by David Schimke
Obama has jolted us awake. The air is crackling again with the power of possibility, with the belief that there’s still some magic to be squeezed out of the American Dream. And that sensation is as real as it is unforgettable.
by Staff, Utne Reader
It’s a foreign policy proposal plucked from the left’s pipe dreams: The new U.S. president-elect should take a pre-inauguration tour of the globe, sitting down with world leaders not to talk, but to listen. Sure, the idea isn’t jaw-dropping, but the person pitching it is: Newt Gingrich, the take-no-prisoners architect of the 1994 Republican Revolution and the Contract with America.
by Hannah Lobel
Instead of fostering the civic ideal of engaging others our communal instincts have stranded us in echo chambers of sameness.
by Staff, Utne Reader
Book reviews from Utne Reader's May - June 2008 issue.
by George Packer, from World Affairs
The Iraq war introduced entirely new kinds of cruelty to the world, so it’s strange how many of my memories are of kindness.