The Shifting Terrain in Economics The Shifting Terrain in Economics
I spent much of this weekend at the annual American Economic Association conference here in Chicago. The conference is the biggest gathering of economists anywhere in America (app...
Jan 8, 2007 / The Nation
How to Leave Iraq How to Leave Iraq
So some House Democrats now say they want to put forward their own plan for Iraq, as a counter to Bush's? Here is an excellent plan that I have thought long and hard about that I...
Jan 8, 2007 / The Nation
McCain’s Blame Game McCain’s Blame Game
"When I voted to support this war, I knew it was probably going to be long and hard and tough," John McCain recently told MSNBC, "and those that voted for it and thought that some...
Jan 8, 2007 / The Nation
Jerry Ford’s Politics 101 Jerry Ford’s Politics 101
The remarkable thing about Gerald Ford's many funeral and memorial services was that they brought together so many strands of the American political spectrum. What else but the d...
Jan 6, 2007 / The Nation
Selling the Surge Selling the Surge
Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol walked into the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) yesterday with a big grin on his face, as if to say "they're listening to me again!" Wolfo...
Jan 6, 2007 / The Nation
Taunting Bush on Saddam’s Gallows Taunting Bush on Saddam’s Gallows
Those cries of "Muqtada! Muqtada!" were aimed at more than Saddam or even Iraq's Sunnis. They went right to the heart of the President's policy failures. Every now and then, ...
Jan 5, 2007 / The Nation
Labor Rights Begin at Home Labor Rights Begin at Home
The right to workplace democracy, that is the right to form a union and collectively bargain, is a human right. Perhaps it sounds overly grandiose to say this, but that alone show...
Jan 4, 2007 / The Nation
Murtha: No Surge For Bush Murtha: No Surge For Bush
In the first really bold move of the new Congress, Jack Murtha told Arianna Huffington in an interview published today that he plans to block Bush's plan to escalate the war in Ir...
Jan 4, 2007 / The Nation
Join the Marines… for the Summer Join the Marines… for the Summer
The other day, the college-age daughter of a friend received an e-letter from a Marine Corps Officer Selection Officer, inviting her to "an awesome summer training program called ...
Jan 3, 2007 / The Nation
Saddam’s Aftermath: The Milestone That Wasn’t Saddam’s Aftermath: The Milestone That Wasn’t
The Bush Administration hoped that a guilty verdict for Saddam Hussein two days before the midterm elections would boost the electoral fortunes of sagging Republicans. It didn't. ...
Jan 3, 2007 / The Nation