| September/October 2008

This issue was written largely by the (if we do say so) extremely talented staff of Mother Jones, whose contributions are too lengthy to list in total here; consult your masthead. But a special shout-out to those who wrote two pieces: DC bureau reporters Stephanie Mencimer ("10 Ways to Satisfy Your President," "Tuna Surprise") and Bruce Falconer ("Grand Obama Party," "Weakened Warriors"), and San Francisco-based reporter Josh Harkinson ("The Wed Menace," "Hooked on Phonies").

Amy Goodman and David Goodman ("America's Most Dangerous Librarians") recently cowrote Standing Up to the Madness: Ordinary Heroes in Extraordinary Times. Antonin Kratochvil's latest book of photographs is Moskow Nights.

David Cole ("Power Corrupts") has represented several post-9/11 detainees, including Maher Arar, a Canadian who was rendered to Syria.

Contributing writer Joshua Kurlantzick ("Relief Disaster," "The Chinavore's Dilemma") is the author of Charm Offensive: How China's Soft Power Is Transforming the World.

Contributing writer Jack Hitt ("Pursuit of Habeas"), who won a Peabody Award for This American Life's "Habeas Schmabeas," points out that "future eighth-graders will have to memorize key places and dates: Runnymede in 1215 and Guantanamo in 2008." Ralph Steadman has illustrated more than 50 books, including Hunter S. Thompson's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

Stephanie Mencimer

Antonin Kratochvil

Jack Hitt

David Cole

Ralph Steadman

Catherine Price

Chris Mooney ("A Return to Reason") is the author of The Republican War on Science.

Keith Kloor ("Party Favors") teaches magazine writing at New York University.

Illustrator Steve Brodner ("Hooked on Phonies") does the Cartoon du Jour at motherjones.com and drew the cartoons you'll find throughout our cover package.

Catherine Price ("Do You Believe in Magic?") is an editor of the online magazine Salt and runs a legal-themed clothing business called Illegal Briefs.

Arthur Allen ("Immune to Reason") is the author of Vaccine: The Controversial Story of Medicine's Greatest Lifesaver.

Adam Weinstein ("Kill and Tell") attended the US Naval Academy.