Letter From Ground Zero Letter From Ground Zero
Why does the United States--born in a people's war for national independence from the greatest empire of its time--have such a difficult time understanding the people's wars of i...
Sep 16, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Jonathan Schell
A Short History of Someone Who Failed to Get Into the Champagne Unit of the Texas Air National Guard in 1968 A Short History of Someone Who Failed to Get Into the Champagne Unit of the Texas Air National Guard in 1968
I wasn't really for the war. But all my kin, in wars before, Had gone when called. I couldn't flee. No, Canada was not for me. Another thing that I was not
Sep 16, 2004 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Security for Sale Security for Sale
This article is adapted from Sifry and Watzman's just-published Is That a Politician in Your Pocket? Washington on $2 Million a Day.
Sep 16, 2004 / Micah L. Sifry and Nancy Watzman
Agents of Influence Agents of Influence
Did Ariel Sharon, the Prime Minister of Israel, run a covert program with operatives in high-level US government positions to influence the Bush Administration's decision to go t...
Sep 16, 2004 / Bob Dreyfuss
Election Matters Election Matters
The presidential pageant has now risen full in the sky and is blocking out the sun.
Sep 16, 2004 / William Greider
Command of the Truth Command of the Truth
It's one measure of the decay--and the promise--of American political discourse that Seymour Hersh's Chain of Command arrives at a moment when John O'Neill and Jerome Corsi's Unf...
Sep 16, 2004 / The Editors
It’s a Small World After All It’s a Small World After All
The International Ethical Collegium is an important new global voice. Its membership includes philosophers, diplomats, scientists, human rights activists and current and former H...
Sep 16, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Mobilize for Public Schools Today Mobilize for Public Schools Today
This won't be a surprise to Nation readers, but with Congress back in session, the White House and the GOP majority are pushing hard to continue shortchanging America's public sc...
Sep 14, 2004 / Peter Rothberg
If Only Kerry Were From the Bronx If Only Kerry Were From the Bronx
With some street smarts, he might call those Republican bums out.
Sep 14, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer