Greenspan and the Myth of the True Believer Greenspan and the Myth of the True Believer
His autobiography sheds light on what motivates hard-right political leaders to apply brutal economic shock therapy.
Sep 27, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Naomi Klein
The Coming ‘Stab in the Back’ Campaign The Coming ‘Stab in the Back’ Campaign
Bush and the neocons are trying to save their crumbling reputations by blaming critics of the war for the debacle.
Sep 27, 2007 / Column / Eric Alterman
Blackwater, Blackwater Blackwater, Blackwater
Tevye couldn't have sung it any better.
Sep 27, 2007 / Column / Calvin Trillin
More Excerpts From Alan Greenspan’s Age of Turbulence More Excerpts From Alan Greenspan’s Age of Turbulence
Sep 27, 2007 / Column / Steve Brodner
Lawyers Join Monks to Defy Myanmar’s ‘Forced Politics’ Lawyers Join Monks to Defy Myanmar’s ‘Forced Politics’
Lawyers in Myanmar t joined forces this week with Buddhist monks to demand national reconciliation and an end to human rights abuse.
Sep 27, 2007 / Feature / The Nation
Myanmar: A Monk Confronts A General Myanmar: A Monk Confronts A General
In a letter to Myanmar strongman Than Shwe, the abbot of a Yangon monastery calls the regime to account for its corruption and the suffering it has imposed on the Burmese people.
Sep 27, 2007 / Feature / U Thangara Linkhara
Democrats: 18 Year Olds Can Fight But Not Drink Democrats: 18 Year Olds Can Fight But Not Drink
One of the thornier issues in American politics is rarely, if ever, discussed at the level of presidential contention. In many states across the country -- including the "Live Fr...
Sep 27, 2007 / John Nichols
The Monks Rebel The Monks Rebel
Updated on September 27 The situation in Myanmar (formerly Burma) continues to worsen with reports of escalating efforts by the government to violently repress ongoing nonviolent...
Sep 26, 2007 / Peter Rothberg
How Bush’s Iraqi Oil Grab Went Awry How Bush’s Iraqi Oil Grab Went Awry
Want proof the Iraq War was all about oil? Here it is.
Sep 26, 2007 / Feature / Dilip Hiro
Letters Letters
NAFTA HIGHWAY TO HELL
Kansas City, Kan.
Sep 26, 2007 / Arthur Waskow, Our Readers, and Chris Hayes