Independence Day for Libby Independence Day for Libby
Liberated from having to serve time for his crime, he shares a perch with Bush and Cheney, somewhere high above the law.
Jul 4, 2007 / Column / Robert Scheer
Tom Paine’s 4th of July Advice for Congress Tom Paine’s 4th of July Advice for Congress
The Fourth of July ought surely, and above all else, to be a celebration of Tom Paine's resolve. As the American colonies moved tentatively toward the fateful declaration of inde...
Jul 4, 2007 / John Nichols
Five for the Fourth Five for the Fourth
As my boss and Nation editor and publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel wrote in Editor's Cut, The Nation's "definition of patriotism is fighting to make sure your country lives up to it...
Jul 3, 2007 / Peter Rothberg
The Most Patriotic Act of All The Most Patriotic Act of All
The Nation has always marched to a different drummer, opposing US involvement in the Spanish-American War and World War I and the Vietnam War, while giving all-out support to the ...
Jul 3, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sweet Victory: True Patriots Sweet Victory: True Patriots
There are those who think of patriotism as synonymous with theunthinking jingoism and the love-it-or leave-it platitudes so oftenheard in right-wing talk radio circles. But of cour...
Jul 3, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Bush: Pardon for Libby Remains on the Table Bush: Pardon for Libby Remains on the Table
Prospective Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson and a few others on the extreme fringe of the lawless right have complained that George Bush was insufficiently generous...
Jul 3, 2007 / John Nichols
MoveOn Puts Impeachment Back on the Table MoveOn Puts Impeachment Back on the Table
In the wake of President Bush's commutation of prison time for convicted felon Lewis Libby and a developing constitutional clash over important subpoenas, influential Democratic ac...
Jul 3, 2007 / Ari Melber
Mercy Me Mercy Me
Clemency has not been a hallmark of George W. Bush's political career, as governor of Texas or President of the War on Terror. But apparently the prospect of Dick Cheney's former C...
Jul 3, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Jackson: Impeachment Is the Right Response Jackson: Impeachment Is the Right Response
Illinois Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr., a member of the House of Representatives so Constitutionally-minded that he wrote a book on the subject, responded as a founding father wou...
Jul 3, 2007 / John Nichols
Bush Assaults Rule of Law to Save Libby Bush Assaults Rule of Law to Save Libby
It is tempting to view the commutation of prison time for Lewis Libby, the disgraced White House aide convicted of lying and obstructing justice, as another instance of craven hypo...
Jul 3, 2007 / Ari Melber