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October 19, 2009 Issue - 15 Articles- Letters, p. 2
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Foot First
Editorials & Comment
- Against Escalation, p. 3
- Israel vs. Human Rights
Adam Horowitz and Philip Weiss
, p. 4 - Noted, p. 5
- Rethinking Government
Drew Westen
, p. 6 - Chavez Talks to The Nation, p. 8
Columns
- Deadline Poet
Calvin Trillin
, pp. 6-7 Thoughts of a UN Delegate...
- Beat the Devil
Alexander Cockburn
, p. 9 Same as It Ever Was: Talking Head in Pittsburgh
- Subject to Debate
Katha Pollitt
, p. 10 Are You Happy?
Articles
- An Open Letter to President Obama
William R. Polk
, pp. 11-15 - The Coalfield Uprising
Jeff Biggers
, pp. 16-20 Activists are gaining ground in a campaign to ban mountaintop removal mining
- Dick Gephardt's Spectacular Sellout
Sebastian Jones
, pp. 21-24 He was a champion of progressive reform. Now he lobbies for its enemies
Books & the Arts
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The First Counterrevolutionary (Review) Corey Robin
, pp. 25-32 Hobbes and Republican Liberty, by Quentin Skinner
- Hobbes and Republican Liberty by Quentin Skinner
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Suspended Sentences (2 Reviews) Scott Saul
, pp. 33-40 Oranges and Peanuts for Sale, by Eliot Weinberger
- Oranges and Peanuts for Sale by Eliot Weinberger
- An Elemental Thing by Eliot Weinberger
- Cover Photograph, Design
Joe Raedle, Gene Case, and Stephen Kling
