A Homegrown Doomsday Scenario A Homegrown Doomsday Scenario
Late last month, the US Air Force transported a dozen cruise missiles from Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota to Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana. The cargo, unbeknownst to ...
Sep 23, 2007 / Ari Berman
Exciting for Puzzlers Exciting for Puzzlers
From Saturday's New York Times Crossword: 14-across, Weekly since 1865 Somewhere in between... 26-across, ___ Paradise of Kerouac's "On the Road" ..... 53-across, When ...
Sep 23, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Safe Children v. Free Trade Accords Safe Children v. Free Trade Accords
The latest horror stories about lead-laced toys imported from China may stir Congress to pass legislation providing overdue funding and enforcement authority to the beleagured Con...
Sep 21, 2007 / The Nation
Why Bush Shed His GI Joe Gear Why Bush Shed His GI Joe Gear
Has anyone noticed that our commander-in-chief no longer plays dress up? He hasn't done so for a while and that's no small thing. It's a phenomenon that came and went almost with...
Sep 21, 2007 / TomDispatch
Democrats Stab MoveOn in the Back Democrats Stab MoveOn in the Back
Memo to Democrats: you control the Congress. That means you can decide what bills come to the floor for votes--and what don't. So why, in a week where Republicans blocked the resto...
Sep 21, 2007 / Ari Berman
Progressives See No Progress Progressives See No Progress
When it comes to the Iraq War, the 72-member Congressional Progressive Caucus has generally been a source of energy in the Democratic Party, as its members have quite vocally pres...
Sep 19, 2007 / The Nation
Senate Fails on Habeas Corpus Senate Fails on Habeas Corpus
Today the US Senate fell four votes short of restoring Habeas Corpus, the fundamental constitutional right of individuals to challenge government detention, which the Republican Co...
Sep 19, 2007 / Ari Melber
Iran Blowback? Iran Blowback?
Be careful what you wish for--that might be the catch phrase for American relations with Iran since the CIA helped overthrow the elected government of that country in 1953 and inst...
Sep 19, 2007 / TomDispatch
Good Muslim Immigrants Good Muslim Immigrants
Here's an interesting -- and not always in a good way -- article from Der Spiegel on American Muslims. Its thesis is that American Muslims have responded in a positive and potentia...
Sep 18, 2007 / Lakshmi Chaudhry
Scholarships Happen Scholarships Happen
He's back. Having apparently spent sufficient time with his family since being sacked, former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld is battling to rebuild his disgraced image. In P...
Sep 18, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel