Just Watch It! Just Watch It!
I'm no expert, but we seem to be experiencing a resurgence of independent filmmaking with more quality documentaries and small-budget movies being produced than ever before. The t...
Nov 16, 2005 / Peter Rothberg
O’Reilly to San Francisco: You’re Out of the US O’Reilly to San Francisco: You’re Out of the US
I was in San Francisco last week, when Fox News commentator-in-chief Bill O'Reilly had one of his tantrums and told would-be terrorists to "go ahead" and blow the city off the map...
Nov 15, 2005 / John Nichols
An Unconstitutional Amendment An Unconstitutional Amendment
Last Thursday, in a close 49-42 vote, the Senate adopted South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham's amendment to a military budget bill restricting the authority of US courts to hold...
Nov 14, 2005 / Peter Rothberg
Cruising With Scheer Cruising With Scheer
On Thursday, the Los Angeles Times reported that, "In a major shakeup ofits editorial pages," it "...was discontinuing one of its most liberal columnists." Three days later that...
Nov 14, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
God’s Pat Problem God’s Pat Problem
It cannot be easy being God these days, what with so many of His self-proclaimed followers launching wars in His name. So the last thing that the Almighty needs is a whackjob cal...
Nov 12, 2005 / John Nichols
Demand Peace Demand Peace
Medea Benjamin and Gayle Brandeis ask a good question for today's holiday in a new piece for The Nation online: "On Veteran's Day, when we honor all of those who have served our c...
Nov 11, 2005 / Peter Rothberg
Dictionary of Republicanisms Dictionary of Republicanisms
We did it! With the support of thenation.com's loyal readers, Nation Books has just published The Dictionary of Republicanisms--an attempt to call out and decode the right's well-...
Nov 11, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sweet Victory: Maine Voters Deny Discrimination Bill Sweet Victory: Maine Voters Deny Discrimination Bill
It was a Super Tuesday for Democrats. Gubernatorial candidates Jon Corzine (D-NJ) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) trounced their Republican counterparts, and California voters terminated all...
Nov 11, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Forcing Bush and Senate Republicans to Honor Veterans Forcing Bush and Senate Republicans to Honor Veterans
Former U.S. Senator Max Cleland, the Georgia Democrat who lost his right arm and both legs in the quagmire that was Vietnam, explained a few years ago that, "Within the soul of ea...
Nov 11, 2005 / John Nichols
Election ($$$) Hangover Election ($$$) Hangover
Last night was a grand defeat for George W. Bush--and the shrinking Terminator out in California. Let's celebrate Democrats winning governorships in New Jersey and Virginia--an es...
Nov 9, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel