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Our Not-So-Friendly Skies Our Not-So-Friendly Skies

While there are extraordinarily important issues to reckon with--endingthis catastrophic war and devising a sane national security policy,providing universal health care, and rep...

Nov 21, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Norman Mailer R.I.P. Norman Mailer R.I.P.

      Last month I was privileged to be part of Georgetown University's day-long celebration of the 40th anniversary of the publication of Norman Mailer's Armies of the Night,...

Nov 21, 2007 / Katha Pollitt

Scott McClellan = John Dean? Scott McClellan = John Dean?

Scott McClellan's admission that he unintentionally made false statements denying the involvement of Karl Rove and Scooter Libby in the Bush-Cheney administration's plot to discre...

Nov 21, 2007 / John Nichols

Hurricane Katrina Blows Apart New Orleans Politics Hurricane Katrina Blows Apart New Orleans Politics

For almost a quarter century, New Orleans government reflected the racial makeup of the city. As such, the city council had an African-American majority. Not anymore. Anyone loo...

Nov 20, 2007 / John Nichols

Fighting Poverty in CT Fighting Poverty in CT

At 37 years of age, Deborah Glover says she had lived a middle-class life and never knew poverty. That all changed when she had a car accident, and as a single mother with three ...

Nov 19, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Condoleezza Rice’s Middle East Photo-Op Condoleezza Rice’s Middle East Photo-Op

The American-sponsored Middle East peace conference (or meeting or get-together) expected to be held in Annapolis , Maryland later this month has more to do with providing Secreta...

Nov 17, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Nancy Nord Likes Business More Than Children Nancy Nord Likes Business More Than Children

Parents in the US these days often seem only one step from the brink of panic in the best of times. So this past August when toxic toys from China, including the enormously popula...

Nov 16, 2007 / Peter Rothberg

Clinton Plays the Gender Card for a Win Clinton Plays the Gender Card for a Win

Hillary Clinton, who joked about taking the stage wearing "an asbestos pantsuit" Thursday night, won what could turn out to be the critical debate of the race for the Democratic p...

Nov 16, 2007 / John Nichols

Questions for Each of the Debating Democrats Questions for Each of the Debating Democrats

The Democratic presidential debate that will be held tonight in Las Vegas promises several things: Attacks on Hillary Clinton by challengers who recognize that she remains the cle...

Nov 15, 2007 / John Nichols

Debating Downwind in Nevada Debating Downwind in Nevada

Tonight in Las Vegas--a town best known for slots, boxing, andspectacle--the Democratic presidential hopefuls gather for one ofthe final pre-primary debates. The Democratic Par...

Nov 15, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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