Share the Wealth Share the Wealth
Democrats have a money problem. The Republican National Committee has three times as much money to spend on key races as the Democratic National Committee does. The Democrats' Hou...
Oct 24, 2006 / The Nation
Endgame in Iraq Endgame in Iraq
The facts are so stark, even American military commanders are nowspeaking openly about an approaching climax for our bloody misadventure in Iraq. "To Stand orFall in Baghdad," the...
Oct 23, 2006 / The Nation
Obama’s Challenge to Hillary? Obama’s Challenge to Hillary?
Barack Obama is running for President. Or at least seriously, seriously, thinking about it. He conceded as much on Meet the Press yesterday. "I don't want to be coy about this," ...
Oct 23, 2006 / The Nation
The Pentagon Clears Itself of Illegal Acts (Yet Again) The Pentagon Clears Itself of Illegal Acts (Yet Again)
On Friday, the New York Times reported that the Pentagon Inspector General's audit of a secret Pentagon Iraqi propaganda program contracted to the Lincoln Group (which calls itsel...
Oct 23, 2006 / The Nation
A Nice Round Number A Nice Round Number
If there's one thing the media loves, it's a nice round number. Unlessyou had chosen this week to play Henry Thoreau, you probably noticed thatthe United States population passed ...
Oct 20, 2006 / The Nation
Swiftboating MoveOn Swiftboating MoveOn
In 2004, Houston multimillionaire Bob Perry was the largest donor to the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. In 2006, he's using his money to "swift boat" MoveOn.org. Perry's given $1...
Oct 20, 2006 / The Nation
Heck of a Job, Maliki! Heck of a Job, Maliki!
In some ways, amid the internecine bloodletting, torture, spiking American casualties, death-dealing confusion, general mayhem, and especially the recent coup rumors that Robert D...
Oct 20, 2006 / The Nation
Armitage’s 5 Year Plan Armitage’s 5 Year Plan
Former Deputy Secretary of State (and Valerie Plame leaker) Richard Armitage called for the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq yesterday. Sort of. "We notify the Iraqis that we're...
Oct 19, 2006 / The Nation
The Conservative Dodge The Conservative Dodge
I often disagree with TNR's Peter Beinart. But his latest essay, debunking the myth that George W. Bush isn't really a conservative, is dead on. "Rarely has so widespread a view ...
Oct 18, 2006 / The Nation
Republicans Who Care (And Those Who Don’t) Republicans Who Care (And Those Who Don’t)
A group of venerable moderate Republican millionaires are starting a new group, Republicans Who Care. As Ellen Miller writes on TPM Cafe, "Does that mean that the rest of the Repu...
Oct 18, 2006 / The Nation