The Torture Memo The Torture Memo
How could two really smart government lawyers authorize torture in arguments that have no foundation in law?
Apr 9, 2008 / Stephen Gillers
Washington at War Washington at War
The Petraeus hearings reveal a political class--Democrats and Republicans--trapped in concentric circles of imperial myopia.
Apr 9, 2008 / The Editors
Suffragist City Suffragist City
Two new books examine the history of the first women's rights campaign.
Apr 8, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Mary Beth Norton
Journalists As Truth-Tellers Journalists As Truth-Tellers
Journalism can still make a difference, but the truth matters more. And if you can't get to the truth through journalism, there are other ways to get there.
Apr 7, 2008 / Bill Moyers
Fitna’s Hateful Crusade Fitna’s Hateful Crusade
The new film by Dutch politician Geert Wilders is the latest in a series of stunts aimed at humiliating and scapegoating Muslims.
Apr 7, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Aziz Huq
Where Credit Is Due Where Credit Is Due
To view education as a profit-making business is to attack the lifelong love of learning.
Apr 3, 2008 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Guantánamo Endgame Guantánamo Endgame
New revelations of political interference in the prosecution of Gitmo prisoners shows Team Bush scrambling to keep one step ahead of history--and of criminal charges.
Apr 3, 2008 / The Editors
The Change We Wish to See The Change We Wish to See
Real change cannot come from the top down alone; it must rise up from the bottom as well.
Apr 3, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Grant Resick
It’s a Scandal, All Right It’s a Scandal, All Right
Media pundits and bloggers bloviate when journalists make mistakes. But where is their outrage over the biggest fraud of all: the way the media followed Bush to war?
Mar 31, 2008 / Mary Mapes
YouTube for Smart People YouTube for Smart People
Big Think seeks to smarten up the Internet by getting up close and intellectual with the most creative thinkers alive.
Mar 31, 2008 / Feature / Ari Melber