The Nation's Victor Navasky on Democratic Conventions Past and

• Noted.

  Convention 08

  Reading Bob Woodward, defending Amy Goodman, evaluating Governor Palin.

• New Orleans: The City That Won't Be Ignored

  New Orleans

  Naomi Klein: Hurricane Gustav should have been political rat poison for the GOP; instead, it became an argument for drilling.

• The Times, They Have A-Changed

  Journalists & Journalism

  Eric Alterman: Nothing short of a divine thunderbolt will get Obama's message through to the brain-dead media establishment.

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• Debate: Is the US a Socialist Nation?

  Political Analysis

  VideoNation : The Nation's Chris Hayes and National Review's Reihan Salam debate whether the US is now a socialist nation...and whether that is a good thing.

• Should the US Military be the Global Cop?

  US Military

  VideoNation : In part two of a three-part series, Chris Hayes of The Nation debates Reihan Salam of the National Review over the proper role of the US military in the world.

• Do Americans Have a Right to Healthcare?

  Health Care Policy

  VideoNation : The Nation's Chris Hayes and National Review's Reihan Salam to debate whether Americans have a 'right' to healthcare.