The New and Improved Iraq

The so-called transition to sovereignty for Iraq set for June 30 has been trumpeted as a turning point by... more

Framing Michael Moore

What do Bill Clinton, John Kerry and Michael Moore have in common? They have all fallen victim to... more

A Court of Cronies

Presidents have long packed the courts with friends and fellow travelers to prevent their policies from being derailed... more

Left Turn

Polls show a growing progressive electorate—will Kerry heed the call?

theater

Rule of Lawlessness

In recent weeks, Guantánamo: ‘Honor Bound to Defend Freedom’ has been playing to capacity audiences at north... more

art

Only Skin Deep

How American photography creates and reinforces concepts of race and national identity

books

Whose Homeland Is This?

A week after the 9/11 attacks, I spoke to my nearest neighbor on our sparsely populated road in rural... more

books

Reasons Heathens

Writing intellectual history is a tricky gig. Too often, ideology and hindsight have blinded writers to the facts... more

The Wise Many

Connoisseurs of the Strangelovian may recall last summer’s dustup over a plan hatched by Iran-Contra felon John... more

Editorial

Reagans Legacy of Lies

It has been a couple of weeks and Ronald Reagan is still dead—or is he? His genial visage will no doubt... more

Power Pop

All Hail the Liberal Media

Howard Kurtz in the June 9 Washington Post analyzed a new survey by the Pew Center for the People and the Press: “Only... more

This Wont Hurt Much

For some time now, I’ve been trying to find out where my son goes after choir practice. He simply refuses to... more

The Third Coast

Hip-Hop Cops

Law enforcement conflates gangs and hip-hop because young black men are at the core of both.

Back Talk

We Are What We Watch

One highly disturbing resonance between Abu Ghraib and reality TV is the central role both play in advancing anti-feminism.