January / February 2007 Issue

Browse back issues \| January/February 2007 Harpy, Hero, Heretic: Hillary By Jack Hitt She once described herself as the nation's Rorschach test. So what do our interpretations of Hillary say about us?

FEATURES Angry White Man By Sridhar Pappu Lou Dobbs, prime-time populist for a ticked-off Middle America. The Highwaymen By Daniel Schulman With James Ridgeway In which the governor of Indiana and Goldman Sachs get their kicks selling off our highway system. King of the Hypermilers By Dennis Gaffney Gentlemen, stop your engines! Defying death, the oil industry, and the laws of thermodynamics on your daily commute. The Mayor, the Martyr, and the Pomegranate Trees By Nir Rosen How one Lebanese town won the war and lost almost everything.				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 By Elizabeth Gettelman and Dave Gilson Ad nauseam: Nothing is safe from advertisers anymore—not even barf bags. SIGNS ALONG THE ROAD State of Emergency By JoAnn Wypijewski The secret issue of '06: Sick and tired of being sick and tired. NOTEBOOK Big Tent. Big Plans? By Todd Gitlin Can the Democrats forge a new majority from the Bush-hating masses? WITNESS The Talking Way By Marilyn Berlin Snell Plagued by violence, the Navajo Nation reckons with the death penalty. PRACTICAL VALUES Sunshine's Bottom Line By Kimberly Lisagor 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 P.S. South Park Republicans Cartoon by Steve Brodner