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November 10, 2003 Issue
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Editorial
The ‘Kennedy Factor’
Arnold Schwarzenegger has sold himself to his fans as a raging Republican Terminator.
Camp Wellstone
Paul Wellstone won elections as a progressive by energizing and mobilizing a large base, staying close to community organizing efforts of all kinds and fearlessly pressing a...
Wellstone in 2004
During the two years when he was exploring a bid for the 2000 Democratic presidential nomination, Paul Wellstone spent a lot of time trying to figure out how a progressive c...
Strange Bedfellows
One reason the Bush Administration gave for going to war in Iraq was Saddam Hussein's alleged ties to terrorists.
Big Bucks in Iraq
In early October, Iraq's US-appointed Governing Council awarded the country's first mobile phone licenses to three companies from the Middle East.
Many Peaces, One War
Iraq lies in ruin, the US military occupation is generating a sustained guerrilla resistance, crime is rampant in Baghdad and an Iraqi civil war along ethnic and religious l...
The Growing Disquiet
In the end, George W. Bush got Congress to approve the $87 billion he insisted on for the occupation and reconstruction of Iraq.
Column
Krugman’s World
Enter the world of Paul Krugman, a world either dark (the eras of Bush I and Bush II) or bathed in light (when Bill was king).
Letters
Books & the Arts
What Are They Reading?
Kingdom of Shadows, the sixth of Alan Furst's novels of historical espionage fiction, was hard for me to put down--and when I did, I couldn't wait to pick it up again.
The Avengers
Ghosts are notorious for getting stuck in time. Having lost track of the ongoing world, they will revisit certain hours as obsessively as they haunt a fatal spot.
A Kiss in Java
In a broad square not far from the center of Jakarta, a large obelisk of concrete soars into the sky.
Starting Out in the ’50s
The best memoirs of recent years reveal "The Way We Live Now" as well as or better than most contemporary fiction.
How the Other Half Learns
Abigail and Stephan Thernstrom have long been pillars of highbrow conservatism in America.
