The Cost of Escalation The Cost of Escalation
The Iraq war is currently costing American taxpayers $8.4 billion a month. Expect that number to rise when President Bush's escalation fully kicks into effect. According to the ...
Feb 2, 2007 / The Nation
From the Basement to Rayburn From the Basement to Rayburn
On Wednesday, the Congressional Progressive Caucus – now the largest caucus in Congress with 69 members – co-hosted a panel discussion along with The Nation and the Institute ...
Feb 2, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Libby Trial: Lawyers Clash Over Motive Libby Trial: Lawyers Clash Over Motive
Scooter Libby was thrown under the bus. No, Scooter Libby gave the bus driver false directions.
On Thursday, the prosecution and the defense in the ...
Feb 2, 2007 / David Corn
Biden Blunders, Again Biden Blunders, Again
The remarkable thing about Joe Biden's botched announcement of his second presidential run is not that he said something outrageously inappropriate and, if we are to assume that D...
Feb 2, 2007 / John Nichols
Stopping the Next War Stopping the Next War
The Bush Administration has a new one size fits all scapegoat for everything that ails Iraq: Iran. To listen to the Administration recently, you'd think Iran was solely to blame ...
Feb 1, 2007 / The Nation
Don’t Fumble the Football to Al Qaeda Don’t Fumble the Football to Al Qaeda
Here's the good news, Super Bowl XLI fans, the air war at home is going just grand! Yes, you'll see the usual crack team of Air Force Thunderbirds performing over Miami's Dolphin...
Feb 1, 2007 / The Nation
Lines of Resistance Lines of Resistance
Rhetorical acts of defiance define the work of three contemporary Palestinian poets.
Feb 1, 2007 / Books & the Arts / John Palattella
Words Words
words have been used up
chewed up like gum
by lovely young mouths
have been turned into white
balloons bubbles
Feb 1, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Tadeusz Rózewicz
The Close Reader The Close Reader
William Empson's writing shaped modern criticism. A new biography restores him to his proper eminence.
Feb 1, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Stefan Collini
Free the Ulysses Two Free the Ulysses Two
The time has come to clear the records of two women convicted of obscenity for publishing excerpts from Joyce's Ulysses.
Feb 1, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Gillers