February 10, 2014 | The Nation

Of czars and samovars… “Call me a commie”… 2013 Progressive Honor Roll…

The president has made a step toward better oversight, but his proposals leave the agency’s system of dragnet surveillance mostly intact.

His disclosures were profoundly moral. Justice demands full exoneration.

The conservative NYT columnist steers the conversation away from economics and toward “behavioral” terrain.

The Russian government’s anti-gay scapegoating diverts attention from what appears to be the most corrupt Olympics in history.

“Follow your conscience, follow your heart, and follow your wisdom.”

They include illegal waste dumps, displaced residents and state retribution against activists.

An expert evaluates the terror threat in one of Russia’s most volatile regions.

Meet the IOC, a foul band reeking of corruption and manipulation.

I see that the beautiful illusion I once searched for is a fabrication.

They’ve been competing for decades—but now they’re proudly and publicly out.

MFAs aren’t a problem: it’s artists’ being content with what they know.

A new history of Chile is a wrestling match between fatalism and optimism.

The worlds of Sholem Aleichem.

And don’t miss Kosman and Picciotto’s crossword blog, Word Salad.