Part D From Outer Space Part D From Outer Space
The Bush Administration's ill-advised new prescription drug program could destroy Medicare as a benefit for all Americans.
Jan 11, 2006 / Feature / Trudy Lieberman
The Impeachment of George W. Bush The Impeachment of George W. Bush
The time has come to call for the impeachment of President Bush. Any President who maintains he is above the law--and acts repeatedly on that belief--seriously endangers our consit...
Jan 11, 2006 / Feature / Elizabeth Holtzman
Your Questions for Alito Your Questions for Alito
As confirmation hearings unfold before the Senate Judiciary committee, readers of TheNation.com--and at least one high-profile magazine editor--posed their own questions about Samu...
Jan 11, 2006 / Feature / The Nation
Are Voters Ready to Dump Lieberman? Are Voters Ready to Dump Lieberman?
Evidence is mounting that Connecticut Democrats are dismayed by Senator Joseph Lieberman's support of President Bush and the Iraq War, giving impetus to assertions that voters are ...
Jan 11, 2006 / Feature / Emily Biuso
Credibility Gap Credibility Gap
A significant credibility gap opened between Samuel Alito's radical judicial record and his self-portrayal as an open-minded jurist before the Senate Judiciary Committee on his se...
Jan 11, 2006 / Feature / Bruce Shapiro
Pacifying Iraq: Insurgent Scenarios Pacifying Iraq: Insurgent Scenarios
In informal but politically credible ways, factions of Iraq's armed national resistance are developing scenarios for an honorable withdrawal of US troops and a shared set of demand...
Jan 10, 2006 / Feature / Tom Hayden
Biography as Destiny Biography as Destiny
On his first day of testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Samuel Alito was purely political, focusing on his blue-collar roots and the accomplishments of his immigrant f...
Jan 10, 2006 / Feature / Bruce Shapiro
The Limits of Power: Questions for Alito The Limits of Power: Questions for Alito
Revelations of the Bush Administration's domestic spying program have sharply shifted the focus of Samuel Alito's Supreme Court confirmation hearings from domestic and social issue...
Jan 6, 2006 / Feature / Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith
The Geopolitics of Natural Gas The Geopolitics of Natural Gas
Natural gas is rapidly emerging as the next big prize for consumer countries like the US and China. In the twenty-first century, alliances and hostilities between economic powerhou...
Jan 4, 2006 / Feature / Michael T. Klare
A ‘Top Ten’ List of Bold Ideas A ‘Top Ten’ List of Bold Ideas
To take back the nation in the post-Bush era, start thinking now about some bold but plausible progressive reforms, from universal health insurance to free daycare and a shorter wo...
Jan 4, 2006 / Feature / Gar Alperovitz and Thad Williamson