Same Old Same Old Same Old Same Old
House Speaker-to-be Nancy Pelosi ought to find a quiet place where shecan sit down and recount the election. She was not chosen by her friendsin Silicon Valley or by the friendly ...
Nov 30, 2006 / The Nation
The Baker Cop-Out The Baker Cop-Out
After months of speculation, the Iraq Study Group, led by James Baker and Lee Hamilton, is preparing to release its much-hyped report on American policy toward Iraq. According t...
Nov 30, 2006 / The Nation
Card Check and Inequality Card Check and Inequality
Mickey Kaus, in his inimitable permalink-free way takes a shot (kind of) at the Democrats' stated plan for attacking the growing inequality in America, a phenomenon which has fina...
Nov 30, 2006 / The Nation
Two Cheers for Senator Webb Two Cheers for Senator Webb
In today's Washington Post columnist George Will lectures Virginia's newest Senator for his boorishness. His evidence? Wednesday's Post report that at a recent White House recepti...
Nov 30, 2006 / The Nation
The Lessons of Iraq, Gates-style The Lessons of Iraq, Gates-style
Robert M. Gates, the man slated to fill the "stuff happens" combat boots of Donald Rumsfeld at the Pentagon, offered his first cautious pass at the lessons of the Iraq War this we...
Nov 30, 2006 / The Nation
Merry Christmas, Bill O’Reilly! Merry Christmas, Bill O’Reilly!
Ranking up there with good cheer and the smell of evergreen, one of the holiday season's many genuine pleasures is the now-annual ritual of watching the far right wax livid on the...
Nov 29, 2006 / The Nation
Romney Runs Right Romney Runs Right
It's no secret that Mitt Romney's stock is rising inside Republican circles. The former Massachusetts Governor is working overtime to position himself as the authentic conservativ...
Nov 29, 2006 / The Nation
Lost in Transition Lost in Transition
After George Herbert Walker Bush was jeered by an Abu Dhabi crowd for saying that his "son is an honest man," he appeared stunned and surprised. He apparently was unaware that his...
Nov 28, 2006 / The Nation
What If the Iraqi Insurgency Ran for Another 5,000 Years? What If the Iraqi Insurgency Ran for Another 5,000 Years?
On Sunday, in a front page New York Times piece ("U.S. Finds Iraq Insurgency Has Funds to Sustain Itself"), John Burns and Kirk Semple reported that a federal "interagency working...
Nov 28, 2006 / The Nation
Civil War in Iraq Civil War in Iraq
Major media outlets are beginning to recognize the obvious: Iraq is now in a state of civil war. The widely used term "sectarian violence" no longer describes the horrific bloodsh...
Nov 28, 2006 / The Nation