Iraq: Counting the Dead Iraq: Counting the Dead
The new UN estimate of 34,000 Iraqis killed in 2006 made headlines around the world, but it's almost certainly far too low. The number, as the New York Times reported, was &quo...
Jan 17, 2007 / Jon Wiener
Bill Moyers: A Pillar of Democracy Is Under Attack Bill Moyers: A Pillar of Democracy Is Under Attack
At the National Conference for Media Reform in Memphis last week, more than 3,000 people from across the United States cheered as Bill Moyers condemned the excesses and failures o...
Jan 17, 2007 / The Nation
Israeli Turmoil: Leading Where? Israeli Turmoil: Leading Where?
Just six months ago, Israeli chief of staff Dan Halutz and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert were riding high. On July 12, they had launched what they were still convinced would be the ...
Jan 17, 2007 / The Nation
The Denial of Death The Denial of Death
The botched executions in Baghdad have revived public discussion of thesordid "science" of killing people in a "humane" manner. Saddam Husseinwas taunted by his executioners as th...
Jan 16, 2007 / The Nation
Bush’s Crooked Ways Bush’s Crooked Ways
Does anyone in a Shakespeare play foretell President George W. Bush, who has not only committed more forces to his catastrophic war in Iraq, but now also threatens to attack Iran...
Jan 16, 2007 / The Nation
“24”: Torture on TV “24”: Torture on TV
"24" is back on Fox TV. The hit show starring Kiefer Sutherland, which premiered Sunday night, once again features at least one big torture scene in every episode â...
Jan 15, 2007 / Jon Wiener
The President Alone in the Dark The President Alone in the Dark
On January 2, there was a strange piece of news buried in a back paragraph of a front-page New York Times story by the reportorial team of David E. Sanger, Michael R. Gordon, and ...
Jan 13, 2007 / The Nation
Antiwar Tide Surging Nationwide Antiwar Tide Surging Nationwide
The bottom really does seem to be falling out of US public support forthe Bush War in Iraq. Today's papers, as expertly digested by DanFroomkin here , show the degree to wh...
Jan 12, 2007 / The Nation
Murtha’s Plan to Stop Bush Murtha’s Plan to Stop Bush
At a hearing on Iraq today convened by the Congressional Progressive Caucus, Congressman Jack Murtha offered a preview of how he plans to rein in the Bush Administration, from the...
Jan 12, 2007 / The Nation
Word Count Word Count
In our country, Wednesday night's "surge" was mainly a surge of words, twenty-minutes worth, 2,898 of them. In the build-up to the speech, as almost every last detail of it was l...
Jan 12, 2007 / The Nation