January/February 2007
Harpy, Hero, Heretic: Hillary
She once described herself as the nation's Rorschach test. So what do our interpretations of Hillary say about us?
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DEPARTMENTS
Editors' Note
Masthead
Contributors
Backtalk
OUTFRONT
Washington's one-woman wrecking crew; campaign-trail Hail Marys; the new political networkers; borderline performance; feminists assume the fetal position; look who's coming to dinar; a few pretty good men; and I, robo-caller.
EXHIBIT
Ad nauseam: Nothing is safe from advertisers anymore—not even barf bags.
SIGNS ALONG THE ROAD
State of Emergency
The secret issue of '06: Sick and tired of being sick and tired.
NOTEBOOK
Big Tent. Big Plans?
Can the Democrats forge a new majority from the Bush-hating masses?
WITNESS
The Talking Way
Plagued by violence, the Navajo Nation reckons with the death penalty.
PRACTICAL VALUES
Sunshine's Bottom Line
Is going solar really such a bright idea?
MEDIA JONES
Alissa Quart on the clash of the schmoes and the pros; "Doonesbury" creator Garry Trudeau soldiers on; Wikipedia's encyclopedia neurotica; plus more book (Blocking the Courthouse Door, Look Both Ways), film (Romántico), and music reviews (RoadKillOvercoat, The Bird and the Bee, Ys.).
RE:ACTION
Resources for getting involved
FEATURES
Lou Dobbs, prime-time populist for a ticked-off Middle America.
In which the governor of Indiana and Goldman Sachs get their kicks selling off our highway system.
Gentlemen, stop your engines! Defying death, the oil industry, and the laws of thermodynamics on your daily commute.
How one Lebanese town won the war and lost almost everything.
Cover by Robert Schlatter
