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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

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