The Money Surge The Money Surge
In an effort to bolster the surge and tamp down violence in Iraq, the US military is buying off insurgents. But what happens if they don't stay bought?
Aug 17, 2007 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
The Enormous Cost of War The Enormous Cost of War
The National Priorities Project (NPP), a research organization that analyzes and clarifies federal data so that people can understand how their tax dollars are spent, continues to...
Aug 17, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Exxon vs. Reason Exxon vs. Reason
I've written before about efforts to force ExxonMobile to join the growing mainstream Big Oil acceptance of the need for renewable energy. Well, there have been some successes but...
Aug 17, 2007 / Peter Rothberg
The Worst House Speaker in American History The Worst House Speaker in American History
Dennis Hastert, who served eight years as the most lamentable Speaker of the House in the chamber's history, began a slow exit from the Congress Friday. It was on that day that th...
Aug 16, 2007 / John Nichols
An Act of Economic Madness An Act of Economic Madness
News stories just out report that the Bush administration is planning to designate Iran's entire Revolutionary Guard Corps a "specially designated global terrorist" in or...
Aug 16, 2007 / TomDispatch
Defending Dr. Tiller (Part 2) Defending Dr. Tiller (Part 2)
Last week after reading a post by Cara at Feministing I wrote about Dr. Tiller's case in Kansas and asked Nation readers to support him and his cause. (Thanks to the many of you w...
Aug 15, 2007 / Peter Rothberg
Sarko’s Gift to the Wealthy Sarko’s Gift to the Wealthy
France's new president has launched an assault on the welfare state.
Aug 15, 2007 / Feature / Jordan Stancil
Hillary Pushes the Button Hillary Pushes the Button
What in the world was Clinton thinking when she attacked Obama for pledging not to use nuclear weapons in the hunt for Osama bin Laden?
Aug 15, 2007 / Column / Robert Scheer
Americans Against Escalation in Iraq Americans Against Escalation in Iraq
This summer, Americans Against Escalation in Iraq – a broad coalition of advocacy organizations and political action committees from across the political spectrum – has launch...
Aug 14, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Karl Rove: The Machiavelli Who Failed Karl Rove: The Machiavelli Who Failed
Karl Rove's never-particularly brilliant career as a manipulator of the political processes of the nation will end as it began: mired in scandal and failure. As a brash 26-year-o...
Aug 13, 2007 / John Nichols