Nation Topics - Michele Bachmann | The Nation

Political watchdogs like PolitiFact and the Washington Post's "Fact-Checker" are accused of favoring Democrats—but it is the facts themselves that have a liberal bias.

Judging by his advisers, Romney would embrace Bush’s unilateral interventionism and massive military budgets.

How some Republican are transforming a conspiracy theory into a policy position.

Take a ride on the Republican-In-Name-Only train in 2012.

Awash in Super PAC money, defined by negative TV ads, degraded by dumbed-down media and poisoned by voter suppression—this is not what democracy looks like.

The titans of finance have lined up behind Mitt Romney against his GOP rivals and President Obama. But what exactly would a Romney presidency offer them?

Gingrich, the champion of child labor, has risen to the top of a GOP field so extreme it would scare Goldwater and Reagan.

Ever notice that anytime anyone tells the truth in the contest for the Republican nomination, a new scandal erupts?

Denialists are dead wrong about the science. But they understand something the left still doesn’t get about the revolutionary meaning of climate change.

Memo to Michele Bachmann: the founding fathers were inspired by the ideals of the Enlightenment and the power of science to improve human life.