Seeds of Hope Seeds of Hope
At the close of 2004, progressives can be forgiven for feeling they've found themselves in a particularly bleak midwinter.
Dec 22, 2004 / The Editors
Letters Letters
SAVE YOUR CONFEDERATE MONEY... Manchester, NJ
Dec 22, 2004 / Thomas Geoghegan, Laura Flanders, Our Readers, and Laura Ross
The Republican Dictionary: Part 3 The Republican Dictionary: Part 3
This past November, I wrote about the right's semantic trickery and proposed an idea for how we could debunk and decode the conservative's Orwellian Code of encrypted language: A...
Dec 21, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
What do the CIA, the Pentagon and the UN Have in Common? What do the CIA, the Pentagon and the UN Have in Common?
What do the CIA, the Pentagon and the UN have in common? They share a prescient view of the world's greatest dangers and their unheralded agreement on key issues facing the planet...
Dec 21, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Newfield’s Passionate Journalism Newfield’s Passionate Journalism
In RFK: A Memoir, the finest of the shelf full of books he produced during a career that was as prolific as it was meaningful, Jack Newfield succeeded in explaining the late Rober...
Dec 21, 2004 / John Nichols
A Christmas Amnesty A Christmas Amnesty
This article, from the December 14, 1946, issue of The Nation, is a special selection from The Nation’s Digital Archive.
Dec 21, 2004 / Feature / Dorothy Canfield Fisher
The GOP’s Sabotage of Social Security The GOP’s Sabotage of Social Security
The President considers my longevity a grave threat to the nation.
Dec 21, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer
All Hat, No Cattle All Hat, No Cattle
In a decision that was as unsurprising as it was shallow, Time magazine picked George W. Bush as its Person of the Year for the amazing feat of winning reelection as an incumbent ...
Dec 20, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
An Unlawful Dentention An Unlawful Dentention
Way off the world's radar and in continued violation of international human-rights law, on September 22 the Vietnamese Government abruptly transferred political dissident Dr. Nguy...
Dec 17, 2004 / Peter Rothberg
Howard’s End Howard’s End
Martin Scorsese's The Aviator overlays three legends, all of them made of celluloid.
Dec 16, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans