Oppose Karen Tandy’s Nomination Oppose Karen Tandy’s Nomination
The Bush Administration has quietly nominated another hard-liner with a questionable past to a high level position in Washington: veteran Justice Department official Karen Tand...
Jul 29, 2003 / Peter Rothberg
David Broder’s Tipping Point David Broder’s Tipping Point
You know this is a tipping point moment when veteran Washington Post columnist David Broder, a barometer of conventional wisdom, writes that "the shadow of defeat" is crossing Pr...
Jul 25, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Other Jessica Lynch Story The Other Jessica Lynch Story
Despite a boost from the killing of Saddam's two sons, George W looks increasingly vulnerable. As US deaths in Iraq mount, no weapons of mass destruction are found, the costs of ...
Jul 24, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Media Giants Get Slapped Media Giants Get Slapped
In an unprecedented rebuff to the agenda of big media, the House of Representatives on Wednesday approved by a 400-21 vote an appropriations bill that includes languarge blocking ...
Jul 23, 2003 / John Nichols
Back to the UN? Back to the UN?
Next time you hear the Bush Administration boast about the multinational support for its occupation of Iraq, remember the story of the Hungarian truck company. It turns out tha...
Jul 23, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Smart Letters/Mad George’s Revisionism Smart Letters/Mad George’s Revisionism
Have you noticed that many days, in newspapers nationwide, the letters to the editor are more enlightening and provocative than the op-eds or editorials they're sandwiched betwee...
Jul 21, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Help Save the FOIA Help Save the FOIA
As Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel noted in a recent weblog, the Freedom of Information Act has been under severe assault from the Bush Administration since October 2001, w...
Jul 21, 2003 / Peter Rothberg
Blair’s Crisis, Bush’s Crisis Blair’s Crisis, Bush’s Crisis
Only hours after British Prime Minister Tony Blair told a cheering US Congress that history would forgive the United States and Great Britain for using dubious data to make the ca...
Jul 19, 2003 / John Nichols
The Coalition of the Rational The Coalition of the Rational
Here's a modest proposal. Let's start a Coalition of the Rational to take back our country from this radical rightwing Administration. After all, these are times when true conser...
Jul 16, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Presidential Lies Presidential Lies
In my debate with Dick Armey on Hardball last Thursday night, the former House majority leader and current MSNBC consultant was obsessed with presidential lies and impeachment--t...
Jul 13, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel