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Departments

Editorials

After Annapolis—Middle East Peace? We hope so. We pray so. But we don't think so.

Iran With No Nukes

Special Section

The Presidential Primaries

Introduction

Letters to the Candidates

Obery Hendricks, Tracy Lind, Glen Stassen, The Contrarian—George Vradenburg, Shmuley Boteach, Dianna Ortiz, Antonia Juhasz.

Policy Papers to the Candidates

It's Time for a Progressive Vision of Education! by Svi Shapiro.

Missing the Boat on Health Care? by John Geyman.

Don't Bury Sexual Justice Beneath "Common Ground" by Debra Haffner and Tim Palmer.

Politics and Society

The Trouble With Liberals by Chet Bowers. They are not who you think they are (see our test).

Awe-Based Work by Kirk J. Schneider. Awe and wonder can be part of daily life.

Thanks for the Inconvenience by Barry Flicker. A hopeful tale of strangers.

Today's Class Brought to You By... by Alan D. Kanner. Do you want corporations teaching your kids how to think?

Heart-Centered Realism by Frances Moore Lappé. Fight the evil in the world by dispersing power.

Empowerment is Not Enough by Nichola Torbett. Response to Lappé: empowerment is important but is not as vital as love.

Rethinking Religion

Christianity

Psychotherapy and the Politics of Meaning by Tony Campolo.

Buddhism

Through a Glass Darkly: Freud and Buddha on Individual Responsibility by Mark Epstein.

Judaism

A Story from the Road by Irwin Kula.

Living Kaddish by Ayelet Amittay.

Hinduism

Is Caste Intrinsic to Hinduism? by Anantanand Rambachan.

Spirit and Science in the Vedanta by Michael Nagler.

Culture

Books

The Single Diamond Made of All Our Lives. Gulf Music: Poems, by Robert Pinsky. Review by Tony Hoagland.

Lewis Lips Sink Ships. Cracking Up—American Humor In A Time of Conflict, by Paul Lewis. Review by Larry Mintz.

Film

No Good Answers Left. Lions for Lambs, Redacted, and No End In Sight. Review by Katje Richstatter.

Poetry

The South Seas by José Emilio Pacheco.

Morning in America by Jon Swan.

Humor

Dear Swami. Where Swami answers your questions, and you will question his answers. By Swami Beyondananda.