Anger in the Arab World Anger in the Arab World
At best, war in Gaza and Lebanon will weaken pro-American regimes without destroying Hezbollah, Hamas, Iran or Syria. At worst, it will plunge the region into catastrophe.
Jul 27, 2006 / Rashid Khalidi
The Fractured Mideast The Fractured Mideast
Bush's Mideast strategy of inaction is a dangerous failure. He must act diplomatically to achieve a cease-fire, prisoner exchange and Israeli withdrawal from Arab lands.
Jul 27, 2006 / The Editors
Democrats for Demagoguery Democrats for Demagoguery
I think it's time to start a new political party: Democrats for Demagoguery. I'll give you three examples of why. First there was the Dubai ports scandal. Sure, the uproar was ...
Jul 27, 2006 / The Nation
Labor Pains of a Stillborn Foreign Policy Labor Pains of a Stillborn Foreign Policy
By saying that the Israel-Lebanon crisis simply represents the "birth pangs of a new Middle East," Condoleezza Rice underscored the Bush Administration's blindness to the disastrou...
Jul 26, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer
101 People Who Are Really Screwing America 101 People Who Are Really Screwing America
For everyone who has been waiting for the response to Bernard Goldberg's awful 100 People Who Are Screwing Up America, Nationbooks has the answer--101 People Who Are Really Screwi...
Jul 26, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Why Is the US in Iraq? Why Is the US in Iraq?
The sectarian violence that's taking place in the Baghdad area...is probably the gravest threat to stability that there is in the country right now. ...
Jul 26, 2006 / David Corn
Whither the WTO Whither the WTO
The announcement from Geneva that the "Doha Round" negotiations for another global trade agreement is in "collapse" lacked high drama since impending failure was already clear to ...
Jul 26, 2006 / The Nation
Beyond Same-Sex Marriage Beyond Same-Sex Marriage
Minutes after I posted, the Washington Supreme Court issued its decision. Essentially, it went the way of New York State and tossed the issue back to the legislature. Here's the r...
Jul 26, 2006 / The Nation
Bill Moyers for President? Absolutely! Bill Moyers for President? Absolutely!
Molly Ivins is trying to get Democrats excited about the prospect of running Bill Moyers for president. "Dear desperate Democrats," the nation's most widely-read liberal newspape...
Jul 25, 2006 / John Nichols