No Reform in Lobbying Reform No Reform in Lobbying Reform
What a coincidence: the Senate is set to wrap up its debate on lobbying reform the same day Jack Abramoff is sentenced in Florida on conspiracy and wire fraud charges. There was a...
Mar 29, 2006 / Ari Berman
So Much for Straight Talk So Much for Straight Talk
So much for "straight talk." If you needed any more proof that the maverick John McCain will run as the ultimate insider come 2008, scroll down. McCain, February 28, 200...
Mar 28, 2006 / Ari Berman
Breakthrough on Immigration Reform Breakthrough on Immigration Reform
As immigrant protests continued to ripple through the country on Monday--22,000 students walking out of classes just in LA County--the Republican-dominated Senate Judiciary Committ...
Mar 28, 2006 / Adam Howard
I for Infantalization I for Infantalization
You would think that V for Vendetta, a movie jam-packed with post-9/11 themes, deserved a serious response. Instead, some of the most prominent media outlets have chosen to insult ...
Mar 27, 2006 / Adam Howard
A New Downing Street Memo A New Downing Street Memo
The British government memo on Iraq, reported in today's New York Times, is perhaps even more important than the Downing Street memo. The five-page memo--of a January 31, 2003 Ova...
Mar 27, 2006 / Adam Howard
Bernard-Henri Levy Live! Bernard-Henri Levy Live!
On behalf of all the angry Nation readers who protested Bernard-Henri Levy's "Letter to the American Left," I wish I had had a pie -- or at least Levy antagonist and pie-...
Mar 27, 2006 / Richard Kim
Clueless on Immigration Clueless on Immigration
The largest mobilization in the history of--and in favor of--immigrants stretched for a mind-boggling twenty-six blocks through downtown Los Angeles Saturday, bringing somewhere be...
Mar 26, 2006 / Adam Howard
Argentina: 30 Years After the Deluge Argentina: 30 Years After the Deluge
To paraphrase that great line from Bogie: I remember the night of March 24, 1976 like yesterday. My wife was wearing blue. The Argentine military was in gray. Exactly thirty years...
Mar 25, 2006 / Adam Howard
Affirmative Action for Men, Part Deux Affirmative Action for Men, Part Deux
Remember when opponents of affirmative action argued that it hurt blacks' self-esteem because they'd never know if they had succeededon their merit? According to this theory, firs...
Mar 24, 2006 / Adam Howard
Bush Tries to Backtrack Bush Tries to Backtrack
Every once in a while a politician stumbles into telling the truth. Even George W. Bush. Unwittingly, of course. At his Tuesday press conference, Bush dropped one of the biggest b...
Mar 24, 2006 / Ari Berman