Restoring the Constitution Restoring the Constitution
The Military Commissions Act passed by Congress last year and brokered by John McCain gave the Bush Administration enormous power to designate who is and is not an enemy combatant...
Feb 15, 2007 / The Nation
Bush’s Somalia Strategy Enables an Ethiopian Despot Bush’s Somalia Strategy Enables an Ethiopian Despot
Washington is all too happy to overlook the undemocratic excesses of Ethiopia's Meles Zenawi, who has pledged his support for Bush's "war on terror."
Feb 15, 2007 / Feature / Paul Wachter
Wanted: A Binding Resolution on Iran Wanted: A Binding Resolution on Iran
As debate unfolds on a non-binding Iraq resolution, the House should consider exacting a promise from President not to invade Iran.
Feb 14, 2007 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Libby Trial: Defense Rests on a Thin Case Libby Trial: Defense Rests on a Thin Case
Swing and a miss. Swing and a miss. Swing and a miss. As the I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby perjury trial headed toward a finale, Libby's attorneys on Wednesday m...
Feb 14, 2007 / David Corn
“For Paul’s Seat” “For Paul’s Seat”
After recalling his campaign swings through his home state of Minnesota on behalf of the late Paul Wellstone, comedian, author and activist Al Franken closed his last Air America ...
Feb 14, 2007 / The Nation
No Katrina Hearings? Gotcha, Joe No Katrina Hearings? Gotcha, Joe
Senator Joseph Lieberman, chair of the Senate Homeland Security andGovernmental Affairs Committee, recently did a 180 and said thathe will not hold investigations into the disastr...
Feb 14, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Is the Bush Administration Lying About Iran? Is the Bush Administration Lying About Iran?
Did the Bush Administration miss a major opportunity in the spring of 2003 to engage Iran and stabilize the Middle East? Two high-ranking former Administration officials contend i...
Feb 14, 2007 / The Nation
Dying for a Home Dying for a Home
The shoddy construction of FEMA's trailers has led to an epidemic of respiratory illness among Katrina refugees.
Feb 14, 2007 / Feature / Amanda Spake
Mission to Caracas Mission to Caracas
Hugo Chávez's critics may mock his ideas of twenty-first-century socialism as empty rhetoric. But maybe it's magical realism--still a fiction, but one to be nourished as a r...
Feb 14, 2007 / Victor Navasky