Pentagon Dystopia Pentagon Dystopia
In our world, the Pentagon and the national security bureaucracy have largely taken possession of the future. In an exchange in 2002, journalist Ron Suskind reported a senior adv...
Jan 9, 2007 / The Nation
Activism on Stage Activism on Stage
Opinion: A dramatic interpretation of Rachel Corrie's life raises questions about what we can learn from an activist abruptly separated from her cause.
Jan 9, 2007 / The Nation
Inciting Anger Is Not Enough Inciting Anger Is Not Enough
Opinion: The alternative media, and the Left in general, have succeeded in inciting anger. Now it's time to inspire people to take action and give them tools to make specific chang...
Jan 9, 2007 / The Nation
In the (Israeli) Army Now In the (Israeli) Army Now
In Israel, where military service is mandatory for nearly everyone, even the most progressive young people tend to see war as a given.
Jan 9, 2007 / The Nation
Asian Americans for Affirmative Action Asian Americans for Affirmative Action
Sunday's NYT Education supplement ran a cover story by Timothy Egan about Asian Americans and affirmative action. Focusing on UC Berkeley -- where Asians have grown to 41% of the ...
Jan 8, 2007 / The Nation
The Shifting Terrain in Economics The Shifting Terrain in Economics
I spent much of this weekend at the annual American Economic Association conference here in Chicago. The conference is the biggest gathering of economists anywhere in America (app...
Jan 8, 2007 / The Nation
How to Leave Iraq How to Leave Iraq
So some House Democrats now say they want to put forward their own plan for Iraq, as a counter to Bush's? Here is an excellent plan that I have thought long and hard about that I...
Jan 8, 2007 / The Nation
McCain’s Blame Game McCain’s Blame Game
"When I voted to support this war, I knew it was probably going to be long and hard and tough," John McCain recently told MSNBC, "and those that voted for it and thought that some...
Jan 8, 2007 / The Nation
Jerry Ford’s Politics 101 Jerry Ford’s Politics 101
The remarkable thing about Gerald Ford's many funeral and memorial services was that they brought together so many strands of the American political spectrum. What else but the d...
Jan 6, 2007 / The Nation
Selling the Surge Selling the Surge
Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol walked into the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) yesterday with a big grin on his face, as if to say "they're listening to me again!" Wolfo...
Jan 6, 2007 / The Nation