March 8, 2010

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BROWSE GUIDES FROM RECENT YEARS

Feature

Hold Onto Your Underwear: This Is Not a National Emergency

Let me put American life in the Age of Terror into some kind of context, and then tell me you’re not ready to get on the nearest plane heading anywhere, even toward Yemen.
Tom Engelhardt
Texas Hold ’em, Tea Party Style

Debra Medina has come from nowhere to threaten a runoff in the GOP gubernatorial primary.
Bob Moser
Iraq’s New Sectarian Storm Clouds

Tonight, President Obama will address the nation to discuss the drawdown of US combat forces in Iraq. In February, Robert Dreyfuss reported on the specter of civil conflict and the possibility of the outbreak of a civil war—which still looms.
Bob Dreyfuss
18 Million Jobs by 2012

The Obama administration’s jobs proposals are on the right track, but the scope is nowhere near large enough for the crisis we face today.
Robert Pollin

Editorial

Litmus Test: The People, or the Insurance Companies?

Since 1945, health insurance companies have been allowed to collude to fix prices. Members of Congress will soon vote on whether to reinstate anti-trust provisions for the industry.
Darcy Burner
Welcome, ‘Sister Citizen’

This issue marks the debut of Melissa Harris-Lacewell’s column, “Sister Citizen.”
The Editors
Noted.

Ban Ki-moon drafts the blueprint for a powerful UN agency for women; yes, Evan Bayh did sell out constituents–to the right.
The Editors
Greek Drama

The pressure on Papandreou’s socialist government to fix the crisis by yesterday is a product of the wider recession.
Maria Margaronis
Athens: The First Domino?

This fiscal crisis could ignite the next global financial meltdown.
Richard Parker
Help Wanted

The moral case for federal action on unemployment is clear, but the political case is nearly as airtight.
The Editors
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Column

At the Winter Olympics, Blood on the Tracks

The circumstances surrounding the death of Georgian luge slider Nodar Kumaritashvili expose the International Olympic Committee charter as a lie.
Dave Zirin
What Ever Happened to Candidate Obama?

The Blue Dogs have gotten into his head.
Katha Pollitt
Save the Child

But don’t ignore the structural inequities that make the child’s salvation necessary in the first place.
Melissa Harris-Perry
Foreign Aid

Conspirators to the world.
Calvin Trillin

Books & the Arts

‘Avatar’: The Prequel

Will earth’s last stand sweep the 2013 Oscars?
Michael T. Klare
The Escape Hatch: On Cady Noland

Ironic exclamation points and metallic rectangles were some of Cady Noland’s favorite things.
Nick Stillman
Her Wild Entire: On Dorothea Tanning

The brilliant revelations and transformations of Dorothea Tanning.
Barry Schwabsky
The Cut Man: On Taylor Branch

Taylor Branch and a president’s prodigious appetite for vindication before the bar of history.
Chris Lehmann
Set Apart

Devin Johnston
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Letters

Business as Usual, South of the Border

San Francisco

Greg Grandin and a Reader

Crossword

Puzzle No. 1290

ACROSS

1 How a character of The Oxbow Incident was upset making a projection. (11)
Frank W. Lewis

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March 8, 2010

Feature

Let me put American life in the Age of Terror into some kind of context, and then tell me you’re not ready to get on the nearest plane heading anywhere, even toward Yemen.

Debra Medina has come from nowhere to threaten a runoff in the GOP gubernatorial primary.

Tonight, President Obama will address the nation to discuss the drawdown of US combat forces in Iraq. In February, Robert Dreyfuss reported on the specter of civil conflict and the possibility of the outbreak of a civil war—which still looms.

The Obama administration’s jobs proposals are on the right track, but the scope is nowhere near large enough for the crisis we face today.

Editorial

Since 1945, health insurance companies have been allowed to collude to fix prices. Members of Congress will soon vote on whether to reinstate anti-trust provisions for the industry.

This issue marks the debut of Melissa Harris-Lacewell’s column, “Sister Citizen.”

Ban Ki-moon drafts the blueprint for a powerful UN agency for women; yes, Evan Bayh did sell out constituents–to the right.

The pressure on Papandreou’s socialist government to fix the crisis by yesterday is a product of the wider recession.

This fiscal crisis could ignite the next global financial meltdown.

The moral case for federal action on unemployment is clear, but the political case is nearly as airtight.

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Column

The circumstances surrounding the death of Georgian luge slider Nodar Kumaritashvili expose the International Olympic Committee charter as a lie.

The Blue Dogs have gotten into his head.

But don’t ignore the structural inequities that make the child’s salvation necessary in the first place.

Conspirators to the world.

Books & the Arts

Will earth’s last stand sweep the 2013 Oscars?

Ironic exclamation points and metallic rectangles were some of Cady Noland’s favorite things.

The brilliant revelations and transformations of Dorothea Tanning.

Taylor Branch and a president’s prodigious appetite for vindication before the bar of history.

The stakes are higher now than ever. Get The Nation in your inbox.

Letters

San Francisco

Crossword

ACROSS 1 How a character of The Oxbow Incident was upset making a projection. (11)

ACROSS

1 How a character of The Oxbow Incident was upset making a projection. (11)