The Real Gas Gougers The Real Gas Gougers
How convenient for the oil industry that Hurricane Katrina hit just before the traditional Labor Day-weekend hike in gas prices. Now, instead of having to fake up some absolutely ...
Sep 1, 2005 / John Nichols
Messing With Mother Nature Messing With Mother Nature
(This post was updated on August 31, 2005) Like all Americans, I was horrified watching pictures of the destruction wrought by the hurricane. And like others who share the name K...
Aug 30, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Censor Pat Robertson? Censor Pat Robertson?
It appears that the only Americans who are not embarrassed by their associations with Pat Robertson, the former presidential contender and longtime host of the Christian Broadcast...
Aug 29, 2005 / John Nichols
Bush vs. History Bush vs. History
The Iraqis are having a hard time pulling together a constitution quickly enough to meet President Bush's public-relations timeline. As I am not an Iraqi, I have no interest in m...
Aug 26, 2005 / John Nichols
The Importance of Being Lazy The Importance of Being Lazy
It's a late August midnight, I'm on vacation, a hurricane named Katrina is heading to Florida--and I'm online. Like some 40 percent of Americans, I have spent half of my time this...
Aug 26, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Leave My Child Alone Leave My Child Alone
In the new issue of The Nation, Karen Houppert investigates how the US military has gone beyond trying to recruit tenth, eleventh and twelfth graders and is now actively chasing c...
Aug 25, 2005 / Peter Rothberg
President of Leisure President of Leisure
Often, when an executive faces lingering questions about his skills, he works extra hard to make sure that every "i" is dotted and every "t" is crossed. Not so George W. Bush. I...
Aug 24, 2005 / John Nichols
Ground Control to Major George Ground Control to Major George
There is something profoundly disturbing about the fact that the Commander in Chief is in better shape than his Army, that he has time to ride his bike around his ranch for hours ...
Aug 23, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Feingold vs. Bush Feingold vs. Bush
Los Angeles -- US Senator Russ Feingold, D-Wisconsin, will turn up the volume on his challenge to the Bush White House's failed approach to national security when he delivers a hi...
Aug 22, 2005 / John Nichols
Feingold Tunes in to Antiwar Sentiment Feingold Tunes in to Antiwar Sentiment
President Bush and US Senator Russ Feingold have taken dramatically different approaches to the traditional August break from Washington intrigues. Bush has gone into hiding, whi...
Aug 19, 2005 / John Nichols