ruling become
a guidepost for future government o...
Aziz Huq
Katha Pollitt answers questions about feminism, politics and her new book, Virginity or Death! And Other Pressing Social Issues of Our Times.
Emily Amick
As leaders of the world's richest nations gather in St. Petersburg to craft a global energy security strategy, they're poised to endorse a major expansion of nuclear power. Bad ide...
Mark Hertsgaard
The crises faced by Bush signal not only the errors of his
Administration but the end of imperialism itself--and the emergence of
new, more dangerous forces.
Michael Hardt
In the ultimate swing district of the ultimate swing state, Patricia
Madrid is trying to unseat New Mexico Representative "Leather" Heather
Wilson. Is her Mountain State liberalism...
Marc Cooper
Is Former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin's new "conceptual
framework" of economic reform an acknowledgment of neoliberalism's
failures or simply a repackaged version of Clintono...
William Greider
The Yearly Kos Convention revealed a blogosphere whose media critique
is hampered by its political ambitions. Why can't progressives repair
the press, not dismantle it?
Lakshmi Chaudhry
In the Bush era, the green movement has become a paper tiger. It must
regroup, reframe and reach out across the lines of race and class that
have kept environmental issues at the p...
Mark Hertsgaard
The former Treasury Secretary speaks candidly on the inherent
inequities of globalization and the political, social and economic
challenges that lie ahead.
William Greider
Books & the Arts
Fighting words from a 98-year-old activist about the power of the
people to demand peace and achieve peace justice in these troubled
times.
Elsie Fox
The targeting of civilians in Gaza and Lebanon summons the image of Picasso's wrenching mural that memorialized innocents
caught in the crossfire.
Nicholas von Hoffman
Katha Pollitt answers questions about feminism, politics and her new book, Virginity or Death! And Other Pressing Social Issues of Our Times.
Emily Amick
Reviews of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest,
Edmond, The Motel, Gabrielle, Time to Leave
and The Blood of My Brother.
Stuart Klawans
Stick Out Your Tongue.
By Ma Jian. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 93 pp. $16.
Christine Smallwood and Katherine Ryder
Two new histories of British imperial rule in India take the narrow
view. In fact, the scandal of empire can be isolated neither to Europe
nor to the past.
Linda Colley
International law offers protection to the oppressed. In Are Women
Human?, feminist legal scholar Catharine A. MacKinnon exposes the
hypocrisy of not extending the same pr...
Martha C. Nussbaum
The crises faced by Bush signal not only the errors of his
Administration but the end of imperialism itself--and the emergence of
new, more dangerous forces.
Michael Hardt
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