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Iraq Anniversary AARGH Iraq Anniversary AARGH

Call me crazy, but it still gets my goat that the entire Iraq debate takes place without the input of the female majority. The Sunday TV talk shows are wall-to-wall male. Tim Russ...

Mar 19, 2007 / The Nation

Terror in the Philippines Terror in the Philippines

In October, I wrote about workers at the Chong Won garment factory in the Phillipines, who produce clothing for a number of retailers and brands, including Wal-Mart. Back then, w...

Mar 16, 2007 / The Nation

“Malfeasance in Office” “Malfeasance in Office”

Henry Waxman knows a thing or two about the Constitution, and the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee displayed that knowledge at the opening of Friday...

Mar 16, 2007 / The Nation

Baucus’d in on Trade Baucus’d in on Trade

A coalition of groups are organizing to oppose renewing President Bush's fast-track authority for international trade deals. Their main target of the moment is Senator Max Baucus,...

Mar 16, 2007 / The Nation

The Ambassador, the Iraqi, and the Penguin The Ambassador, the Iraqi, and the Penguin

An ambassador--his name happens to be Timothy Carney--an Iraqi, and a penguin walk into a bar. The bartender asks how the Iraqi will ever possibly pay for his drink. The ambassa...

Mar 14, 2007 / The Nation

Connecting the Dots Connecting the Dots

Over at TAPPED, Ezra Klein proposes the following maxim as a means of understanding the Bush administration: "Bush's Razor: Given a possible universe of explanations for a particu...

Mar 14, 2007 / The Nation

Hubris in High Places Hubris in High Places

The scandal action in Washington is intense, almost too much to properly savor. That squirrely little right-winger at the Justice Department who was arranging a mass execution fo...

Mar 14, 2007 / The Nation

Obama: Palestinians Matter, Too Obama: Palestinians Matter, Too

Barack Obama did the unthinkable recently: he had the audacity to mention the Palestinians. "Nobody is suffering more than the Palestinian people," Obama told voters in Iowa on S...

Mar 14, 2007 / The Nation

AIPAC Disses Pelosi AIPAC Disses Pelosi

House Minority Leader John Boehner got a standing ovation when he voiced his continued support for the war in Iraq at AIPAC's annual conference today. When his counterpart, Speake...

Mar 13, 2007 / The Nation

Gonzalez’s Big Mistake Gonzalez’s Big Mistake

What's Alberto Gonzalez's biggest mistake? Cast your vote in the Nation Poll. House Judiciary Committee chairman John Conyers wants White House political czar Karl Rove to testif...

Mar 13, 2007 / The Nation

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