The One-Eyed Chairman
William Greider : When the adulation fades, Alan Greenspan will be recognized as a right-wing ideologue and the most politicized Fed chairman in history.
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Annette Fuentes examines the way school privatization evades accountability, Cristina Nehring explodes the myth of the orgasm and Arthur C. Danto celebrates Robert Smithson's majestic earthwork, Spiral Jetty.
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Failing Students, Rising Profits
Annette Fuentes : The Community Education Partners (CEP) serves students the public schools don't want--and it makes millions.
Letters
Editorials & Comment
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Roberts, Without Illusions
: As confirmation hearings open, we already know a great deal about John G. Roberts Jr. He's ethically challenged, ideologically rigid and unfit for the Supreme Court.
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Spying on the Protesters
John S. Friedman : It's déjà-vu all over again: National Guard units and federal, state and local law enforcement are spying on antiwar activists.
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Messing With Mother Nature
Katrina vanden Heuvel : Rush Limbaugh would should skip the juvenile hurricane jokes and summon up some genuine empathy for the victims of Hurricane Katrina.
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Letter From Ground Zero
Honor Their Sacrifice
Jonathan Schell : Mounting American casualties alone cannot turn us away from this ill-advised war. Democrats and anti-war advocates should let words and peaceful actions speak, instead of guns and corpses.
Reviews
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Optimism of the Will
Mike Davis : The rich legacy of former Nation editor and activist Carey McWilliams is on full display in three books.
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Requiem for a Dream
David L. Ulin : Daniel Fuchs's The Golden West is best read as an author's requiem for the Hollywood he loved.
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Good Vibrations
Cristina Nehring : Orgasms used to be a secret, then they became a right. Now they're a duty.
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The American Sublime
Arthur C. Danto : Robert Smithson's epic earthwork, Spiral Jetty tends to render critics speechless.
Columns
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DEADLINE POET
A Robertson Republican
Calvin Trillin : Bush's paean to his staunchest ally's murderous impulses, with apologies to Gilbert & Sullivan.
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BEAT THE DEVIL
Bush's War: The Levees Are Giving Way
Alexander Cockburn : The Bush Administration is tongue-tied because it doesn't know what lie to put out next.
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SUBJECT TO DEBATE
Theocracy Lite
Katha Pollitt : How can women be equal before Islamic law, according to which they are unequal?
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A Guide to Grassroots Charities
Adam Howard : Send your relief donations to charities whose values you can trust. Here's a list of resources.
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Grassroots Charities Need Your Help
Katha Pollitt : Progressive, grassroots charities on the Gulf Coast are poised to help hurricane victims. Here's a list of groups that need your donations.
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Pat Robertson's Katrina Cash
Max Blumenthal : Pat Robertson's shadowy relief organization, Operation Blessing, is prominently featured on FEMA's list of charities to receive donations for hurricane relief.
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The Power of Outrage
Eric Foner : 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 history lesson.
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Kanye West, Unplugged
Adam Howard : NBC took offense when Kanye West took an unscripted swipe at President Bush during a benefit concert for hurricane victims. But somebody had to say it.
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Katrina and the Coming World Oil Crunch
Michael T. Klare : Beyond the human suffering, Katrina's sucker punch will be felt in America's increasing dependence on foreign petroleum.
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Column Left
The Real Costs of a Culture of Greed
Robert Scheer : The affluent mask of the United States has been torn away by the storm, exposing a nation that has become progressively poorer under the leadership of the party of Big Business.
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In Rehnquist's Footsteps
Bruce Shapiro : The death of William Rehnquist, the nomination of John G. Roberts Jr. to replace him and the agony of New Orleans represent a sad symmetry of events.
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To Return and Rise Again
Brenda Marie Osbey : Louisiana's poet laureate writes of the resolve of New Orleans's displaced citizens to rebuild their shattered city.
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Living Like a Refugee
Michael Tisserand : Not since the days of the Dust Bowl has America seen such a massive migration of refugees. Who becomes one of this tribe is a matter of race and class.
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Tramps Like Us
Eric Alterman : Thirty summers ago, Bruce Springsteen's Born to Run exploded the cynicism and complacency of a morally exhausted era and gave a new generation reason to believe in rock and roll.
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