Call the President an “SOB,” Win Votes Call the President an “SOB,” Win Votes
"Two months ago, the special election race in the 2nd Congressional District, which stretches across seven southern Ohio counties, was expected to be a low-key affair, a near-auto...
Aug 3, 2005 / John Nichols
A Welcome Return to Enforcing Labor Laws A Welcome Return to Enforcing Labor Laws
The abysmal cases of slave labor in the US are both shocking and terribly mundane.
Aug 3, 2005 / Column / Robert Scheer
Republican Wilding Republican Wilding
Congress and the President went home this week with the President on a roll.
Aug 3, 2005 / Robert L. Borosage
Bolton Sent to UN Bolton Sent to UN
The conservatives who applauded the President's courage in making a recess appointment are normally strict constructionists, and although Bush is not the first President to abuse t...
Aug 2, 2005 / Ian Williams
What’s My Name, Fool? What’s My Name, Fool?
In The Godfather, Part II, dying mob boss Hyman Roth wheezes the obscene truth to young Don Michael Corleone.
Aug 2, 2005 / Feature / Dave Zirin
Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price
Readers of The Nation online are used to hearing about Wal-Mart. In fact, it tends to be one of those subjects that we can't do enough on. We've been strongly supportive of effort...
Aug 2, 2005 / Peter Rothberg
The Bolton Embarrassment The Bolton Embarrassment
When the United States sought to be a true world leader, as opposed to a petulant global bully, this country's seat at the United Nations was occupied by great men and women. Cons...
Aug 1, 2005 / John Nichols
Cox in the Henhouse Cox in the Henhouse
Even his supporters acknowledged that former U.S. Rep. Christopher Cox was a controversial nominee to chair the Securities and Exchange Commission. A former corporate lawyer who h...
Jul 31, 2005 / John Nichols
Anti-Sweet Victory: The Week From Hell Anti-Sweet Victory: The Week From Hell
This was supposed to be a Sweet Victory post. That's the weekly feature Sam Graham-Felsen and I started last fall. In those grim days after the election, we believed that one anti...
Jul 29, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Bush Meets Mick (Jagger) Bush Meets Mick (Jagger)
A couple of months ago, with the help of terrific song suggestions from Nation readers, I put together a playlist for Dubya's iPod. Radiohead's Hail to the Thief, Green Day's Amer...
Jul 29, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel