Slide Show: The Nation’s Presidents Slide Show: The Nation’s Presidents

Jun 25, 2009 / Photo Essay / The Nation

One View of Eisenhower One View of Eisenhower

Ike takes a drive down the middle of the road.

Jun 25, 2009 / Feature / Joseph C. Harsch

General Douglas MacArthur General Douglas MacArthur

Roger Baldwin, who spent three months working under MacArthur in Japan after World War II, remembers the general fondly.

Jun 25, 2009 / Feature / Roger Baldwin

Portrait of Truman Portrait of Truman

The mysterious Missourian who has just stepped into some very big shoes.

Jun 25, 2009 / Feature / Margaret Marshall

Touring Empire’s Ruins: From Detroit to the Amazon Touring Empire’s Ruins: From Detroit to the Amazon

The empire ends with a pullout. Not from Iraq, but from Detroit.

Jun 23, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Greg Grandin

The New York World: A Journal of Duality The New York World: A Journal of Duality

The New York World is Pulitzer's greatest prize.

Jun 22, 2009 / Feature / Oswald Garrison Villard

Buffalo Bill Buffalo Bill

He was to the British what Jerry Lewis is to the French--much to the amusement of The Nation.

Jun 22, 2009 / The Editors

I’d Prefer Bill Douglas I’d Prefer Bill Douglas

He won't be the next president of the United States--but Fred Rodell says he ought to be.

Jun 18, 2009 / Feature / Fred Rodell

A World Apart? : The White House and the Middle East A World Apart? : The White House and the Middle East

A shrewd history of why US presidents have failed to make Israel accept a plan for regional peace.

Jun 17, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Bernard Avishai

The Private Thoughts of a TV Anchor as He Observes the Iranian Election The Private Thoughts of a TV Anchor as He Observes the Iranian Election

What's in a name?

Jun 17, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Calvin Trillin