Larry Summers Ghosts–Continued Larry Summers Ghosts–Continued
As Russian-watcher and ex-Nation blogger Matt Bivens detailed in this space last week, despite the spate of media coverage being devoted to Larry Summers' resignation as Harvard U...
Feb 27, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Wisconsin Democrats Vote to Impeach Bush Wisconsin Democrats Vote to Impeach Bush
The other day, I received a letter from Robert Burrows of Whitewater, Wisconsin. I was moved to read his description of why the Democratic Party of Walworth County, Wisconsin voted...
Feb 27, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Stem-Cell Hypocrisy Stem-Cell Hypocrisy
How serious are Republican -- and some Democratic -- politicians who go on and on about the need to restrict embryonic stem-cell research? Not very. Stem cell research, which sci...
Feb 27, 2006 / John Nichols
Bob Hagan’s Modest Proposal Bob Hagan’s Modest Proposal
Bob Hagan has for decades been one of Ohio's most progressive-minded and intellectually adventurous legislators. So it comes as no surprise that the Democratic state senator from ...
Feb 27, 2006 / John Nichols
My Dinner With Ashcroft My Dinner With Ashcroft
I spent this past weekend bunkered in with 350 movement conservatives and some of their favorite pols and strategists – from John Ashcroft to Tom Tancredo to Jim Woolsey --an...
Feb 27, 2006 / Marc Cooper
The Costs of War The Costs of War
As we approach the third anniversary of Bush's invasion of Iraq, with domestic spending being gutted, tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans being extended, and the Bush administra...
Feb 27, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Ted’s Excellent New Adventure Ted’s Excellent New Adventure
In the New York Times on Friday, Ted Koppel – now a columnist free from the strictures of ABC-Disney – lays it on the line in examining the undeniable role of oil in ou...
Feb 26, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Hard Times in the Big Easy Hard Times in the Big Easy
The American economy cannot function without migrant labor. The paradox is the country's political culture cannot function without scapegoating immigrants.
Feb 26, 2006 / Column / Gary Younge
The March of Progress The March of Progress
A comparative list of how our cultural life has changed in the progression from the modern age to the postmodern.
Feb 26, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Norman Mailer
Duke Ain’t Cheap Duke Ain’t Cheap
There's one thing you can say about Duke Cunningham: He didn't come cheap. Mitchell Wade, the defense contractor who purchased Cunningham's California home for a price inflated by ...
Feb 24, 2006 / Ari Berman