The Fabrications of Jay S. Bybee The Fabrications of Jay S. Bybee
The author of the infamous memo has been invited to testify before a Senate committee. This is the beginning of the unraveling.
May 14, 2009 / Feature / Martin Garbus
Obama and Congress Obama and Congress
Via Yglesias, Michael Scherer has a very good piece in Time about Obama's approach to congressional relations: Obama is emerging, on the other hand, as a President who convenes ...
May 14, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Inside the Obama-Notre Dame Debate Inside the Obama-Notre Dame Debate
Will Roman Catholicism be swept into the rising tide of religious fundamentalism?
May 14, 2009 / Feature / James Carroll
House Backs Obama’s Afghan Surge, Amid Calls for Exit Strategy House Backs Obama’s Afghan Surge, Amid Calls for Exit Strategy
"Sometimes great presidents make mistakes," declared Massachusetts Congressman Jim McGovern as he announced his intention to vote against $97 billion in "emergency&q...
May 14, 2009 / John Nichols
The Sacco and Vanzetti Cases The Sacco and Vanzetti Cases
Sacco and Vanzetti are being tried for highway robbery and murder, but the real charge is radicalism.
May 14, 2009 / Feature / Elizabeth Glendower Evans
Thoughts on the H-Bomb Thoughts on the H-Bomb
Now that the US has exploded its first hydrogen bomb, a negotiated peace with the Soviet Union is more important than ever.
May 14, 2009 / The Editors
Welch-McCarthy: Summing Up the Hearings Welch-McCarthy: Summing Up the Hearings
Before a nationally televised audience, attorney Joseph Welch utters the seven words that stick a pin in McCarthy's balloon: "Have you no sense of decency, sir?"
May 14, 2009 / Feature / H. H. Wilson
Slide Show: The Nation at War Slide Show: The Nation at War
From the Civil War and D-Day to Iraq and Afghanistan, images of military conflicts and efforts to create a lasting peace.
May 14, 2009 / Photo Essay / The Nation
Let’s Make Every Vote Count Let’s Make Every Vote Count
This is one of a series of posts on electoral reform and just democracy. You can read the first post in the series here. Quick: When did we elect the President last year? If you...
May 14, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Let’s Hear It For the National Health Service Let’s Hear It For the National Health Service
"Dr. Sikora, do you feel there is a need to expand competition and choice for people in this country?" asks the interviewer. "Absolutely," says Dr. Karol Sikora...
May 14, 2009 / Maria Margaronis