magazine January 2006
cover story
Cult of Character
By Silja J.A. Talvi
How the 'secular' Character Training Institute is working to build evangelist Bill Gothard's vision of a First-Century Kingdom of God--one city, one state, one school board, one police force and one mind at a time.
religion
features
Evo Morales Has Plans for Bolivia
Evo Morales is a polarizing figure in Latin American politics: a proudly left-leaning indigenous activist who defends the… more
By America Vera-Zavala politics south america
Christmas in New Orleans
Picture Santa's sled with a rolling kitchenette attached and you have some idea about the size of a… more
By Fatima Shaik criminal justice environment
The Republican Crack-Up
Bush's bad year has created a political vacuum. Who will fill it?
By David Moberg politics
Snap, Crackle Patents
Can you patent the business method of selling cereal? One company gave it a shot.
By Christopher Hayes corporations economy
frontline
Chvezs Opposition Opts Out
On December 4, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez called the opposition's eleventh-hour decision to withdraw from the country's congressional… more
Cleaning Up Elections in Connecticut
Take one governor in hot water. Raise heat until the governor goes to prison. Combine with a unified… more
Irans Anti-Gay Pogrom
American gay rights groups are ignoring systematic persecution in the Islamic Republic
culture
Postcards From the Front
Recent Iraq soldier memoirs display a 'whatever, dude' detachment
By Lakshmi Chaudhry military
music
Country's Jingoistic Jingles
Country music is the nation's most popular genre--with nearly twice as many stations devoted to it than any… more
By Craig Aaron
books
The Northern Slave Trade
The hidden history of slavery in New York calls myths of American morality into question
Rachel Jefferson Vol. 30, Iss. 01
viewpoints
Tale of Two Wars
The White House has hit on an ingenious way to win the war in Iraq. It is all laid out in a… more
What's the 411 on 9/11?
Inherently skeptical of official dogma, the left has an affinity for alternative explanations.
Will the Dems Step Up in the New Year?
Do the Democrats actually want to be a majority party? The answer appears to be, at best, a maybe.
Ghosts in the Voting Machines
Concerned about reports of election fraud and vote suppression in the 2004 election, Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), the ranking Democrat on the… more
My fellow Americans
Evil-doers are now using nursing homes as sleeper cells, training our seniors to become suicide bombers.
Hello, Youve Got Smallpox
A quiet industry of ghostwriters is churning out custom research for pharmaceutical companies that the London Guardian estimates comprises 'almost half of all articles published in journals.'






