World

Unsentimental Education Unsentimental Education

A new memoir by Robert Hughes reveals the idiosyncratic sensibility of a celebrated art critic.

Sep 7, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Christopher Hitchens

Londonistan Calling Londonistan Calling

Gautam Malkani's new novel explores the cross-section of youth culture, heritage and identity in London's polyglot, postcolonial neighborhoods.

Sep 7, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Gary Younge

Ottoman Ghosts Ottoman Ghosts

Caroline Finkel's new book, Osman's Dream, explores the rise and calamitous fall of the Ottoman Empire.

Sep 7, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Lazare

Politics, the Media and 9/11 Politics, the Media and 9/11

Since September 11, the Bush Administration has repeatedly exploited the threat of terrorism for political ends, from dirty bombs to sleeper cells to electoral politics.

Sep 7, 2006 / Feature / Eric Boehlert

The 9/11 Conspiracy Nuts The 9/11 Conspiracy Nuts

August Bebel once called anti-Semitism the socialism of fools. These days, the 9/11 conspiracy fever is fast becoming the "socialism" of the left.

Sep 7, 2006 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

Plame’s Role at the CIA Plame’s Role at the CIA

Valerie Plame was no CIA paper-pusher. She was searching out intelligence on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction.

Sep 7, 2006 / David Corn

The Path From 9/11 The Path From 9/11

The fifth anniversary of 9/11 prompts grief and sadness, but also anger. We must free ourselves from the idea that the "war on terror" is an organizing principle for our foreign po...

Sep 7, 2006 / The Editors

In Mexico, a Class War Looms In Mexico, a Class War Looms

The confirmation of Felipe Calderón's electoral victory signals the end of Andrés Manuel López Obrador's three-year struggle for the presidency and the beginn...

Sep 7, 2006 / Feature / John Ross

High on Opium, Not Democracy High on Opium, Not Democracy

In Bush-liberated Afghanistan, billions in drug profits are financing the Taliban, proving the President is better at starting wars than winning them.

Sep 6, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer

What Valerie Plame Really Did at the CIA What Valerie Plame Really Did at the CIA

Valerie Plame was no mere analyst or paper-pusher at the CIA. She was an operations officer working on a top priority of the Bush Administration: searching out intelligence on Iraq...

Sep 6, 2006 / Feature / David Corn

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