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Dazed and Confused Dazed and Confused

Perhaps no cultural phenomenon has been as successful at demonizing alcohol as MTV's The Real World. Watch it sometime. You'll never want to drink again.

Feb 17, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Suzy Hansen

Constantine Constantine

About two-thirds of the speaking characters in Constantine are either demons or angels.

Feb 17, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Arthur Miller Arthur Miller

When a figure like the playwright Arthur Miller dies, his greatness swells in retrospect in a mound of accumulated tributes and memories; attention is paid to the plays--so deepl...

Feb 17, 2005 / The Editors

Negroponte’s Dark Past Negroponte’s Dark Past

How many times can I write the same piece about John Negroponte? Today George W. Bush named him to the new post of Director of National Intelligenc...

Feb 17, 2005 / David Corn

Free-Speech Fights Free-Speech Fights

Rummaging through Yale University's library shelves in early 2001 to prepare a talk on news media and genocide, I came across a study of nineteenth-century Colorado newspapers by...

Feb 17, 2005 / Bruce Shapiro

Beyond Boycotts Beyond Boycotts

Absent George W. Bush's undergoing a conversion like St. Paul's on the road to Damascus, there probably won't be much good environmental news out of Washington in Bush's second t...

Feb 17, 2005 / Mark Hertsgaard

Tort ‘Reform’ Triumphs Tort ‘Reform’ Triumphs

Click here to read Zegart's October 25, 2004 Nation piece to read more on the right wing's drive for tort "reform."

Feb 17, 2005 / Dan Zegart

Rushed Rushed

Al Franken's decision not to run for the Senate is a loss for the people of Minnesota and the country, but at least he'll have more time for his very funny radio show and books. I...

Feb 17, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

The Lynne Stewart Trial The Lynne Stewart Trial

Click here for info on how you can help Lynne Stewart.

Feb 17, 2005 / David Cole

Shooting the Messenger Shooting the Messenger

Click here to read Christian Parenti's March 29, 2004 Nation article on the abuse of Arab journalists by the US military in Iraq.

Feb 17, 2005 / Jeremy Scahill

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