An Israeli Defense of Jimmy Carter An Israeli Defense of Jimmy Carter
There is an ugly cynicism to the attack on Jimmy Carter that has been launched by Americans who well recognize that the former president's new book, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid...
Jan 8, 2007 / John Nichols
Asian Americans for Affirmative Action Asian Americans for Affirmative Action
Sunday's NYT Education supplement ran a cover story by Timothy Egan about Asian Americans and affirmative action. Focusing on UC Berkeley -- where Asians have grown to 41% of the ...
Jan 8, 2007 / The Nation
The Shifting Terrain in Economics The Shifting Terrain in Economics
I spent much of this weekend at the annual American Economic Association conference here in Chicago. The conference is the biggest gathering of economists anywhere in America (app...
Jan 8, 2007 / The Nation
How to Leave Iraq How to Leave Iraq
So some House Democrats now say they want to put forward their own plan for Iraq, as a counter to Bush's? Here is an excellent plan that I have thought long and hard about that I...
Jan 8, 2007 / The Nation
McCain’s Blame Game McCain’s Blame Game
"When I voted to support this war, I knew it was probably going to be long and hard and tough," John McCain recently told MSNBC, "and those that voted for it and thought that some...
Jan 8, 2007 / The Nation
Pelosi–Mother, Grandmother, Speaker Pelosi–Mother, Grandmother, Speaker
Did you see the New York Times page one photo of newly-elected House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, gavel in hand, celebrating the start of the 110th Congress surrounded by a swarm of her ...
Jan 8, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
New Jersey Could Kill the Death Penalty New Jersey Could Kill the Death Penalty
The Garden State has become the center of gravity in the fight to abolish capital punishment.
Jan 7, 2007 / Feature / Patrick Mulvaney
The Democrats’ First Test The Democrats’ First Test
Do the Dems have the vision to force Bush to pull back on Iraq and rebuild the economy?
Jan 7, 2007 / The Editors
Jerry Ford’s Politics 101 Jerry Ford’s Politics 101
The remarkable thing about Gerald Ford's many funeral and memorial services was that they brought together so many strands of the American political spectrum. What else but the d...
Jan 6, 2007 / The Nation
Selling the Surge Selling the Surge
Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol walked into the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) yesterday with a big grin on his face, as if to say "they're listening to me again!" Wolfo...
Jan 6, 2007 / The Nation