Conservatism Crashes and Burns Conservatism Crashes and Burns
Before the GOP candidates auditioned for the Republican nomination, the Campaign for America's Future held a great debate between the American Prospect's Bob Kuttner and the Weekly...
May 4, 2007 / Ari Berman
A (Small) Measure of Sanity A (Small) Measure of Sanity
Yesterday, the House Armed Services Strategic Forces Subcommittee proposed cutting $764 million from the Pentagon's $8.9 billion request for missile defense programs in Fiscal yea...
May 4, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Why Is Oliver North Still Involved in the Middle East? Why Is Oliver North Still Involved in the Middle East?
I receive scores of letters each week--some via snail mail, some by e-mail. Here's one I thought worth sharing. I suspect there are many people who, like this US sailor (and for th...
May 4, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
America’s Mayor? America’s Mayor?
It's GOP Debate night and I'm dreading the idea of having to watch the Seven Dwarves (plus three) duke it out at the Reagan Library. I'm heading uptown in a taxi to an "Obama ...
May 4, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Nation Notes Nation Notes
We're proud to announce that Stuart Klawans, The Nation's film critic since 1988, has received the 2007 National Magazine Award for reviews and criticism. The NMA judges said, ...
May 3, 2007 / The Editors
Responses to Darling-Hammond Responses to Darling-Hammond
The second part of our forum on the Bush Administration's 2002 No Child Left Behind Act.
May 3, 2007 / Feature / Deborah Meier, Velma L. Cobb, and Pedro Noguera
Habeas Corpus is Missing Habeas Corpus is Missing
For the past seven years, George Bush has repeatedly violated the Constitution. Even worse, Congress has knowingly let it happen. There's been the legalization of torture, warra...
May 3, 2007 / Peter Rothberg
What If My Carrier Bumps Into Your Country? What If My Carrier Bumps Into Your Country?
At a news conference on Monday involving the President and European leaders, this exchange took place: "Q: …[Y]our Secretary of State is going to a conference...
May 3, 2007 / TomDispatch
Republican vs. Republican on Iraq Republican vs. Republican on Iraq
On Monday a Washington Post headline read: "GOP's Base Helps Keep Unity on Iraq." By Thursday, following President Bush's veto of a Democratic war funding bill, the long-suppresse...
May 3, 2007 / The Nation
LAPD Gone Wild. Again. LAPD Gone Wild. Again.
All of a sudden it looked like the bad old days this week in Los Angeles. A peaceful pro-immigration rally in the downtown area Tuesday descended into chaotic violence as the LAPD ...
May 3, 2007 / Marc Cooper