GOP Plots to Gay-Bash Craig Out of Senate GOP Plots to Gay-Bash Craig Out of Senate
Idaho Senate Larry Craig is fast becoming the inconvenient truth of Capitol Hill. The senator who first said he would resign after pleading guilty to charges related to an alleged...
Oct 3, 2007 / John Nichols
The State Department’s Hired Guns The State Department’s Hired Guns
Why did the State Department tolerate--and pay to conceal--the crimes of its Blackwater guards in Iraq?
Oct 3, 2007 / Column / Robert Scheer
The FOX-NPR Tension The FOX-NPR Tension
The ongoing fallout over Bill O'Reilly's recent racial comments is stoking tensions between Fox News and NPR. Both channels employ Juan Williams, who got O'Reilly talking about ra...
Oct 3, 2007 / Ari Melber
College Cost Reduction Act Passed College Cost Reduction Act Passed
H.R. 2669 is the largest increase in student aid since the GI Bill of 1944.
Oct 2, 2007 / The Nation
Mellencamp’s ‘Jena’ Mellencamp’s ‘Jena’
To steal a line from an Indiana blogger, with James Brown dead, John Mellencamp may now be the hardest working man in show business. The early fall saw him headlining Farm Aid, op...
Oct 2, 2007 / Peter Rothberg
Springsteen’s Magic: Darkness in the Center of Town Springsteen’s Magic: Darkness in the Center of Town
As I listened to Magic, the new (and maybe last?) album from Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, I thought of a buddy and a movie.
A few...
Oct 2, 2007 / David Corn
Blackwater’s Enablers at the State Department Blackwater’s Enablers at the State Department
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chair Henry Waxman finally got to the heart of the Blackwater contract-killing scandal when he reviewed emails detailing how the U.S...
Oct 2, 2007 / John Nichols
Obama and Edwards Get It on Nukes Obama and Edwards Get It on Nukes
Today, Senator Barack Obama will propose setting a goal of eliminating all nuclear weapons in the world. This proposal should be be celebrated. It is a sign of Obama's commitment ...
Oct 2, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Clarence Thomas and Rupert Murdoch Clarence Thomas and Rupert Murdoch
The long-awaited publication of Clarence Thomas's memoir, "My Grandfather's Son," out Monday, makes you wonder: how come none of the presidential candidates have said a w...
Oct 2, 2007 / Jon Wiener
Obama’s Kennedy Vibe Obama’s Kennedy Vibe
What should be at least as intriguing about Obama's campaign as its largesse is the conscious effort by the candidate and his aides to grasp for another form of political gold: the...
Oct 2, 2007 / John Nichols