Not Quite an Exact Portrait Not Quite an Exact Portrait
Talking points on election reform.
Oct 28, 2004 / Patrick Mulvaney
War Games War Games
In the players' handbooks that once circulated among commedia dell'arte troupes, the wandering actors of early modern Italy used to set down inventories of the lazzi, or comic tu...
Oct 28, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Darkness Visible Darkness Visible
The remarkably gifted artist Francesca Woodman abruptly ended her brief life and career on January 19, 1981, leaping to her death from a window in her New York studio.
Oct 28, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto
The Gods Must Be Crazy The Gods Must Be Crazy
"Our government makes no sense unless it is founded on a deeply felt religious faith--and I don't care what it is." Thus spoke the noted theologian Dwight Eisenhower on Flag Day ...
Oct 28, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Lazare
The View From Vermont The View From Vermont
Dr. Deborah Richter has advocated state-sponsored health insurance for every Vermonter, at nearly fifty Rotary Clubs plus chambers of commerce and boardrooms.
Oct 28, 2004 / Feature / Morton Mintz
Single-Payer: Good for Business Single-Payer: Good for Business
But corporate America isn't buying.
Oct 28, 2004 / Feature / Morton Mintz
Who Rules Afghanistan Who Rules Afghanistan
Behind the democratic facade.
Oct 28, 2004 / Feature / Christian Parenti
Carlyle Covers Up Carlyle Covers Up
Less than twenty-four hours after The Nation disclosed that former Secretary of State James Baker and the Carlyle Group were involved in a secret deal to profit from Iraq's debt ...
Oct 28, 2004 / Column / Naomi Klein
Faith-based Journalism: The Refs Work Themselves Faith-based Journalism: The Refs Work Themselves
Even though we've lived with it for more than thirty years now, it's hard not to marvel at the effectiveness of the right's campaign to intimidate, cajole and complain their way ...
Oct 28, 2004 / Column / Eric Alterman