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September 24, 2007 Issue

Charlie Savage on abuse of presidential power, Alexander Cockburn on bombing Iran, Calvin Trillin on what Republicans can’t get enough…

Cover art by: Cover design by Gene Case & Stephen Kling/Avenging Angels, with acknowledgment to Joe Wezorek

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Editorial

Bush’s 9/11 Tradeoff

The Administration has come to regard the law as a barrier to security and a literal weapon of our enemies, and sees crime as a legitimate tool to fight terror.

Ari Melber

Welcome to Fleece U

Our mission is to take feckless teenagers like you and turn them into full-fledged debtors.

Barbara Ehrenreich

Patriot Act’s Wide Net

The Gonzales Justice Department used the Patriot Act to prosecute a gang of eco-arsonists as terrorists.

Ken Olsen

Beyond ‘Green Shopping’

Don't believe the hype that "clean coal," "clean nuclear power" and biofuels will solve the environmental crisis.

John Cavanagh and Jerry Mander

Reaganites Reconsider

Even staunch conservatives are becoming alarmed at the Bush Administration's unconstitutional expansion of presidential powers.

Charlie Savage

Why We Must Leave Iraq

End the occupation, abandon the pretense that only American power can bring order to the region and atone for the human catastrophe we have caused.

The Editors

Column

Wanted: Unruly Activists

They're loud, lion-hearted, obnoxious and essential to democracy. And as an unjust war continues to create enormous suffering, we need people brave enough to practice extreme polit...

Nicholas von Hoffman

A General Dissembles

Of course, Gen. David Petraeus sees tangible progress and predicts success in the Iraq war. What wonders couldn't generals achieve with more troops and more time?

Robert Scheer

Onward, Secular Soldiers

Memo to candidates: There are more atheists, agnostics and skeptics out there than you think. How about sending us some love?

Katha Pollitt

Will the US Really Bomb Iran?

It would be foolish to bet that an attack on Iran couldn't happen.

Alexander Cockburn

Family Values Agenda

Calvin Trillin

Letters

OUR VETERANS HAVE SPOKEN--II

Arlington, Va.

Our Readers

Feature

Surge 2

David Petraeus is not a man preparing to leave Iraq. His report to Congress serves as a glimpse of coming attractions for Surge 2.

Stanley I. Kutler

Iraq Progress: By the Numbers

As General David Petraeus makes his case for continuing the war, here's an accounting of the real costs.

Tom Engelhardt

Farm Aid Raises a Vision

What began as an attempt to help financially strapped farmers in the Reagan years has grown into a visionary political and social movement rooted in the agrarian values of the Amer...

Max Fraser

The Myopic Iraq Debate

Like the war itself, the unfolding Congressional hearings on what to do next raise more questions than answers.

Matthew Blake

The Secret White House

By classifying an unprecedented amount of information, the Bush Administration is shrouding its workings in mystery--and threatening our democracy in the process.

Ruth Rosen