Frost at Foggy Bottom Frost at Foggy Bottom
Is the government's foreign policy apparatus a casualty of war? The recent resignations of two career State Department officials, who left to protest George W.
Mar 20, 2003 / David Corn
Harold Willens Harold Willens
The Nation lost a dear friend this week--Harold Willens, age 88. Harold was co-founder of a group of business executives against the Vietnam War (he would later recall with del...
Mar 20, 2003 / The Editors
The Big Lie The Big Lie
How bad can things get, how fast? Are we already at the point where literally nothing can derail the war machine?
Mar 20, 2003 / Russ Baker
An American Tragedy An American Tragedy
The tragedy of America in the post-cold war era is that we have proved unequal to the responsibility that our own power placed upon us.
Mar 20, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Jonathan Schell
The Poodle That Barked The Poodle That Barked
George Bush is supposed to be the cowboy, Tony Blair the sidekick--or, in some versions, the presidential poodle.
Mar 20, 2003 / D.D. Guttenplan
Antiwar America Antiwar America
"This is what democracy looks like" chanted twenty-four antiwar demonstrators as they were arrested outside Toledo's Navy and Air Force recruitment office on the day George W.
Mar 20, 2003 / John Nichols
Iraq and Beyond Iraq and Beyond
The Bush Administration has launched a war against Iraq, a war that is unnecessary, unwise and illegal.
Mar 19, 2003 / The Editors
This Is What History Feels Like This Is What History Feels Like
Repeat after me: This is what democracy looks like! Repeat after me: This is what history feels like! A movement the think tanks thought unthinkable.
Mar 17, 2003 / Tom Hayden
Kumbaya Dammit–and Nine More No-Brainers for a Smarter Left Kumbaya Dammit–and Nine More No-Brainers for a Smarter Left
George Bush is not the only one who has to fight a two-front war in the months ahead. So do progressives who want to take power in 2004--and beyond.
Mar 15, 2003 / Dan Carol
The UN’s Relevance The UN’s Relevance
Much to the frustration of the Bush Administration, France, Russia, China and the other members of the United Nations Security Council opposing the British-US resolution on Ira...
Mar 13, 2003 / The Editors