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Taking Marriage Amendments to School: Students–and professors–challenge benefit bans Taking Marriage Amendments to School: Students–and professors–challenge benefit bans

Students--and professors--challenge benefit bans.

Dec 20, 2006 / The Nation

Constructing Progress: To build better campuses, students should get more involved Constructing Progress: To build better campuses, students should get more involved

To build better campuses, students should get more involved.

Dec 20, 2006 / The Nation

Kids Kids

Spring Awakening is a highly politicized play that explores the sexuality of young teenagers and the adult heartache that can accompany it.

Dec 20, 2006 / Books & the Arts / The Nation

Oil Law Oil Law

Listening to the President's press conference just now, something caught my ear. In discussing the new "strategy forward," in Iraq, Bush mentioned that a key to unifying the count...

Dec 20, 2006 / The Nation

New Leadership on Ethics? New Leadership on Ethics?

For most of the last Congress the House Ethics Committee was dormant or dysfunctional, for reasons I described in the article Ethics Go-Round. Even when Howard Berman replaced A...

Dec 19, 2006 / The Nation

Good Evening, Vietnam Good Evening, Vietnam

Although Vietnam flooded instantly back into American consciousness as the invasion of Iraq was launched in March 2003--along with its ancient vocabulary from "hearts and minds" t...

Dec 19, 2006 / The Nation

“Surging” in the Wrong Direction “Surging” in the Wrong Direction

It should probably come as no surprise that President Bush is entertaining the idea that the way to solve the crisis he's created in Iraq is to send more troops to the Middle East...

Dec 19, 2006 / The Nation

New Poll: Hillary Over McCain New Poll: Hillary Over McCain

A new poll from Newsweek has some interesting data on Hillary Clinton's electability. According to the poll, Hillary beats John McCain 50 to 43 percent, squeaks by Rudy Giuliani 4...

Dec 18, 2006 / The Nation

A Near-Miss Nuclear Explosion A Near-Miss Nuclear Explosion

In March 2005, a nuclear warhead almost exploded in Texas. The near miss accident occurred in Amarillo, when workers at the Pantex nuclear weapons plant bungled the dismantling of...

Dec 18, 2006 / The Nation

Richardson Slams McCain Richardson Slams McCain

Bill Richardson knows a thing or two about foreign policy. The current New Mexico Governor served as US ambassador to the UN and Energy Secretary under Bill Clinton and successful...

Dec 16, 2006 / The Nation

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