Murtha’s Plan to Stop Bush Murtha’s Plan to Stop Bush
At a hearing on Iraq today convened by the Congressional Progressive Caucus, Congressman Jack Murtha offered a preview of how he plans to rein in the Bush Administration, from the...
Jan 12, 2007 / The Nation
Word Count Word Count
In our country, Wednesday night's "surge" was mainly a surge of words, twenty-minutes worth, 2,898 of them. In the build-up to the speech, as almost every last detail of it was l...
Jan 12, 2007 / The Nation
No party for the (Democratic) Party in ’08? No party for the (Democratic) Party in ’08?
Pity the poor Democrats. They never get any respect. Even after their historic return from twelve years in the minority desert, no one wants to throw them a presidential party. ...
Jan 11, 2007 / The Nation
Newsflash: Americans Still Oppose Iraq War Newsflash: Americans Still Oppose Iraq War
"The first thing we have to gauge is the reaction of the American people tonight and tomorrow," Senator Jack Reed, the Democrats' point person on the war in Iraq, said yesterday. ...
Jan 11, 2007 / The Nation
Iranian Hostage Crisis Redux Iranian Hostage Crisis Redux
In 1979, the new theocratic government in Iran intiated an international crisis when it allowed a group of students to blatantly violate international norms by invading the US emb...
Jan 11, 2007 / The Nation
Body Count Body Count
On January 4th, the Pentagon "announced the identities" of six American soldiers who had died between December 28th and New Year's Eve. It was just one of many such listings over...
Jan 11, 2007 / The Nation
Will Democrats Spend Their Political Capital? Will Democrats Spend Their Political Capital?
White House press secretary Tony Snow is right about one thing:Democratic resolutions on Iraq may be non-binding, but the war--andnow its escalation--is "very real." Just because...
Jan 11, 2007 / The Nation
Hawkish New Commander for Iraq Hawkish New Commander for Iraq
Several people have been writing fairly glowing accounts of the "brainy"and essentially anti-inflammatory approach the US military's new command teamin Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus a...
Jan 10, 2007 / The Nation
Past Precedents For Blocking Escalation Past Precedents For Blocking Escalation
Sen. Joe Biden could not have been more wrong when he claimed on Meet the Press on Sunday that Congress does not have the constitutional power to block an escalation of the war in...
Jan 10, 2007 / The Nation
The GOP’s 100 Hour Plan The GOP’s 100 Hour Plan
It's always fascinating to see how one side views the other in politics. Scrolling through my inbox last night, I noticed that Republicans had a very different conception of the H...
Jan 9, 2007 / The Nation