Jon Wiener on J. Edgar Hoover, Alexander Cockburn on the next presidennt, Carl Bromley on Aurelio Zen
Letters
Editorials & Comment
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The Appeasement Card
: Despite the Bush/McCain snake oil on Mideast policy, Obama can make the case that talking to your enemies isn't the same as appeasing Hitler.
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The Culture War Disarmed
Richard Kim : This time, Democrats won't be losing the culture war.
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Noted.
: Sam Adams shakes up Portland; the House votes for peace; we offer kudos to Kors and send get-well wishes to Ted Kennedy.
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J. Edgar Hoover, Author
Jon Wiener : A new book reveals the FBI Director's distinctive relationship with his publisher.
Reviews
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Dead Letters
William Deresiewicz : Austrian novelist Stefan Zweig saw himself as a Freud of fiction--a fellow spelunker in the caverns of the heart.
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The Reminder-General
Stefan Collini : Tony Judt fears the twenty-first century has spawned a culture hell- bent on forgetting the past.
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Searching for Traces
Ruth Scurr : There was little enthusiasm for revisiting the camps in Communist Hungary. Author Imre Kertész refracts that reluctance in fictional form.
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In the Lost Realm of the Real
Carl Bromley : Michael Dibdin's detective Zen series sounds a melancholy note for an old Italy rife with political enemies.
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The Power Conundrum
Michael Massing : After railing against non-violent intervention in the face of genocide, Samantha Power rethinks her stand.
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Beyond Belief
Jeff Sharlet : Can the wall between church and state balance the principles of neutrality and accomodation?
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book
Tight Corners
Elaine Blair : When Richard Price moves from the urban ruins of New Jersey to the gentrified Lower East Side of Lush Life, things get complicated.
Columns
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Comix Nation
Election 2008: Where They Stand Now
Ward Sutton : Here's the latest on Barack Star, the Presumptive Deludee, the Ex-First Black President and more.
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BEAT THE DEVIL
From Palmyra to Obama
Alexander Cockburn : Is it conceivable that Obama, Clinton or McCain could be as bad or worse than Bush?
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SUBJECT TO DEBATE
Déjà Vu in South Dakota
Katha Pollitt : It's going to take a concerted national effort to defeat the state's latest anti-choice ballot initiative.
Crossword
Web
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Crossword Classic #1
Frank W. Lewis : From the October 18, 1947, issue.
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Stay Strong, Ted
YouTube : Sen. Ted Kennedy undergoes surgery today in North Carolina for treatment of a brain tumor. This recent speech on Iraq provides ample proof of why we need him now more than ever.
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Polygamists' Kids in Their Own Private Gitmo
Richard Wexler : A mass detention. Vague legal charges. Emotional abuse. Hostile overseers. This isn't Guantánamo--it's Texas. And the victims are children the state wants to protect.
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'Like He Died Twice': Mary Tillman's Lonely Quest
Dave Zirin : The mother of Pat Tillman reflects on how the Pentagon has distorted the truth about his death and the NFL has exploited the tragedy.
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TruthDig
Where Is the Outrage Over Torture?
Robert Scheer : The muted response to revelations of torture raises the question of whether Americans are truly savages or simply tone-deaf on matters of morality.
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Got Milk? Get Investigated
David E. Gumpert : State and federal authorities are relying on undercover agents to entrap dairy farmers.
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Radio Nation with Laura Flanders
Radio Nation : This week, Nation editor and publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel reflects on the role of independent media in turbulent political waters.
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Generation Progressive
A recent report shows that young people favor universal health care, strong labor unions, and economic equality.
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Passing Through the Middle East
An American student chronicles her travels--and her fluid identity--as she visits the Middle East.
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Fiction
Tiny Soap Bubbles
Gary Phillips : This Week: Kang and Valdez explore each other's bodies and minds, and somebody gets a gun slapped upside their head.
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Mixed Blessing
Tom Hayden : Obama calls for direct dialogue and new trade deals with Latin America, but continued counterinsurgency in Columbia, tensions with Venezuela.
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Southpaw
When Tiger Met Chevron...
Dave Zirin : Woods's partnership with Chevron makes a mockery of his late father's hopes for him.
Cover illustration by Doug Chayka
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