Opposing Occupation Opposing Occupation
This week marks is the 40th anniversary of the beginning of Israel's Six-Day War, when the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza began. On Saturday, June 10 , tens of thousands o...
Jun 5, 2007 / Peter Rothberg
Sex and Reality Sex and Reality
A recent study commissioned by Congress concluded that abstinence-only programs are completely ineffective in preventing or delaying teenagers from having sexual intercourse. Nor ...
Jun 4, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Clinton Beats Blitzer in CNN Debate Clinton Beats Blitzer in CNN Debate
Maybe the Democratic presidential candidates should rethink their decision not to debate on the Fox New Channel. It couldn't be worse than the theater of the absurd CNN organized ...
Jun 4, 2007 / John Nichols
When the Prince of Darkness Visits When the Prince of Darkness Visits
"I want to know when the Prince of Darkness comes to visit Mr. Cheney," the wife of a colleague said in response to the Vice President's most recent power grab. The most secretiv...
Jun 1, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Stop Southwick Stop Southwick
Remember the courts? The Bush Administration is trying to slip another extremist judicial appointment through a distracted Congress with the nomination of Leslie H. Southwick, a...
Jun 1, 2007 / Peter Rothberg
Meet Fred Thompson: Friend of Felons Meet Fred Thompson: Friend of Felons
Here is the latest from the front page of the Scooter Libby Legal Defense Trust, the group that has been shaking down Republican donors for the money needed to maintain the convic...
May 31, 2007 / John Nichols
John Edwards– Abolitionist John Edwards– Abolitionist
Last week, John Edwards visited the Council on Foreign Relations--the citadel of the foreign policy establishment--to deliver a speech laying out his national security policy. The...
May 30, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Dick Cheney’s Dead Wrongs Dick Cheney’s Dead Wrongs
Two years ago, on May 30, 2005, Vice President Dick Cheney said of the violence in Iraq: "I think they're in the last throes, if you will, of the insurgency." The comment came in...
May 30, 2007 / John Nichols
Killing Silent Spring Killing Silent Spring
Rachel Carson, author of Silent Spring and a seminal figure for the modern environmental movement, would have turned one hundred this past Sunday. "Carson's book altered the natur...
May 29, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Cindy Sheehan Calls It Quits Cindy Sheehan Calls It Quits
The decision of Congressional Democrats to hand George Bush a blank check to maintain a war they were elected to end has frustrated a lot of Americans -- even the until-now indefa...
May 29, 2007 / John Nichols