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Public to Dems: Investigate Onward! Public to Dems: Investigate Onward!

Pontificators of conventional wisdom in Washington have been warning Democrats not to overreach in their probe of why 8 US Attorneys were unexpectedly fired last December. "It see...

Mar 27, 2007 / The Nation

Getting Serious About the “I” Word Getting Serious About the “I” Word

Former Republican Congressman Joe Scarborough had me on his MSNBC show tonight to talk about impeachment. It was smart, civil discussion that treated the prospect of impeaching t...

Mar 27, 2007 / John Nichols

No Special Rights No Special Rights

Nonbinding this and that, deadline lah-di-dah, Bush/Cheney are going to ignore the mandate of the midterm elections and every pressure from Congress on Iraq, because Bush/Cheney k...

Mar 26, 2007 / The Nation

Right about Iraq, Written Out of the Story Right about Iraq, Written Out of the Story

Among the missing-in-action of these last years are all those Americans who went out into the streets before the invasion of Iraq began, part of the largest global antiwar demonst...

Mar 26, 2007 / The Nation

We’re Winning We’re Winning

There's been a lot of evidence recently that the Bush administration is causing (or perhaps amplifying) an ideological shift among the American public away from Reagan/Gingrich co...

Mar 26, 2007 / The Nation

From Havana With Hypocrisy From Havana With Hypocrisy

Most leaders of totalitarian states do not display much humor in public. But Ricardo Alarcon, the president of Cuba's National Assembly, has a flair for sat...

Mar 26, 2007 / David Corn

Markey’s Big Chance Markey’s Big Chance

Two weeks ago, Representative Ed Markey was appointed chair of the new Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming. The committee has no legislative role but it do...

Mar 26, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Crowdsourcing Elizabeth Edwards Crowdsourcing Elizabeth Edwards

John and Elizabeth Edwards' decision to continue his presidentialbid, despite learning that Ms. Edwards was diagnosed with incurablebut treatable cancer, has sparked impassioned d...

Mar 26, 2007 / The Nation

Lying to Congress Lying to Congress

Note to future Capitol Hill witnesses: it's a crime to lie to Congress, even if you're not under oath. Stephen Griles, the former number two official at the Department of Interio...

Mar 26, 2007 / The Nation

Republicans Detect “Cloud” Over Gonzales Republicans Detect “Cloud” Over Gonzales

What do the following statements about Attorney General Alberto Gonzales -- the embattled presidential appointee at the center of a growing scandal over the firing of U.S. Attorne...

Mar 26, 2007 / John Nichols

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