Loving John McCain
Eric Alterman & George Zornick : He' s not the maverick the mainstream media have proclaimed him to be.
Bruce Cumings on South Korea, Alexander Cockburn on Tim Russert, a poem by Pam Rehm
Articles
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Warriors for Zion--in California
Jon Wiener : Accusations by right-wing Zionists of anti-Semitism at the University of California, Irvine, are suspect at best.
Letters
Editorials & Comment
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The Audacity of Insiders
: Barack Obama may yet become the reform President who rearranges power on behalf of the people. But he'll need to resist the brotherhood of cozy insiders.
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Taking Liberties
A Blow Against Gitmo
David Cole : By a single vote, the Supreme Court stood up to an Administration that has declared war on the rule of law.
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Noted.
: Katrina vanden Heuvel analyzes the shuttering of Moscow's English-language alternative newspaper, the eXile; John Cavanagh remembers Stewart Mott.
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Anatomy of a Price Surge
Michael T. Klare : Oil companies, speculators and OPEC helped spike the cost of oil, but ruinous Bush Administration policies have compounded the damage.
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Where's the Beef?
Bruce Cumings : South Koreans won't be buffaloed by US beef or the Bush Administration's erratic policies.
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War Is Personal
Eugene Richards : In New Hampshire, a mother is reunited with her grievously wounded son.
Reviews
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The Novelist and the Murderers
Nathaniel Popper : Francisco Goldman's The Art of Political Murder sparks calls for accountability in Central America's "kingdom of impunity."
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book
Seeing Past the Gorgons
Barry Schwabsky : The New Yorker's art critic turns his eye toward the cultural summits.
Columns
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Comix Nation
Iraq War Pay Per Day
Steve Brodner : The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform breaks it down for you.
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BEAT THE DEVIL
The Canonization of St. Tim
Alexander Cockburn : It's hard to explain the media delirium over a newsman who gave the powerful a pass on Iraq.
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SUBJECT TO DEBATE
Feminists for McCain? Not So Much
Katha Pollitt : NARAL and Planned Parenthood give him a big fat zero. What else do you need to know?
Crossword
Web
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McCain: 'Aware of the Internet!'
Personal Democracy Forum : A McCain tech aide claims his candidate doesn't need to use the internet to be aware of its impact. Right...
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SOUTHPAW
Well, There You Go. Imus the Bigot Is Back
Dave Zirin : Is Don Imus irredeemably stupid or just a run-of-the-mill racist?
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McCain Called His Wife a What!?
YouTube : Comedy team The Public Service Administration exposes the mainstream media's not-so-subtle man crush on John McCain.
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TRUTHDIG
Wasteful Weapons and the Pols Who Love Them
Robert Scheer : An Air Force contract to build an obsolete B-2 refueling tanker has suddenly become a campaign issue--and the Democrats are on the wrong side.
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Barbara Ehrenreich Takes On Colbert
The Colbert Report : Barbara Ehrenreich discusses her new book, This Land is Their Land, and riffs on the 'New Inequality' with the king of deadpan.
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Getting Out the (Rest of the) Youth Vote
It's been an unprecedented year for young voters, but the battle isn't over yet. How can we make sure that all youth, in and out of college, can vote in November?
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The Last Angry Man
Jeff Kisseloff : Eliot Asinof, blacklisted author of Eight Men Out, created a lifetime of work celebrating rebels and victims of injustice.
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Rape as a Weapon of War
Slavenka Drakulic : The UN resolution designating rape as a weapon of war is historic, but provides no legal remedy for wartime victims of sexual violence.
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RadioNation With Laura Flanders
Radio Nation : Tom Engelhardt on oil, Iraq and empire; Ava Lowery on anti-war activism; Mike Connery on the power of young voters.
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No Blood For ...er, um...
Tom Engelhardt : More than five years after the invasion of Iraq--just in case you were still waiting--the oil giants finally hit the front page.
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Carlin Uncensored
YouTube : Comedian George Carlin is dead at 71. The Nation pays tribute to "America's most consistently savage social commentator."
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This Brave Nation: Two Generations of Hope
Brave Nation : Pete Seeger talks about music and activism with one of the country's most effective young grassroots leaders, Majora Carter.
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Crossword Classic #5
Frank W. Lewis : November 15, 1947, issue.
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Fiction
Mind Games
Gary Phillips : This Week: Kang sips a martini and contemplates just what it is that billionaires do in their spare time.
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Liposuction: The Key to Energy Independence
Barbara Ehrenreich : Obese America is literally sitting on vast energy reserves--all we need to do is extract it and turn it into fuel.
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Surveillance Bill: The Worst of All Worlds
Aziz Huq : House Democrats capitulate to pass a surveillance bill that further compromises our privacy and limits accountability of the government and telecoms. Will the Senate fight back?
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The Irish Vote No
Chris Bickerton : Despite bullying from Brussels, Ireland had the confidence to reject the Lisbon Treaty and the politics of the fait accompli.
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Meet the New Dr. Strangelove
Tom Hayden : His name is David Kilcullen, an Australian academic and military veteran, who seeks to impose a mad science of counterinsurgency on Iraq.
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Bugliosi v. Bush
Brett Story : The famed prosecutor wants to see the President tried for murder in an American courtroom.
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How the Russert Test Failed America
Linda Hirshman : Sure, he asked the tough questions. But why didn't he challenge the lies?
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Idle Hands: Why The Candidates Must Focus on America's Youth
In recent years, the youth jobless rate has soared to record highs.
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Charleston's First Integrated Prom
Canadian filmmaker Paul Saltzman documentary is sure to be hopeful, fascinating, and at least a little bit heartbreaking.
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Did You Know The Nation Has a Sports Writer?
Habiba Alcindor : Sports make a great framework for examining politics.
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Southpaw
A Conversation With NBA Union Man Billy Hunter
Dave Zirin : Billy Hunter has a progressive spine and a background that has taken him from working with Huey Newton to sitting across the table from the most formidable commissioner in sports, David Stern.
Cover illustration by Drew Friedman of (from left to right) Jacob Weisberg, Slate; Fareed Zakaria, Newsweek; Chris Matthews, MSNBC; John McCain; Mika Brzezinski, MSNBC; and Nicholas Kristof, New York Times. Cover design by Gene Case & Stephen Kling/Avenging Angels
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