Molly’s Pledge Molly’s Pledge
Read John Nichols' tribute to Molly Ivins, who died on wednesday. Many Nation readers know that the inimitable, invaluable, iconoclastic columnist Molly Ivins has been battling c...
Jan 30, 2007 / Peter Rothberg
Chuck Schumer Has Half of a Plan Chuck Schumer Has Half of a Plan
In the car this morning, I was listening to Chuck Schumer being interviewed by Terry Gross. I have to say, I've always had a soft-spot for the guy. First, he's just so New York (t...
Jan 30, 2007 / The Nation
The Church of Football The Church of Football
If the holiest day on the American calendar is Super Bowl Sunday, Vince Lombardi and Joe Namath were its early saints. So what does that make Pat Tillman?
Jan 30, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Robert Lipsyte
Winning the (Anti)War and Rebuilding Political Imagination Winning the (Anti)War and Rebuilding Political Imagination
Opinion: "We are proposing a dramatic change in the strategy and tactics of the antiwar movement."
Jan 30, 2007 / The Nation
Choice Up Front Choice Up Front
On the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the "We Had Abortions" campaign invites students to add their name to the growing list of women hoping to rid the abortion debate of shame and si...
Jan 30, 2007 / The Nation
Big Russ and the VP Big Russ and the VP
If I were Tim Russert I'd be as hopping mad as a Buffalo Bills fan on any given Sunday. First, Dick Cheney's office tried to scapegoat him in the Plamegate scandal and then Cheney...
Jan 30, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Factory Girl Factory Girl
China Blue is a surprisingly fair-minded documentary about teenagers working in a jeans factory in China.
Jan 30, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Father Robert Drinan, D-Constitution Father Robert Drinan, D-Constitution
When Father Robert Drinan was swept into Congress as part of the "New Politics" surge of 1970 -- which saw Democratic primary voters across the country replace pro-Vietnam War inc...
Jan 30, 2007 / John Nichols
Impeachment: The Case Against Impeachment: The Case Against
Unfortunately, the Constitution's impeachment clause only works for criminals, not the grossly incompetent.
Jan 30, 2007 / Feature / Sanford Levinson
Impeachment: The Case in Favor Impeachment: The Case in Favor
Between Iraq, Katrina and wiretapping, the case for removing Bush is overwhelming.
Jan 30, 2007 / Feature / Elizabeth Holtzman