Garfield Shot: The Moral of It Garfield Shot: The Moral of It
Charles Guiteau was unhappy with the way the civil service treated him, so he shot President Garfield.
Apr 24, 2009 / Feature / The Editors
Hayes-Tilden: The Political Situation Hayes-Tilden: The Political Situation
Long before Richard Nixon and Watergate, the nation suffers through another long political nightmare--the election of 1876.
Apr 24, 2009 / The Editors
The IWW Trial The IWW Trial
The great and sensational case of the United States of America vs. William D. Haywood et al. resulted in a verdict of "Guilty" against the one hundred defendants who finally fa...
Apr 24, 2009 / Feature / Victor S. Yarros
Court Packing Plan: Hughes Checkmates the President Court Packing Plan: Hughes Checkmates the President
Even FDR can't win them all.
Apr 24, 2009 / Feature / Robert S. Allen
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