Matt Weiland on Philip Roth, Harry Maurer on Studs Terkel, Ruth Scurr on France.
Letters
Editorials & Comment
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Showdown at the DMV
: The debate in New York State over driver's licenses for undocumented immigrants became a proxy for the unsettled issue of immigration reform.
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Hands Off Iran
Chris Hedges : I will not pay my income tax if we go to war with Iran. Neither should you.
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Studs's People
Harry Maurer : For Studs Terkel, the touchstone is memory and speech the stuff of which his art is made.
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Noted.
: A nation divided over national security; the return of the Winter Soldier.
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Moyers & FDR
Bill Moyers : When Franklin Delano Roosevelt was President, my father knew he had a friend in the White House. We should rekindle that spirit today.
Reviews
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Deal Breakers
Kim Phillips-Fein : Two new books seek to galvanize progressives at a key political moment: Paul Krugman's The Conscience of a Liberal and Jonathan Chait's The Big Con.
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Beyond the Veil
Laila Lalami : A new book examines headscarf hysteria and the politics of identity in contemporary France.
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Terra Incognita
Ruth Scurr : A mosaic of anecdotes and historical snapshots surveys the sociological diversity of France, past and present.
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Underworlds
Henry Farrell : Gangsters have guns and muscle, but a good writer always gets the last word.
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A Colder War
Jonathan Schell : Richard Rhodes's Arsenals of Folly, sequel to the book that defined the atomic age, captures the political struggle that brought it to an end.
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Love by a Thousand Cuts
Barry Schwabsky : Museums can't get enough of Kara Walker, whose silhouettes of the history of slavery seem to be a nightmare she's trying to enjoy.
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The Nijinsky of Ambivalence
Morris Dickstein : During a Vietnam War protest, Norman Mailer blustered and banged a generation's experience through his prodigious ego.
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Many Exits
Matt Weiland : Philip Roth's Exit Ghost considers whether we're astonished by death or the life that precedes it.
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Pointe Work
Marina Harss : Nureyev: The Life brings new focus to an iconic figure of modern ballet.
Columns
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DEADLINE POET
Judith Regan's Lawsuit Against Fox News
Calvin Trillin : This is only going to get more interesting.
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THE LIBERAL MEDIA
Debating for Dummies
Eric Alterman : At the Las Vegas Democratic debate, CNN Anchors Blitzer and Malvaux twisted legitimate questions into "gotcha" traps. There's gotta be a better way.
Web
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Pakistan's Bomb: Have It Your Way
Catherine Collins & Douglas Frantz : Thanks to globalization, the 'Islamic bomb' turns out to be a little bit American, Canadian, Swiss, German, Dutch, British, Japanese and even Russian.
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Taxaholics Anonymous
Annabelle Gurwitch : My name is Annabelle, and I love paying taxes.
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Howl
Global Warming: The Rich Opt Out
Nicholas von Hoffman : Conservation, like taxes, is for little people. When you're rich you can waste all the water you want.
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TruthDig
A Good Week for the Saudis
Robert Scheer : Their boy Nawaz Sharif's back in Pakistan, oil prices are soaring and the Bushies continue to do their bidding.
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Mexico Floods, America Shrugs
Florencia Soto Nino-Martinez : Massive floods cause widespread devastation; while other nations rush in with aid, Mexico's closest neighbor has barely responded.
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The Kids Are Alright
Today's youth activism is better than that of the '60s. Too bad one young journalist doesn't get it.
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Kevin Rudd, Agent of Change?
Antony Loewenstein : He's greener and less hawkish than his predecessor, but is Australia's next prime minister really all that different?
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The Soldier and the Student
Aaron Glantz : Today's military members face red tape, false advertising and multiple deployments. What happened to the promises of the original GI Bill?
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Global Warming Is Reversible
Bernie Sanders : The technology exists to solve environmental problems and improve our standard of living.
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WGA: Picket and Click It
Christopher Lisotta : As the strike continues, Writers Guild members have turned the Internet into an organizing tool.
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Southpaw
Justice on Steroids
Dave Zirin : Barry Bonds makes an enticing target. But the DOJ should also focus on steroid enablers, like a certain team owner who now lives in the White House.
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President Rudy's War Council
Peter C. Baker : Norman Podhoretz and Daniel Pipes consider how the newly elected President should proceed in the world arena. The first act of a five-act play.
Cover art and illustration by Doug Chayka; design by Gene Case & Stephen Kling/Avenging Angels
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