Thelma and Louise Imperialism

Are Bush and Cheney so wedded to their delusions that they might gun the car and head directly over the cliff in a confrontation with Iran?

Tom Engelhardt

The Daffodil Delusion: Sensationalizing Global Warming

Media frenzy to the contrary, a warm winter doesn't point to the end of the world--scientific evidence does.

Michael Corcoran

Kill the Death Penalty

The time has come for the US to join the rest of civilized nations and abolish capital punishment.

Sunil Dutta

Mission to Caracas

Hugo Chávez's critics may mock his ideas of twenty-first-century socialism as empty rhetoric. But maybe it's magical realism--still a fiction, but one to be nourished as a r...

Victor Navasky

Killer Weather Ahead

The good news on the latest global warming report: Political leaders can no longer ignore it. The bad news: It's probably too late.

Mark Hertsgaard

Molly, in Her Own Words

From the pages of The Nation, here's a sampler of Molly Ivins at her best.

The Editors

Into 2008

America's next President must have a big heart, an open mind and the passion to set the nation on the way to equality, opportunity, true democracy and social justice.

The Editors

Wanted: A Binding Resolution on Iran

As debate unfolds on a non-binding Iraq resolution, the House should consider exacting a promise from President not to invade Iran.

Nicholas von Hoffman

Levin’s Pursuit of Douglas Feith

Sen. Carl Levin is determined to get to the bottom of how Douglas Feith's false intelligence helped lead the US to a disastrous and illegal war.

Robert Scheer

Out of the Closet and Onto the Court

Former NBA player John Amaechi's admission that he is gay exposed the league's compassion and bigotry.

Dave Zirin

Dude! Where’s My Debate?

The majority of Americans support fair-trade policies--so why do mainstream pundits treat the idea with so much contempt?

Eric Alterman

The Madness of Nanny Dick

Calvin Trillin

The Worst President Ever

Is George W. Bush the worst President the United States has ever seen?

Nicholas von Hoffman

Afghanistan Days, Kabul Nights

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