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Advocacy for Sale Advocacy for Sale

Armstrong Williams. Maggie Gallagher. Doug Bandow. All of these people accepted money from the Bush Administration or big business, never disclosed it and then claimed to be indep...

Oct 13, 2006 / The Nation

James Baker’s Iraq James Baker’s Iraq

Americans, wherever they may actually stand, love to present themselves as in the moderate middle of any debate, just as politicians regularly gravitate toward the "center," no ma...

Oct 13, 2006 / The Nation

Paranoia Strikes Deep Paranoia Strikes Deep

Okay, I admit it. As the election approaches, I amfeeling a creepy sense of paranoia. My right brain reads the newspapers,studies the polls and thinks we are looking at a blow-out...

Oct 12, 2006 / The Nation

Give Peace a Vote Give Peace a Vote

Here's why I've always loved Willie Nelson's music and message: "Give Peace a Vote" October 11 , 2006

Oct 12, 2006 / The Nation

Spellings Check: The Secretary of Education’s latest report doesn’t get an ‘A’ grade. Spellings Check: The Secretary of Education’s latest report doesn’t get an ‘A’ grade.

The Secretary of Education's latest report doesn't get an "A" grade.

Oct 11, 2006 / The Nation

Five Minutes With: Christiane Amanpour Five Minutes With: Christiane Amanpour

One of the most recognizable faces in news answers questions about Daniel Pearl, the documentary, and the state of journalism in our society.

Oct 11, 2006 / The Nation

Mamma Said Help Me Out: In the latest feminist battle, men should do more than observe. Mamma Said Help Me Out: In the latest feminist battle, men should do more than observe.

In the latest feminist battle, men should do more than observe.

Oct 11, 2006 / The Nation

Wal-Mart Endorses “Homosexual Agenda” Wal-Mart Endorses “Homosexual Agenda”

Happy National Coming Out Day! The right-wing nuts are going, well, nuts. Wal-Mart is sponsoring LGBT Diversity Week at Boise State University in Idaho--October 9 to 13--and once ...

Oct 11, 2006 / The Nation

Republicans for Hypocrisy Republicans for Hypocrisy

You gotta love the contradictions in Washington. The head of a new conservative group named Americans for Honesty on Issues is a former advisor to Rep. Tom DeLay and Enron CEO Ken...

Oct 11, 2006 / The Nation

The Leno Bias The Leno Bias

For some time now, Tonight Show host Jay Leno and California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger have enjoyed an unusually cozy relationship. Back in August, 2003, Schwarzenegger used Leno...

Oct 11, 2006 / The Nation

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