October 11, 2004 Issue, THE NATION

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- Letters, p. 2
- Bush Spins At the UN, p. 3
- Election Matters
  David Corn
  , p. 4
  Kerry's Iraq Plan
- Where Rather Was Right
  Victor Navasky
  , p. 5
- Nonproliferation Politics
  Michael T. Klare
  , p. 6
- In Fact..., pp. 6-7
- Deadline Poet
  Calvin Trillin
  , pp. 8-9
  A Poem of Republican Populism
- Letter from Ground Zero
  Jonathan Schell
  , p. 10
  Why We Must Leave Iraq
- Beat the Devil
  Alexander Cockburn
  , p. 11
  C'mon Ralph, You've Nothing to Lose
- Subject to Debate
  Katha Pollitt
  , p. 12
  Fox Hunts Student Voters
- Ominous Pattern
  John Nichols
  , pp. 13-17
  What's up with the rural vote?
- Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
  Eyal Press
  , pp. 18-23
  An anti-Bush backlash is growing among ranches, hunters and property owners
- It's a Baker Botts World
  Robert Bryce
  , pp. 24-27
  When the Bushes need a fixer, they turn to James Baker III. He and his firm benefit
- DeLay on the Hot Seat
  Jack Newfield
  , p. 28
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  The Chastening of the Times (6 Reviews)
  Scott Sherman
  , pp. 29-33
  City Room, by Arthur Gelb
  1. City Room by Arthur Gelb
  2. Burning Down My Masters' House by Jayson Blair
  3. Backstory: Inside the Business of News by Ken Auletta
  4. News Ombudsmen in North America by Neil Nemeth
  5. Hard News by Seth Mnookin
  6. The Record of the Paper by Howard Friel and Richard A. Falk
- The Book
  Sinan Antoon
  , pp. 34-35
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  Homeland Insecurity (4 Reviews)
  George Scialabba
  , pp. 36-41
  Gag Rule, by Lewis Lapham
  1. Gag Rule by Lewis Lapham
  2. What We've Lost by Graydon Carter
  3. Things Worth Fighting For by Michael Kelly
  4. Politics by Hendrik Hertzberg
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  In Dubious Battle (Review)
  Michael Kazin
  , pp. 42-48
  War and the American Presidency, by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
  1. War and the American Presidency by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
- Cover
  Gene Case and Stephen Kling