Election Matters Election Matters
The peeling-gilt Aladdin Theatre, in a working-class neighborhood across the river from downtown Portland, generally draws rock acts a little too funky or faded to fill the cit...
May 6, 2004 / David Sarasohn
The Horror of Abu Ghraib The Horror of Abu Ghraib
"Abu Ghraib prison was used for torture in Saddam's time.
May 6, 2004 / The Editors
All in the Family? All in the Family?
Despite decades of battering by divorce and the proliferation of single-parent households, the family remains a source of inexhaustible fascination.
May 6, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Stanley Aronowitz
Happy 30th Anniversary Discovery/The Nation Happy 30th Anniversary Discovery/The Nation
Blindness and Transparency I can't say. Is it better to close your eyes, or to go unseen?
May 6, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Various Contributors
Evidence of Things Not Seen Evidence of Things Not Seen
My father and most of my uncles fought in World War II. I grew up in the shadow of the war.
May 6, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Chris Hedges
On the Selection (and De-Selection) of a Baathist General From the Republican Guard to Pacify the Populace, Using American Weapons, Or, Pick of the Week On the Selection (and De-Selection) of a Baathist General From the Republican Guard to Pacify the Populace, Using American Weapons, Or, Pick of the Week
By smashing evil-doers flat, we've said, This war has changed Iraq forevermore. So why is it that Kurds and Shiites start Imagining they've seen this all before?
May 6, 2004 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Show & Tell in Abu Ghraib Show & Tell in Abu Ghraib
What are the thousand words, I wonder, that are worth the pictures of grinning US soldiers sexually humiliating Iraqi prisoners in Abu Ghraib prison?
May 6, 2004 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Is Koppel a Commie? Is Koppel a Commie?
The Sinclair Broadcast Group, a Maryland-based media company whose holdings include sixty-two TV stations, did the country a favor when it refused to air the April 30 special e...
May 6, 2004 / Column / Eric Alterman
Native Son Native Son
At the height of the Great Game, when adventure-crazed young men from Britain and Russia stealthily documented the wild miles and tribes of Central Asia, an American and an Eng...
May 6, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Leela Jacinto
Broadcast News Broadcast News
Most faces can simply be described, but some (like Jean Dominique's) need explaining. When did the lips shrink away, and the light brown skin start clinging to the bones?
May 6, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans