Should Ex-Presidents Be Put to Death? Should Ex-Presidents Be Put to Death?
To the Editor of The Nation:
Sep 18, 2007 / The Nation
Lessons From the Tonkin Gulf Lessons From the Tonkin Gulf
From the Nation archives, the late senator and onetime editor of this magazine recalls his lonely stand against the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, approved by Congress August 7, 1964, ...
Aug 7, 2007 / Feature / Ernest Gruening
Nixon’s Broadway Revival Nixon’s Broadway Revival
Peter Morgan's new play is highly entertaining; Frank Langella's portrait of Nixon is brutally amusing; yet the play is historically inaccurate.
Jun 27, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Elizabeth Drew
Hiss In History Hiss In History
Although many historians have condemned Alger Hiss as a Soviet spy, the facts of his story remain obscure.
Apr 18, 2007 / Victor Navasky
Hiss in History Hiss in History
Although many historians have condemned Alger Hiss as a Soviet spy, the facts of his story remain obscure.
Apr 12, 2007 / Victor Navasky
Robert Engler Robert Engler
Remembering the political economist who brought to contemporary issues the research and philosophical vision of a scholar.
Mar 15, 2007 / The Editors
Schlesinger & The Nation Schlesinger & The Nation
Remembering an eminent activist historian whose passing has left the public sphere much poorer.
Mar 8, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Victor Navasky
The Strange Correspondence of Morris Ernst and J. Edgar Hoover The Strange Correspondence of Morris Ernst and J. Edgar Hoover
Or was it so strange?
Jan 25, 2007 / Feature / Harrison E. Salisbury
Ford, Nixon, The Nation Ford, Nixon, The Nation
The story behind the story of Gerald Ford's pardon of Nixon.
Jan 4, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Victor Navasky
Justice Brandeis Justice Brandeis
One of the phrases most often quoted from Justice Brandeis is, "If we would guide by the light of reason, we must let our minds be bold." The full context in which the phrase fir...
Dec 5, 2006 / The Editors