Going Postal Going Postal
Did you see last week's horrifying stories about the shootings at the Southern California mail distribution center? A 44 year old woman shot three employees in a parking lot, and t...
Feb 7, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Lieberman’s Lapdog Act Not Playing Well Lieberman’s Lapdog Act Not Playing Well
It is no secret that Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman is President Bush's favorite Democrat. With his see-no-evil, hear-no-evil, admit-no-evil defense of the administration's ...
Feb 7, 2006 / John Nichols
“Stuff Happens” Rumsfeld Comes to NY “Stuff Happens” Rumsfeld Comes to NY
On February 17th, Secretary of Defense Donald "Stuff Happens" Rumsfeld will visit the Council on Foreign Relations, the citadel of America's foreign-policy establishment. The topi...
Feb 6, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Will Scooter Libby Graymail the CIA? Will Scooter Libby Graymail the CIA?
Will Scooter Libby, a neocon who helped orchestrate the war in Iraq, end up graymailing the US government? That seems to be one of the strategies be...
Feb 6, 2006 / David Corn
The Value of a Number The Value of a Number
Racial tensions between black and Latino players have been exposed in the ongoing controversy over how to honor Roberto Clemente.
Feb 6, 2006 / Feature / Dave Zirin
Boehner’s Broken Promises Boehner’s Broken Promises
In his victory over Roy Blunt to replace Tom DeLay as House Majority Leader, John Boehner ran as the reformer. This weekend he hit the Sunday talk shows to explain just which refor...
Feb 6, 2006 / Ari Berman
Texas Judge Denounces New Bankruptcy Law Texas Judge Denounces New Bankruptcy Law
I received this email from my colleague Doug Henwood last week: A bankruptcy judge in Texas, by all accounts a sober and respected fellow, wrote the attached opinion, denouncing ...
Feb 6, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Arnie’s Favorite Double Dipper Arnie’s Favorite Double Dipper
To some California conservatives, she's no less than Satan. To Governor Schwarzenegger, she's his Chief of Staff and his favorite Democrat. To some reformers, she's the embodiment ...
Feb 6, 2006 / Marc Cooper
Nipplegate’s Legacy Nipplegate’s Legacy
Though it has only been two years since it made its live debut on national television, Janet Jackson's right nipple has already left an indelible mark on American society. Many tho...
Feb 5, 2006 / Richard Kim
Detroit: Super Bowl City on the Brink Detroit: Super Bowl City on the Brink
Must read article--by The Nation's very own sportswriter Dave Zirin--about the bacchanalia atmosphere of the Super Bowl set against the ravaged backdrop of America's most impoveris...
Feb 5, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel