Around the Nation: July 30, 2007

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  1. An Evening With Mike Waltner
    • New York, NY.
    • 6:30pm

    Come meet Mike Waltner, a Democrat running for Congress against an incumbent Republican in Pennsylvania. Born and raised in Erie, Pennsylvania, Mike is from a family that worked for three generations as iron workers, window washers and food service providers. As director of operations at the Interfaith Center of New York, Mike has tackled issues such as health care access, poverty, domestic violence, mental illness, housing, immigration and substance abuse. He pioneered programs with the NYPD, Unified Court System and the Bar Association, building relationships between communities and the justice system. Free! 1641 Second Avenue. RSVP

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» The Notion

When Snow Melts: Vancouver’s Olympic Crackdown | Anger is growing in Vancouver in advance of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Like Olympic clockwork, here comes the media crackdown.
Dave Zirin
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» The Dreyfuss Report

The Mind-Boggling Stupidity of Michael Rubin | How an AEI apparatchik's love affair for Ahmed Chalabi blinds him to Chalabi's pro-Iran treachery.
Robert Dreyfuss
17 Comments

» The Beat

John Murtha: The Old Soldier Who Said "Bring the Troops Home" | His Iraq War debate with Dick Cheney highlighted the difference between the modern era's sunshine patriots and winter soldiers.
John Nichols
99 Comments

» Act Now!

Demand Question Time | Join the call for the President and Congress to implement regular Question Time sessions.
Peter Rothberg
48 Comments

» Editor's Cut

Welcome to Palinland | Though Sarah Palin's National Tea Party Convention keynote garnered applause when she invoked Ronald Reagan, the real sage behind her speech was Barry Goldwater.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
252 Comments

» And Another Thing

How to Counterbalance Focus on the Family on Superbowl Sunday | Give to help low income girls and women.
Katha Pollitt
46 Comments

» Altercation

Slacker Friday | James O'Keefe and Alter-reviews.
Eric Alterman