Blogging While Female Blogging While Female
So far today I've watched Hillary Clinton take unscripted questions in a small room, seen Barack Obama wow a separate crowd of inquisitors, had Mike Gravel smartly answer somethin...
Aug 5, 2007 / Peter Rothberg
Exposing Block & Blame Conservatives Exposing Block & Blame Conservatives
No progress on ending the war. No advances on new energy policy. No movement on health care costs. Why is Congress gridlocked? There has been much smart debate over this vexing ...
Aug 4, 2007 / Peter Rothberg
Worse Than You Think Worse Than You Think
The non-stop violence in Iraq is overshadowing a humanitarian crisis, with eight million Iraqis--nearly one in three--in need of emergency aid, says a new report released by the i...
Jul 31, 2007 / Peter Rothberg
Future 5000 Future 5000
Who says students are apathetic? In periodic posts, I've tried to debunk the silly and unfounded notion that young people are insufficiently engaged with the critical political, e...
Jul 24, 2007 / Peter Rothberg
Marbury vs. Jordan Marbury vs. Jordan
New York Knicks point guard Stephon Marbury is in the midst of a 37-city tour to promote his Starbury line of shoes and clothing for Steve and Barry's. The sneakers cost just $14....
Jul 19, 2007 / Peter Rothberg
Justice for Troy Davis-UPDATED Justice for Troy Davis-UPDATED
UPDATE: The state parole board Monday temporarily halted the execution of Troy Anthony Davis less than 24 hours before he was scheduled to die by lethal injection. The board issued...
Jul 11, 2007 / Peter Rothberg
Cheney on the Defensive Cheney on the Defensive
Dick Cheney has been a destructive force on the checks and balances of American government for more than six years. He has subverted long-standing processes, procedures, protocols...
Jul 6, 2007 / Peter Rothberg
Creating a Foundation Creating a Foundation
Co-written by Emily Greenhouse For the last few years students have been steadily debunking the old saw that young people are politically apathetic. Young people might not be nea...
Jul 5, 2007 / Peter Rothberg
Five for the Fourth Five for the Fourth
As my boss and Nation editor and publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel wrote in Editor's Cut, The Nation's "definition of patriotism is fighting to make sure your country lives up to it...
Jul 3, 2007 / Peter Rothberg
The Real ANWR The Real ANWR
A Canadian mining corporation, Northern Dynasty Minerals, is trying to create one of North America's largest open pit gold and copper mines in the heart of Alaska's Bristol Bay -...
Jun 28, 2007 / Peter Rothberg