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Olympic Swagger Olympic Swagger

Swagger was America's chosen posture at the Winter Olympics. Once again, sport imitated life: boasting got us nowhere at the Turin games or in the world.

Feb 28, 2006 / Feature / William Greider

Free Trade Planet Free Trade Planet

The uproar over the Dubai Ports deal ignores the obvious consequences of the free trade that American politicians of both parties have pushed for decades. Like it or not, we have t...

Feb 27, 2006 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman

Hard Times in the Big Easy Hard Times in the Big Easy

The American economy cannot function without migrant labor. The paradox is the country's political culture cannot function without scapegoating immigrants.

Feb 26, 2006 / Column / Gary Younge

America’s Online Censors America’s Online Censors

Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and Cisco Systems are under fire from Congress for helping China censor and prosecute political dissidents. But a proposed law to guide technology companie...

Feb 24, 2006 / Feature / Rebecca MacKinnon

Bloggers at the Gate Bloggers at the Gate

Jerome Armstrong and Markos Moulitsas Zúniga, a k a MyDD and Daily Kos, propose to revive the Democratic Party with a technology-driven "bloodless coup."

Feb 24, 2006 / Feature / Ari Melber

The Boy Who Cried Wolf The Boy Who Cried Wolf

The Dubai Ports flap is bogus, but it's fun to see Democrats and Republicans frothing in unison. Hysteria has defined the Bush presidency; now the fearmonger-in-chief is getting a ...

Feb 23, 2006 / Feature / William Greider

Princeton Tilts Right Princeton Tilts Right

Robert George, the conservative movement's favorite professor, exerts his influence.

Feb 23, 2006 / Feature / Max Blumenthal

He’s Got a Little List He’s Got a Little List

The Nation is pleased that so many of its contributors are included on a right-wing list of the most dangerous academics in America.

Feb 23, 2006 / Richard Lingeman

Tortured Exceptionalism Tortured Exceptionalism

Despite a recent federal district court ruling, the prohibition on torture knows no geographical boundaries and applies to all, no matter what passport they hold--even Americans.

Feb 23, 2006 / David Cole

Leadership 101 Leadership 101

The lesson in Harvard president Lawrence Summers's sudden demise is that his brand of neoliberalism works better on blackboards than in the real world.

Feb 23, 2006 / The Editors

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