magazine December 22, 2003

Liquidation of the Commons

There has not been such a wholesale giveaway of America’s public assets since McKinley was president in the late 1800s

By Adam Werbach   

The Candidates on the Environment

Each of the Democratic candidates would do a superior job to President Bush at stewarding the environment. But… more

By Adam Werbach   

Bioprospecting

Corporations profit from indigenous genes

By Jeff Shaw   

Tibet’s Gamble

Can the Dalai Lama’s China talks succeed?

By Jehangir Pocha   

Manufacturing Discontent

Carrying puppets and placards, several hundred union members and community activists gathered on Nov. 1 in a lot… more

By David Moberg   

Not So Special

Protests question Bush-Blair lovefest

Randall Terry Resurfaces

Christian right jumps into Terri Schiavo fray

Dishonorable Discharge

Bush administration slashes veteran’s benefits

The Accidental Conservationist

Lisa Gautier’s environmentalist career didn’t begin with a treetop hunger strike or a bracing voyage on a Greenpeace… more

Primary Numbers

Several states opt for caucuses

books

Anarchy in the U.S.A.

On September 6, 1901, President William McKinley visited Buffalo, N.Y., for the Pan-American Exposition, a celebration of the… more

By Jefferson Decker   

books

Paradise Not

In last year’s film Punch Drunk Love, a lovely scene takes place in an outdoor venue by the… more

music

Patti Smith: Spit & Image

Against an entertainment industry that seems so wedded to the cosmetics industry that a woman’s face is likely… more

By Jody Kolodzey   

End the Silence

Four former directors of Shin Bet, the internal security service, called on Israel to end the occupation.

The Selective Solidarity of the Left

We must distinguish our progressive criticisms from Washington’s hollow and self-serving ones.

Bible Gets Girly Makeover

Capitalism is nothing if not inventive—and where a market is perceived, products inevitably follow. Take niche Bibles. In 1999, Thomas Nelson Inc.,… more

Fool Us Once, Fool Us Twice

Shattered Glass fails to show why the tarnished New Republic writer’s deceptions matter.