Articles

Occupation Unhinged Occupation Unhinged

The US occupation of Iraq is spiraling out of control. Just when it seems like America couldn't be any more unpopular in Iraq, and around the world, comes the word Haditha. A ho...

Jun 1, 2006 / The Nation

Galbraith Remembered Galbraith Remembered

At a memorial service for John Kenneth Galbraith at Harvard University's Memorial Church, economist and biographer Richard Parker eulogized an extraordinary man.

Jun 1, 2006 / Feature / Richard Parker

‘The Republic’s Most Valuable Subversive’ ‘The Republic’s Most Valuable Subversive’

It seemed right that John Kenneth Galbraith had the last word at his memorial service. "My father's last book was devoted to the destructiveness of war, the unimaginable cruelty ...

Jun 1, 2006 / The Nation

McCain Dumps Duke’s GOP Successor McCain Dumps Duke’s GOP Successor

There's some ugly trouble for Republicans out here in Southern California. Just days before the June 6 special election to replace jailed former Congressman Duke Cunningham, Senat...

Jun 1, 2006 / The Nation

Taken for Granted: Ford Replies Taken for Granted: Ford Replies

New York City

May 31, 2006 / Scott Sherman and Our Readers

Former Bush AIDS Czar Slams US Policies Former Bush AIDS Czar Slams US Policies

Five years ago Scott Evertz headed the US delegation to UNGASS where 189 member countries signed the historic Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS. In the glacial bureaucracy of ...

May 31, 2006 / The Nation

The Center for Selective Facts The Center for Selective Facts

In response to accusations fromWake Up Wal-Mart, Wal-Mart denies funding the far-right Center for Union Facts (CUF), whose creepy and misleading anti-union ads you may have seen ...

May 31, 2006 / The Nation

Constitutional Contrarianism Constitutional Contrarianism

I don't profess to be an expert on constitutional law. But it doesn't take a genius to note that the outrage coming from both parties over the FBI's raid of Rep. William Jefferson...

May 31, 2006 / The Nation

Road to Perdition Road to Perdition

A nearly forgotten criminal conspiracy by GM, Firestone and Chevron shut down the nation's municipal railways, replacing them with gas-guzzling bus lines, paving the way for global...

May 31, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Morton Mintz

Impeach Alberto Gonzales? Why, yes! Impeach Alberto Gonzales? Why, yes!

California Congressman Darrell Issa is one of the most conservative Republican members of the House Judiciary Committee. So it should come as no surprise that he offered an approp...

May 31, 2006 / John Nichols

x