DEBATE: Whiner-in-Chief DEBATE: Whiner-in-Chief
It appears that George W. Bush is tired of being president. His weariness and frustration with the job was evident throughout last night's first presidential debate of the 2004 c...
Oct 1, 2004 / John Nichols
Fake Republicanism Fake Republicanism
If there was any lingering doubt that President Bush is a recklessextremist rather than a true conservative, an extraordinary letter by theson of President Dwight D. Eisenhower sh...
Sep 30, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
iCinema iCinema
Fussing repetitively with a lock of blond hair, nervously flashing an incomplete set of front teeth, the figure on screen begins to cough up her "testimony" in the accents of a S...
Sep 30, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
This Canadian Life This Canadian Life
The reviewer's galley of Natasha, David Bezmozgis's short-story collection about a Russian émigré family in Toronto, begins with words not from the writer but the p...
Sep 30, 2004 / Books & the Arts / D.T. Max
The Human Stain The Human Stain
The question has been asked: Was Franz Kafka human? He seems to have had doubts himself.
Sep 30, 2004 / Books & the Arts / John Banville
The Enigma of Return The Enigma of Return
In the largest exodus in recorded history, millions of refugees migrated across the brand new border after India was partitioned in 1947.
Sep 30, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Amitava Kumar
Missouri’s Female Trouble Missouri’s Female Trouble
Women may decide Kerry's fate.
Sep 30, 2004 / Feature / Sharon Lerner
A World Neglected A World Neglected
The foreign policy debate we should be having.
Sep 30, 2004 / Feature / Sherle R. Schwenninger
You Can’t Bomb Beliefs You Can’t Bomb Beliefs
Aaron Maté provided research assistance for this column.
Sep 30, 2004 / Column / Naomi Klein
Dumb and Dumber (and Dumber Still) Dumb and Dumber (and Dumber Still)
One problem with trying to write critically about this year's election coverage is that by choosing any single aspect of its manifold failures, one automatically does an injustic...
Sep 30, 2004 / Column / Eric Alterman