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October 15, 2007 Issue

The Editors on ending the "Shadow War" in Iraq, Joshua Kors on denial of soldiers’ medical benefits, Greg Grandin on Hugo Ch…

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Editorial

Clinton and Obama: Running on Ambien

Can America survive the tedium of its black and female candidates?

Barbara Ehrenreich

When Monks Get Mad

If you think the Buddhist monks challenging the military regime in Myanmar are passive and peaceful, think again.

Andrew Lam

Noted

A new section features brief comments, late-breaking news, revealing statistics, curiousities, shout-outs, disses, obits, quotable quotes and other short notes.

The Editors

Chávez: ‘Galbraithiano’

As Venezuela and the rest of Latin America repair the damage of two decades of free-market orthodoxy, John Kenneth Galbraith is a major inspiration.

Greg Grandin

Our New Look

Take note of our new look, new features, the return of Comix Nation in the print edition of the magazine.

The Editors

End the Shadow War

Blackwater USA should answer for the crimes of its soldier-contractors in Iraq. Calls for withdrawal from Iraq must also include private security contractors.

The Editors

Column

Against Happiness

Women are less happy than we used to be. But given the state of the world, perhaps if we had a little more worry and a little less happy, we'd be better off.

Annabelle Gurwitch

The Sick Knicks

Exposed in court as sex harassers, the coach and owner of a storied basketball team have turned Madison Square Garden into a toxic workplace.

Dave Zirin

The State Department’s Hired Guns

Why did the State Department tolerate--and pay to conceal--the crimes of its Blackwater guards in Iraq?

Robert Scheer

For Hillary, There’s No Such Thing as Dirty Money

Will her talent for raising campaign cash turn into a liability?

Nicholas von Hoffman

Greenspan and the Myth of the True Believer

His autobiography sheds light on what motivates hard-right political leaders to apply brutal economic shock therapy.

Naomi Klein

The Coming ‘Stab in the Back’ Campaign

Bush and the neocons are trying to save their crumbling reputations by blaming critics of the war for the debacle.

Eric Alterman

Blackwater, Blackwater

Calvin Trillin

More Excerpts From Alan Greenspan’s Age of Turbulence

Steve Brodner

Letters

NAFTA HIGHWAY TO HELL

Kansas City, Kan.

Arthur Waskow and Our Readers and Chris Hayes

Feature

Northern Ireland, South Africa in Secret Iraq Peace Talks

Peacemakers from countries that have moved from sectarian strife towards national reconciliation met with Iraq Sunnis and Shi'as in an effort to resolved the crisis.

Tom Hayden

Google: Search and Data Seizure

Google's bid to acquire DoubleClick will make it the most powerful player in interactive marketing on the planet. But it poses threats to our privacy, politics and democratic aspir...

Jeffrey Chester

Jessica Valenti: Full Frontal Feminism

A conversation with the author and Feministing.com founder about why the next wave of feminist activism will take place online.

Molly Bennet

Protecting the Wiretappers

Now that telecommunications giants are shielded from lawsuits for warrantless spying, the Bush Administration is seeking to absolve them of past misdeeds.

Aziz Huq

Making a Killing

Who will mete out justice for America's merchants of death?

Jeremy Scahill

Specialist Town Takes His Case to Washington

As a wounded soldier battles to right a wrong, the cavalry arrives.

Joshua Kors

Lawyers Join Monks to Defy Myanmar’s ‘Forced Politics’

Lawyers in Myanmar t joined forces this week with Buddhist monks to demand national reconciliation and an end to human rights abuse.

The Nation

Myanmar: A Monk Confronts A General

In a letter to Myanmar strongman Than Shwe, the abbot of a Yangon monastery calls the regime to account for its corruption and the suffering it has imposed on the Burmese people.

U Thangara Linkhara