Rumsfeld: Iraqis Now Capable of Conducting War Without US Assistance Rumsfeld: Iraqis Now Capable of Conducting War Without US Assistance
The Defense Secretary says escalating violence in Iraq shows the Iraqi population is capable of staying the course without outside military aid.
Sep 25, 2006 / The Nation
Release the NIE on Iraq and Terrorism! Release the NIE on Iraq and Terrorism!
Reality intrudes again. President Bush and his allies keep insisting that the invasion of Iraq was essential to winning the fight against anti-American Isla...
Sep 25, 2006 / David Corn
The Devil and Mr. Bush The Devil and Mr. Bush
Love him, hate him, fear him, revere him, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez is an elected world leader whose fiery criticisms of US foreign policy can't simply be ignored or ridic...
Sep 25, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Rendition Chic Rendition Chic
In a recent Washington Post piece on the case of Maher Arar ("Canadian Was Falsely Accused, Panel Says"), reporter Doug Struck noted that since September 11, 2001, an estimated 3,...
Sep 24, 2006 / The Nation
Senate Vote Advances President’s Effort to Kill War Crimes Act Senate Vote Advances President’s Effort to Kill War Crimes Act
The 109th Congress, led by Republican Senators McCain, Warner, and Graham and with the acquiescence of many Democrats, is poised to legalize torture, trials with secret evidence, ...
Sep 22, 2006 / Feature / Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith
The Pro-Torture Pact The Pro-Torture Pact
Democrats chose to outsource their policy on military tribunals to John McCain. And McCain did what he's done best the last year: capitulate to Bush. "Senators Snatch Defeat From...
Sep 22, 2006 / The Nation
War Signals? War Signals?
As a strike group of six US Naval vessels prepares to deploy to the Persian Gulf, wary critics of the Bush Administration and some members of the military are raising flags that an...
Sep 21, 2006 / Feature / Dave Lindorff
The Pope’s Monopoly on Reason The Pope’s Monopoly on Reason
Pope Benedict XVI's controversial speech is indeed a call for dialogue among all religions. But what kind of dialogue is possible if the Pope believes his ideas are "rational" and ...
Sep 21, 2006 / Tarif Khalidi and Muhammad Ali Khalidi
United Professionals, Unite! United Professionals, Unite!
In 2002, Barbara Ehrenreich and Thomas Geoghegan wrote in The Nation, "The underlying reason for organized labor's decline is that our labor laws do not let people join unions, fr...
Sep 21, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Drop the Debt Drop the Debt
I'm in hearty agreement with Sam's post about Harvard and Princeton's decision to eliminate early admissions. It's a good move, but in reality will effect a handful of low-to-mid-...
Sep 21, 2006 / The Nation