Kerry & Dean–Where’s the Beef? Kerry & Dean–Where’s the Beef?
About a month ago, George Soros sent me a letter along with a copy of a recent speech he'd delivered offering his views on "America's Role in the World." (I'm sure I was one of t...
May 1, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Secretary of Enron Exits Secretary of Enron Exits
Army Secretary Thomas White, the Enron executive who parlayed his skills at running private companies into bankruptcy into an important-sounding position in the Bush Administratio...
Apr 28, 2003 / John Nichols
Unbuilt Monuments Unbuilt Monuments
No monument will improve the lives of tens of millions of people living below the poverty line or repair Russia's ravaged public health system, idle factories, decaying farms, ...
Apr 28, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The American Way of Death The American Way of Death
The continued use of the death penalty in the United States remains an act of racial injustice as well as an inherently cruel, unusual and degrading punishment. A report rece...
Apr 28, 2003 / Peter Rothberg
Bigotry, Lies and the GOP Bigotry, Lies and the GOP
Rick Santorum is a bigot. And, like others bigots before him, he seeks to promote his views be claiming the American people face "threats" that do not exist. Santorum, the Penns...
Apr 24, 2003 / John Nichols
Emperor Bush Emperor Bush
Is Bush taking lessons from Julius Caesar? Apparently so. When Caesar's short but bloody conquest of the Celtic tribes led to the founding of the Roman province of Gaul (modern F...
Apr 24, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Boss Defends Dissenters The Boss Defends Dissenters
"America has entered one of its periods of historical madness," argues author John Le Carré, who suggests that the current drive by conservatives in Congress and their media alli...
Apr 23, 2003 / John Nichols
Democracy Bush-Style? Democracy Bush-Style?
Skip the stories about pro-consul Jay Garner, Bechtel's war profiteering and the Bush Administration's professed commitment to building democracy in Iraq. For a clear-eyed view o...
Apr 22, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Our Evangelist President Our Evangelist President
With America's leading evangelist in the White House, is it any wonder that Christian preacher Franklin Graham and his relief agency, Samaritan's Purse, are "poised and ready" ...
Apr 21, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Bob Scheer vs. Bill O’Reilly Bob Scheer vs. Bill O’Reilly
There are many things that one can rightly call Los Angeles Times columnist and Nation contributing editor Robert Scheer. But "anti-American" is just not one of them. A lifelong...
Apr 20, 2003 / Peter Rothberg