Our Dysfunctional Democracy Our Dysfunctional Democracy
Isn't it time that the US stop all the talk of democracypromotion abroad and start walking the walk here at home? As I suggested last November,let's bringdemocracy home. And whi...
May 7, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
What’s Your Plan? What’s Your Plan?
As the almost twenty presidential hopefuls from both major parties careen around the country looking for cash and votes, a disclipined group of students has been politely bird-dog...
May 7, 2007 / Peter Rothberg
Not Quite a French Poodle Not Quite a French Poodle
PARIS -- During the campaign for president of France, Socialist Sègolene Royal's supporters derided conservative front runner Nicolas Sarkozy as "an American neo-conservative wit...
May 6, 2007 / John Nichols
In France, Running Against Bush In France, Running Against Bush
PARIS -- American elections do not usually turn on the question of how the candidates for president propose to relate to foreign countries. But elections in other countries ofte...
May 4, 2007 / John Nichols
A (Small) Measure of Sanity A (Small) Measure of Sanity
Yesterday, the House Armed Services Strategic Forces Subcommittee proposed cutting $764 million from the Pentagon's $8.9 billion request for missile defense programs in Fiscal yea...
May 4, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Habeas Corpus is Missing Habeas Corpus is Missing
For the past seven years, George Bush has repeatedly violated the Constitution. Even worse, Congress has knowingly let it happen. There's been the legalization of torture, warra...
May 3, 2007 / Peter Rothberg
The Whole Truth–and Nothing But The Whole Truth–and Nothing But
"It is time for the truth, the whole truth, versus misinformation and hype." Those were Jessica Lynch's words as she testified before Congress April 24-- along with the brother an...
May 2, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
“The President Has Effectively Gone AWOL” “The President Has Effectively Gone AWOL”
George Bush, the most ideologically-driven and politically calculating president in American history, wants Americans to believe that he has suddenly discovered a moral high groun...
May 2, 2007 / John Nichols
“Tell Them We Blew It” “Tell Them We Blew It”
The rest of the world does not hate the United States. For the most part, other countries and their peoples are extraordinarily generous and supportive of the U.S., even if they m...
Apr 30, 2007 / John Nichols
Spell It Out: “I-M-P-E-A-C-H!” Spell It Out: “I-M-P-E-A-C-H!”
In January, Brooklyn's Jacob Park made an audacious proposal to the loose coalition of groups that has been campaigning to impeach President Bush and Vice President Cheney. They ...
Apr 28, 2007 / John Nichols