Sects and Solidarity in Iraq Sects and Solidarity in Iraq
Despite talk of civil war, Sunnis and Shiites seem more united than divided.
Feb 17, 2005 / Feature / Dahr Jamail
Letters Letters
WOMAN, SUMMERS, PINKER, POLLITT... Cambridge, Mass.
Feb 17, 2005 / Katha Pollitt, Graham Usher, and Our Readers
Now He Has the Power Now He Has the Power
What will Dean do with the DNC?
Feb 17, 2005 / Feature / John Nichols
In Radical Matrimony In Radical Matrimony
Suzanne Wasserman's documentary Thunder in Guyana, which airs on PBS's Independent Lens series at 10 pm on February 22, is the first in-depth look at Janet Jagan, former presiden...
Feb 17, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Baz Dreisinger
When Seeing Was Believing When Seeing Was Believing
In Hegel's formidable system of aesthetics, fine art fulfills its highest calling when "it has placed itself in the same sphere as religion and philosophy." Philosophy, religion ...
Feb 17, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto
Back to Salem Back to Salem
Off goes former Father Paul Shanley to state prison in Massachusetts for twelve to fifteen years, convicted of digitally raping and otherwise sexually abusing Paul Busa two decad...
Feb 17, 2005 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
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