Bushwa by the Numbers Bushwa by the Numbers
Call President Bush (and his speechwriters) linguistically resolute, but five years later whatever has changed in our world, nothing much has changed in the fearful world of Bushw...
Sep 12, 2006 / The Nation
“We Have Not Forgotten, Mr. President.” “We Have Not Forgotten, Mr. President.”
Keith Olbermann is without a doubt the best news anchor on television today. Two weeks ago, echoing the spirit of the legendary Edward R. Murrow, Olbermann took Donald Rumsfeld to...
Sep 12, 2006 / The Nation
The Path From 9-11 The Path From 9-11
Now that ABC/Disney has broadcast a docudrama rife with lies about what a different administration did before 9-11, let's demand that ABC use the public airwaves to tell the facts...
Sep 11, 2006 / The Nation
GOP Politicizes 9/11 GOP Politicizes 9/11
Tomorrow, the House of Representatives will consider a resolution commemorating September 11 as a day of remembrance and national tragedy. Solemn language uniting every member of ...
Sep 11, 2006 / The Nation
Winning or Losing the War? Winning or Losing the War?
On the fifth anniversary of 9/11, as we remember those who lost lives and loved ones, it's important to ask a basic question about the mission America launched following that horr...
Sep 11, 2006 / The Nation
Hold the Schadenfreude Hold the Schadenfreude
David Stockman, the controversial wunderkind of the Reagan revolution25 years ago, is back in hot water again. As the WashingtonPost reported Friday, SEC lawyers notified Reagan'...
Sep 8, 2006 / The Nation
GOP Loves Black People? GOP Loves Black People?
Has the Republican Party suddenly caught a case of jungle fever? Thisyear Republicans will most likely run three African-Americans instatewide elections: Kenneth Blackwell (for g...
Sep 8, 2006 / The Nation
Ho-hum, Another $63 Billion Ho-hum, Another $63 Billion
How humdrum can you get? My hometown paper, the New York Times, today reported that the Senate had approved "$63 billion More for War in Iraq" in a 7-paragraph Associated Press p...
Sep 8, 2006 / The Nation
A Most Ridiculous Lawsuit A Most Ridiculous Lawsuit
Back when watching Bill O'Reilly was still fun -- before he became a creepy, obsessive nativist -- I enjoyed a feature called "The Most Ridiculous Item of the Day." (He's become s...
Sep 7, 2006 / The Nation
Bin Laden Determined… the Prequel Bin Laden Determined… the Prequel
Recently, researching a Nation piece (9/11 in a Movie-Made World) on the response to the attacks of 2001, I read the New York Times (as well as other newspapers) for September 12-...
Sep 7, 2006 / The Nation