Watergate: The Mafia Metaphor Watergate: The Mafia Metaphor
Ron Ziegler may have called it a third-rate burglary, but the men who broke in to the Democratic National Committee headquarters all had a connection to the president's re-election...
Apr 24, 2009 / Feature / The Editors
Talking to Hamas Talking to Hamas
Given that the new Israeli government is an inflexible bunch of hardliners, the best area for the Obama administration to make progress in the Israel-Palestine conflict is for the...
Apr 23, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Another New School Demo (CLARIFIED) Another New School Demo (CLARIFIED)
This dispatch just in from Gabriel Gil Arana, a current Nation intern: In March, the New School let go of 12 part-time/adjunct faculty at Parsons' fine arts department. Today, ove...
Apr 23, 2009 / Richard Kim
Lattimore Case: McCarthy’s Vicious Retreat Lattimore Case: McCarthy’s Vicious Retreat
Tailgunner Joe meets his match in the professorial China hand, who won't surrender to the Senator's bullying.
Apr 23, 2009 / Feature / Willard Shelton
The ‘Checkers’ Speech: A Handbook for Demagogues The ‘Checkers’ Speech: A Handbook for Demagogues
Richard Nixon saved his candidacy with his "Checkers" speech. He also gave the nation a lesson in political demagogy.
Apr 23, 2009 / Norman Redlich
We Enter WWI: The American Tradition and the War We Enter WWI: The American Tradition and the War
The past months have witnessed a rebirth of American patriotism. Many of us had been taking the United States almost for granted. It had been to us something like a club in whi...
Apr 23, 2009 / Frederick Lewis Allen
The Detroit Sit-In Strike The Detroit Sit-In Strike
Detroit, and the labor movement itself, is transformed forever, when workers sit down at their jobs at the Briggs Manufacturing Company.
Apr 23, 2009 / Feature / Samuel Romer
The Left Forum–Or, Why City Hall Doesn’t Listen The Left Forum–Or, Why City Hall Doesn’t Listen
Whoever now governs the country (a point on which there was no agreement) is likely to remain resolutely indifferent to the message of Left Forum 2009.
Apr 23, 2009 / Norman Birnbaum
The Potsdam Decision The Potsdam Decision
The future of Germany and the chances of a lasting peace in Europe are intertwined. Potsdam took care of one and made a start on the other.
Apr 23, 2009 / Feature / The Editors
The Challenge of Global Governance The Challenge of Global Governance
"Rescue socialism" won't work if it fails to go beyond quick-fix measures.
Apr 23, 2009 / Feature / George A. Papandreou