Iraq Deadline: An Extraordinary Political Moment Iraq Deadline: An Extraordinary Political Moment
Take a deep breath. The nation has arrived at an extraordinary political moment. The Congress is about to instruct the President he should withdraw from the ongoing war. Yes, I kn...
Mar 28, 2007 / The Nation
The Other Surge The Other Surge
The carnage in Iraq continues, but what did anyone expect? Roadside bombs (IEDs) take their deadly almost daily toll on U.S. troops in and around Baghdad (and adjoining provinces...
Mar 28, 2007 / The Nation
Pinkerton’s Men Pinkerton’s Men
The Nation says that Pinkerton's mercenary police force is "the greatest disgrace that has befallen the United States." That was putting it mildly.
Mar 27, 2007 / Feature / The Nation
Public to Dems: Investigate Onward! Public to Dems: Investigate Onward!
Pontificators of conventional wisdom in Washington have been warning Democrats not to overreach in their probe of why 8 US Attorneys were unexpectedly fired last December. "It see...
Mar 27, 2007 / The Nation
No Special Rights No Special Rights
Nonbinding this and that, deadline lah-di-dah, Bush/Cheney are going to ignore the mandate of the midterm elections and every pressure from Congress on Iraq, because Bush/Cheney k...
Mar 26, 2007 / The Nation
Right about Iraq, Written Out of the Story Right about Iraq, Written Out of the Story
Among the missing-in-action of these last years are all those Americans who went out into the streets before the invasion of Iraq began, part of the largest global antiwar demonst...
Mar 26, 2007 / The Nation
We’re Winning We’re Winning
There's been a lot of evidence recently that the Bush administration is causing (or perhaps amplifying) an ideological shift among the American public away from Reagan/Gingrich co...
Mar 26, 2007 / The Nation
Crowdsourcing Elizabeth Edwards Crowdsourcing Elizabeth Edwards
John and Elizabeth Edwards' decision to continue his presidentialbid, despite learning that Ms. Edwards was diagnosed with incurablebut treatable cancer, has sparked impassioned d...
Mar 26, 2007 / The Nation
Lying to Congress Lying to Congress
Note to future Capitol Hill witnesses: it's a crime to lie to Congress, even if you're not under oath. Stephen Griles, the former number two official at the Department of Interio...
Mar 26, 2007 / The Nation
The Haunting Legacy of Slavery The Haunting Legacy of Slavery
Here in London, many people are making a pretty big deal out of the 200th anniversary of an act passed by Parliament in March 1807 that outlawed the involvement of British ships i...
Mar 25, 2007 / The Nation