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March 19, 2007 Issue
The Editors consider the downside of early primaries, Alexander Cockburn looks at the persecution of Sami Al-Arian, Maria Margaronis reviews…
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Editorial
No matter what you think of The New Republic's politics, the public sphere will suffer if the magazine becomes homogenized by its new corporate owner.
Clint Hendler
It's now up to the Supreme Court or the Democratic Congress to overturn the Military Commissions Act and restore our right to habeas corpus.
David Cole
This should be a time for vision and bold ideas, yet caution is the order of the day--and activist voters are demanding more.
Robert L. Borosage
Instead of front-loading political races with early primaries, we need a rotating calendar of regional primaries.
The Editors
Column
Thank you, Ann Coulter, for reviving the principled but media-neglected presidential candidacy of John Edwards.
Robert Scheer
Why should the Vice President have a national security adviser to begin with?
Nicholas von Hoffman
As the housing market flattens, the poor pay the price for the greed and stupidity of the real estate and banking bigwigs.
Nicholas von Hoffman
A Palestinian professor caught in the US legal system needs all the support we can muster, as respect for constitutional freedoms sinks ever lower.
Alexander Cockburn
Letters
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Claremont, Calif.
Our Readers
Feature
The International Criminal Court has taken a crucial step in naming two perpetrators of the violence in Darfur. But for survivors and victims of the ongoing catastrophe, much more ...
Salih Mahmoud Osman
Look at the devastated Gulf Coast, and it seems like only yesterday that the storm hit. Here's what Washington can do to speed a criminally slow recovery.
Chris Kromm and Sue Sturgis
When Max Baucus, chair of the Senate Finance Committee, is every lobbyist's best friend, is economic reform possible?
Ari Berman
Any solution to the slaughter in Darfur will need to address Sudan's crumbling North-South peace agreement.
Alex de Waal
War and corruption have decimated Iraq's oil supply, and Western companies are angling for a cut of what's left.
Christian Parenti
Books & the Arts
In his memoir Wish I Could Be There, Allen Shawn movingly details a life crippled by phobias.
D.T. Max
It's hard to know whether today or yesterday was the full moon;
excitement isn't rigorous. It's just river-silvering
Ange Mlinko
The Bastard of Istanbul, a saga of two interwoven families, bravely violates Turkish taboo with its description of the Armenian genocide.
Maria Margaronis
Current literature on genocide indicates that the horror unfolding in Darfur is only the newest example of a terrifying societal tendency.
Adam LeBor
No matter what you think of The New Republic's politics, the public sphere will suffer if the magazine becomes homogenized by its new corporate owner.
Clint Hendler
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