Worse Than Scalia? Worse Than Scalia?
Over at TAPPED, Scott Lemieux makes the case that we have more to fear from Alito and Roberts than we do from Thomas and Scalia: Scalia and Thomas, at least when there's no conf...
Feb 20, 2007 / The Nation
“If Iraq Don’t Kill You, Walter Reed Will” “If Iraq Don’t Kill You, Walter Reed Will”
According to the Washington Post, Walter Reed Army Medical Center in the nation's capital has treated one out of every four soldiers injured in Afghanistan and Iraq. Over 700 out...
Feb 20, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Clinton Would Rather Be Wrong Than President Clinton Would Rather Be Wrong Than President
"If the most important thing to any of you is choosing someone who did not cast that vote or has said his vote was a mistake, then there are others to choose from." So says New Y...
Feb 19, 2007 / John Nichols
Framing the Presidency Framing the Presidency
What kind of executive branch of government did the framers of the Constitution have in mind? Not the runaway powers now claimed by the Bush Administration.
The YouTube Defense The YouTube Defense
A teacher, hospital charity worker and father of four, Adel Hamad has been a prisoner at Guantanamo for five years. Like most other detainees at Guantanamo, he's never had a day ...
Feb 19, 2007 / The Nation
Three Weak Reeds Meet in Jerusalem Three Weak Reeds Meet in Jerusalem
As I write this from Cairo at 11:30 a.m. Monday local time, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is meeting in Jerusalem with Israeli PM Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President...
Feb 19, 2007 / The Nation
House Denounces Bush’s Surge Strategy House Denounces Bush’s Surge Strategy
By a comfortable margin of 246 to 182, the US House on Friday adopted a resolution denouncing President Bush's "surge" of more American troops to the Iraq quagmire. All but two D...
Feb 16, 2007 / The Nation
Free Speech in New York City? Fuhgeddaboutit! Free Speech in New York City? Fuhgeddaboutit!
In summer 2004, citizens who peacefully protested during the Republican National Convention in New York City were subject to mass arrest, lengthy detention under horrible conditio...
Feb 16, 2007 / The Nation
A New Paradigm for Peace in Iraq A New Paradigm for Peace in Iraq
Who says the Iraq debacle is unsolvable? There are decisive, meaningful steps that can be taken to stop the bloodletting and promote stability in the region.
Feb 16, 2007 / Feature / Jeremy Brecher
A Rebuke from Congress A Rebuke from Congress
In a matter of hours, the House of Representatives will vote to oppose President Bush's plan to send 21,500 additional troops to Iraq. Though the resolution does not carry the wei...
Feb 16, 2007 / The Nation