Bush’s Big (and Easy) Speech in New Orleans Bush’s Big (and Easy) Speech in New Orleans
George W. Bush does not do the Big Speech thing well. How many times has a fretting White House dispatched Bush to deliver a Big Speech to rally popular sup...
Sep 16, 2005 / David Corn
Accountability 101 Accountability 101
Horrified by the realization that a great many Americans see him as an uncaring Herbert Hoover, the president who forgot New Orleans attempted with his address to the nation on Th...
Sep 15, 2005 / John Nichols
New World Symphony New World Symphony
Joseph Horowitz diligently lays out the immense problems that face American classical music today, and his warnings cannot go unheeded.
Sep 15, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Russell Platt
Barbara Ehrenreich’s White Collar Blues Barbara Ehrenreich’s White Collar Blues
Barbara Ehrenreich probes a deeper level of white-collar angst: people who lose or quit their corporate jobs and routinely spend months, even years, finding another.
Sep 15, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Michael Kazin
Rushdie’s Receding Talent Rushdie’s Receding Talent
It has almost become a sadness to review a novel by Salman Rushdie. Shalimar the Clown is no exception.
Sep 15, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Lee Siegel
Zadie Smith’s Indecision Zadie Smith’s Indecision
It can't be easy to rein in a writer as successful as Zadie Smith. Her new novel, On Beauty, proves it's almost impossible.
Sep 15, 2005 / Books & the Arts / William Deresiewicz
Bohemia’s Last Frontier Bohemia’s Last Frontier
New Orleans, a city full of idiosyncrasies, must be restored for the benefit of the nation as a whole.
Sep 15, 2005 / Feature / Curtis Wilkie
Iraqis Demand a US Withdrawal Iraqis Demand a US Withdrawal
Sources on the ground in Iraq say that serious moves toward a pullout will dry up recruitment efforts for jihadi groups.
Sep 15, 2005 / Feature / David Enders
The War for Latinos The War for Latinos
In the face of unprecedented manpower problems, the Pentagon is spending hundreds of millions of dollars to target young Latinos for military recruitment.
Sep 15, 2005 / Feature / Roberto Lovato
Winning the Peace Winning the Peace
Antiwar Democrats in Washington are facing a moment of truth: Now is the time to raise the volume on the previously taboo discussion of a real exit strategy from Iraq.
Sep 15, 2005 / Feature / John Nichols