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You Heard It Here First You Heard It Here First

You Heard It Here First This morning on WNYC, host Brian Lehrer and guest Charles Fishman, author of The Wal-Mart Effect, were chatting about Wal-Mart's entry into the organic fo...

May 22, 2006 / The Nation

When McCain Attacks When McCain Attacks

John McCain is renowned for his supposedly thick skin and deft handling of adversity. Who knew a 21-year-old student singer from Nutley, New Jersey, could pierce that veneer? As...

May 22, 2006 / The Nation

McCain at New School: Honeymoon is Over McCain at New School: Honeymoon is Over

Co-written by Sam Graham-Felsen "I haven't heard anyone aroused about me speaking at the New School," John McCain said in April, defending his decision to address Jerry Falwell'...

May 19, 2006 / The Nation

Food Fight! Food Fight!

The fast food industry is taking a few knocks lately. Eric Schlosser, author of the phenomenally successful Fast Food Nation, has just published a kid's book, Chew On This: Ever...

May 19, 2006 / The Nation

The Real John Conyers The Real John Conyers

The Republicans are waging a desperate campaign of Rovian proportions to maintain their one-party reign in Congress. Fear, as we have seen time and again, is their most powerful w...

May 19, 2006 / The Nation

Immigration and the Security-Technology Complex Immigration and the Security-Technology Complex

Among the chilling proposals in Bush's immigration speech was a plan for a "new identification card for every legal foreign worker" that would use "biometric technology, such as d...

May 19, 2006 / The Nation

The Tragedy of Undue Pressure The Tragedy of Undue Pressure

Last month I wrote about Haditha, Iraq and allegations that innocent Iraqi civilians had been shot and killed by a unit of U.S. Marines. Today, Rep. John Murtha stated that a mili...

May 18, 2006 / The Nation

Ralph’s Day with Rudy Ralph’s Day with Rudy

John McCain's commencement address at Jerry Falwell's Liberty University attracted a great deal of media scrutiny. Will Rudy Giuliani's big money fundraiser with Ralph Reed today ...

May 18, 2006 / The Nation

Pat Thinking on Immigration Pat Thinking on Immigration

In appearances Monday on both Hardball and ScarboroughCountry, Pat Buchanan invoked the same militaristic malevolencethat characterized his infamous 1992speech to the Republican ...

May 18, 2006 / The Nation

Equal Opportunity Hating Equal Opportunity Hating

Since my last post bashed Republican presidential hopeful John McCain, let me indulge in a little Hillary-bashing today. If you're angry at Hillary and all she represents -- i.e.,...

May 17, 2006 / The Nation

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