“A Tragedy… of Monumental Proportions.” “A Tragedy… of Monumental Proportions.”
There will be plenty of "rapid responses" to the gun rampage on the Virginia Tech campus, which has claimed the lives of as many as 31 students -- making it the deadliest school s...
Apr 16, 2007 / The Nation
Supreme Court Considers Rights of Home Health Aides Supreme Court Considers Rights of Home Health Aides
Today the Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments in a case which could decide whether home health aides are entitled to federal minimum wage, and the protection of federal overti...
Apr 16, 2007 / The Nation
Wal-Mart’s Conduct in Phillipines Gets Worse Wal-Mart’s Conduct in Phillipines Gets Worse
Some people are outraged that Wal-Mart spied on a New York Times reporter. But the company's behavior to workers overseas is much worse. Wal-Mart is pulling out of the Chong Won...
Apr 13, 2007 / The Nation
How Bush Destabilized the Arc of Instability How Bush Destabilized the Arc of Instability
[This is part 3 of "Six Crises in Search of an Author: How the Bush Administration Destabilized the Arc of Instability": part 1 was "Bush's Absurdist Imperialism"; part 2, "Chaos...
Apr 13, 2007 / The Nation
The Deficit Divide The Deficit Divide
A divide is re-emerging within the Democratic Party between those who want to invest in long-neglected priorities, such as healthcare, poverty and education, and those that believ...
Apr 13, 2007 / The Nation
Post-Imus Fatigue Post-Imus Fatigue
For those of you who think Don Imus got a bad rap, and you know who you are, how do you defend this Maya Angelou poem parody a producer on his show read last month? "Whitey pluck...
Apr 13, 2007 / The Nation
Hatch Campaigns for Attorney General Hatch Campaigns for Attorney General
Utah Senator Orrin Hatch, a six-term veteran who once chaired the Senate Judiciary Committee, had always wanted to cap his career by joining the U.S. Supreme Court. But Republican...
Apr 13, 2007 / The Nation
The People Know Better (continued) The People Know Better (continued)
Yesterday I posted about the public's increasing opposition to war and its desire for our government to pursue diplomacy. This week, in the city of Urbana, IL, residents expresse...
Apr 12, 2007 / The Nation
The Saddam Statue-Toppling, Four Years Later The Saddam Statue-Toppling, Four Years Later
The lead editorial in today's New York Times states that, four years ago this week, "as American troops made their first, triumphant entrance into Baghdad, joyous Iraqis pulled do...
Apr 12, 2007 / The Nation
Duke Players Deserve Apology Duke Players Deserve Apology
The three Duke University lacrosse players falsely indicted on rape charges last year deserve an apology--from the district attorney and members of the media. The students were g...
Apr 12, 2007 / The Nation