Electronic Pen

Ange Mlinko Why do Frederick Seidel's champions consistently transform his weaknesses into virtues?

• Klawans Reviews: The Beaches of Agnès, Afghan Star

David Schiff Composer Gustav Mahler's embrace of Germanness and battles with anti-Semitism.

• Klawans Reviews: The Beaches of Agnès, Afghan Star

Tom Hayden The military coup in Honduras puts pressure on President Obama to break sharply with past American policies or risk losing what remains of Latin America's goodwill.

John Nichols Strongmen trained at the School of the Americas have overthrown the democratically elected president of Honduras as the White House reacts to yet another international crisis.

Katrina vanden Heuvel It's time to part ways with obstructionist Republicans and pass a strong healthcare bill with a majority vote.

• Ari Berman: Is Max Baucus Change We Can Believe In?

Ezra Nawi The author is going to prison--for peacefully resisting settler and army violence against West Bank Palestinians and the illegal expropriation of their land.

Christopher Hayes How can we expect the experts to reform the financial system when it's experts who got us into this mess to begin with?

Richard Kim Since Obama traced his dazzling arc to the presidency, his stance on gay rights has become murkier, and more Clintonian.

• Lisa Duggan: What's Right With Utah

John Nichols Michael Jackson was not a political artist. Yet his determination to treat people with AIDS respectfully made him more than a pop star.

John Nichols Michael Jackson was not a political artist. Yet his determination to treat people with AIDS respectfully made him more than a pop star.

• Richard Kim: Freak Like Me

John Nichols Michael Jackson was not a political artist. Yet his determination to treat people with AIDS respectfully made him more than just a pop star.