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Levee Town Levee Town

There are decades of memos from engineers and contractors setting forth budgets to build up the Gulf Coast's levees, but Bush wouldn't let them be.

Sep 15, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Alexander Cockburn

Bread, Roses and the Flood Bread, Roses and the Flood

The only bright spot in this man-made disaster has been the wave of public outrage at the Administration's failure to provide aid to the most vulnerable.

Sep 15, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner

America’s Imaginary Frontier America’s Imaginary Frontier

America's narcissism and willful blindness to its own moral failings have been placed in sharp relief as the nation fitfully responds to the needs of storm victims.

Sep 13, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Norman Birnbaum

Robert Kaplan: Empire Without Apologies Robert Kaplan: Empire Without Apologies

In his new book, Robert Kaplan proposes that the antidote to anarchy is empire, policed by soldiers holding an assault rifle in one hand and candy bars in the other.

Sep 8, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Andrew J. Bacevich

Desert Storm Desert Storm

This might be a good time for the Bush Administration to step up its reading on Saudi Arabia, starting with these three books.

Sep 8, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Milton Viorst

The Power of Outrage The Power of Outrage

A nation's conscience is stirred by the abandonment of the poor and the frail: This may be the one bright spot of the man-made disaster on the Gulf Coast. Eric Foner gives a histor...

Sep 6, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner

Optimism of the Will Optimism of the Will

The rich legacy of former Nation editor and activist Carey McWilliams is on full display in three books.

Sep 1, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Mike Davis

Patriotic Bore Patriotic Bore

Two recent books on Tom Paine and on the unruly birth of US democracy reveal that liberal historians have become believers in the 'radicalism' of the American Revolution.

Aug 25, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Lazare

An Acquired Taste An Acquired Taste

The story of the American products, producers and salesman that took over Europe in the last century.

May 26, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Linda Colley

The Heritage Foundation The Heritage Foundation

Paul Johnson and Christopher Hitchens's new books on the Founding Fathers.

May 26, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Lazare

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